"That was Dianne," recalled Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). "Powerful. Prepared. Unflappable. She had to be: whenever she did something, she was often the 'first' to do it."

The administration's offshore drilling plan proposes no more than three lease sales over the next five years — the smallest number in the leasing program's history.

“The meeting that has to take place is in the House of Representatives," the White House chief of staff said.

It's “important to underscore the significance," the New York Democrat told MSNBC's Chris Hayes of the impeachment hearing antics.