"I really believe that this is a good resolution. This is actually a good policy for the United States in making a safe presence of the United States in the Pacific area."
"The intent behind this is to ensure greater engagement from these agencies and the U.S. Government in carrying out the COFA agreements."
"We have the opportunity to build on the success of our alliances and stand up together against the threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party."
"This Congress, the House Committee on Natural Resources has prioritized the work of renewing the COFAs."
"A bipartisan fiscal commission will not be easy for any single person on this side of the aisle or this side of the aisle to vote for."
"if our constituents knew, across the spectrum of this great country, that this was the near-term biggest national security and economic challenge facing our country, they would step up to the plate an..."
"Ladies and gentlemen, it was an entirely different situation. Forget the fact that Republicans and Democrats were working better together, we were not in the fiscal hole we are in now."
"this Administration has an all-out attack on domestic energy and on domestic mining, which is illustrated in the policies that you are putting forth and which American consumers are paying the price f..."
"So, an administrative failure. The Inflation Reduction Act requires the Secretary to hold an offshore oil and gas lease sale within a year, before offering a single offshore wind lease."
"BOEM's policy is entirely at odds with the OCS Lands Act, the public interest, and common sense."
"This Administration hides behind the rhetoric of limited demand for leases or limited interest to develop these resources."
"We maintain our demand that, consistent with the spirit and letter of the OCS Lands Act, that this Administration acknowledge that additional leasing is necessary in Alaska and other OCS regions in or..."
"The decision makers in the Biden administration have proposed the fewest opportunities to extract the cleanest barrels of oil on Earth."
"This plan is nothing short of sabotage to our nation's energy security."
"It is not just negligence, it is a calculated move that strikes at the heart of American competitiveness."
"We will vote on the Floor some time. I don't have any----"
"I have seen the sites where cartels are operating and the smuggling operations."
"I do want to again thank the witnesses for your valuable testimony and for the time that you spent here today."
