this is actually extremely more innovative than just saying, oh, we are going to pull $1.3 billion out of the air from our kids and our grandkids and shove it down to the states with no responsibility.

Chair Westerman's bill would repeal $700 million in funding allocated to the NOAA under Section 40001 of the Inflation Reduction Act.

I think under RAWA you would have about $13 million a year, but you probably have the potential to generate $30 or $40 million a year to do wildlife management where you don't have something like a timber resource to pay it back.

Clawing back $700 million of Inflation Reduction Act funds designated for coastal resilience funding at NOAA, as Rep. Westerman's bill attempts to do, would move us in the wrong direction toward preparing our coastal communities for…

We are trying to do something that is actually good for wildlife management and fiscally responsible.

So, it is really not about a species, it is about habitat. And this bill is focused on restoring habitat, not somehow magically waving a wand and recovering a species. It all comes back to habitat.

Congress dedicate up to $1.3 billion annually in existing revenue from the development of energy and mineral resources on Federal lands and waters to the Wildlife Conservation Restoration Program.

It was once said some of my colleagues across the aisle aren't always trying to mislead people or mis-state facts, they just know so much about just what isn't so.

I thank Chairman Graves for yielding and for his leadership on the FAA reauthorization bill and on the full committee. {time} 1245 This summer, under the leadership of Chairman Sam Graves, Ranking Member Larsen, Aviation Subcommittee…

Because there was a clear consensus and prior historical evidence demonstrating that NEPA would not apply to the development of the campus after the administrative jurisdiction transfer, the legislative text did not include superfluous…

I ask unanimous consent that the scheduled rollcall vote begin immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 7176. Of all their incoherent energy policies, the Biden administration's de facto ban on all pending approvals for LNG exports is among the very worst ideas…

But in the interest of time, the poster behind me... outlines how natural capital accounting aligns and supports DOI and BLM priorities in the Biden administration.

I have seen preservation cloaked as conservation many times, and I have a real problem with that.

How much progress has been made towards the 30x30 goals so far?

Let me be clear: We need to complete our work effectively on this House and find that sense of partnership that we find the right funding, the right balance of auditing and talent necessary to back the Ukrainians' success in defeating…

I thank the gentleman from Utah for yielding. Just for those two people that are listening at home, there are only four members of the Arkansas delegation, so that was an easy comment from my good friend. I thank my friend from Utah, who…

The idea of valuing our natural assets I don't think is a bad idea.