Are you aware that the FLPMA requires the Secretary of the Interior to maximize revenues for the benefit of the American people?
Thank you for the question, but I believe that is a question for Deputy Director Owens.
If we let the economic assistance to the Freely Associated States end, we run the risk that the PRC will fill the vacuum in the region.
No longer should the Biden Administration get away with reinterpreting legislative language to frustrate the will of Congress.
We have to get it right.
The result is what you would expect--higher prices, abandoned projects, and stubborn inflation.
I appreciate my dear colleague from New Mexico.
Our bill will revitalize America's energy sector, lower costs for families, and reduce our dependency on China and on Russia.
The whole purpose of the IRA is energy security. This Administration has been unable to use the word energy security, all they use is climat...
We can't let this opportunity pass without enacting anything less than comprehensive reform.
Since President Biden took office, the Bureau has defied the law and held only, what, one lease sale in the last nine quarters?
In my opinion, and in many opinions, they have gotten a lot worse.