Steven Holt

May I ask the Chair the time remaining? The Acting CHAIR. Each side has 3 minutes remaining.

I thank the Chair. H.R. 1229 includes language that would add a timeline to the permitting process for offshore oil and gas drilling. This provision states that, ``If the Secretary has not made a decision on the application by the end of…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 5, strike lines 5 through 9 and insert closing quotation marks and a following period. The Acting…

We are indeed concerned about jobs. For the example that my friend from Louisiana gives about someone whose livelihood is at stake, I could produce dozens of others, maybe a shrimp fisherman. You know, my friends maybe remember the…

The gentleman used the term ``trifecta.'' It's a curious selection of words because, indeed, you could see the oil companies right now lining up at the ticket window to cash in their trifecta winnings if this goes forward. The oil…

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlelady from Santa Barbara, California (Mrs. Capps), who has experienced firsthand the economic cost of oil spills.

I now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes), one of the most thoughtful members of the Natural Resources Committee.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, beginning at line 6, amend sections 2 and 3 to read as follows: SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Connolly of Virginia The Acting…

The authors of this bill are so eager to accelerate the giveaways to Big Oil, rather than protect the consumers, the environment and workers, that they, in their legislation, deem that the shoddy environmental analysis conducted 4 years…

I thank my friend, Mr. Markey, for yielding. This is about Big Oil handouts, pure and simple. There are no lessons learned, no lessons applied with regard to safety or protection of the environment. You know, if these companies were energy…

H.R. 1230 recklessly puts the Atlantic coast at risk of experiencing an oil spill such as what we have seen before. That is why I call this an ``amnesia act.'' There are two more bills we will be seeing here on the floor that are similar…