I thank my friend from Massachusetts, and I thank him for laying out so clearly all the shortcomings of this legislation, this oil-above-all legislation. It really is nothing but a big giveaway to Big Oil. The only jobs it will create will…

I would be pleased to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the coauthor of this amendment, the ranking member, Mr. Markey.

I thank my friend. According to the Interior Department, today's leases that were bid on today, which have some lease standards apply that require increasing rental rates and shorter lease terms--the very things that the folks on the other…

Let me just repeat. Right now, the oil companies have 25 million acres of public land onshore on which they are not producing. They have 21 million acres of public land onshore under lease on which they are not even conducting exploration…

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 17, after line 17, insert the following: ``(6) The Strategy under this subsection should seek to…

The bill before us tonight would elevate energy production above all other uses of public lands in, really, contradiction of the principles of multiple use under the Federal Land Management and Policy Act. This would be to the detriment of…

May I ask the time remaining on this amendment? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey has 3 minutes remaining.

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. 13 Offered by Mr. Connolly of Virginia The…

I thank the gentleman very much. This, as we have heard, is a package of bills dealing with lands, and it is as partisan as can be. I wish that we were working in a bipartisan way. We could have a real lands package that would go…

My amendment seeks to address a problem we face here in the legislative branch: the congressional supply of pocket-sized copies of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence is exhausted. My amendment reduces and then reinserts…

As I said in my remarks, the problem is not money; the problem is authorization. That can be accomplished by this joint resolution from the Joint Committee on Printing to the Government Printing Office, or it could be resolved through the…

I have amendment No. 3 at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 24, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $218,379) (increased by $218,379)''. The CHAIR…