litigation by environmental groups. the government conducts studies that takes years and not all lease land has oil. 4,621 drill permits are still awaiting approval. tim stuart joins us, the president of the oil and gas association. i sense the anger in that letter. tired of being beaten up, and now you are being blamed for gouging. >> the trade association that signed that letter. we believe there is common ground we can meet with with the administration. but they need to stop demonizing what we do. they have to take a hard look at their policy decisions and backtrack on a number of those so we can be able to get back to where we were a year and a half ago. >> you have 9,000 leases. why aren't you using them?