Unless we wanted to continue sending money to communist China, who is commanding the production of minerals and elements around the world.

So, the point I am making is, as much as this Administration pushes back, as much as the agencies push back and fail to help U.S. producers produce the energy here, it is doing absolutely nothing to slow down production and consumption…

It is amazing to me how, when there is one objective, NEPA is really important; when there is another objective, it is really not that big of an issue.

How can the Secretary of Interior make a decision that has such an economic impact on our community of Kaktovik without any formal Tribal Consultation through our sovereign relationship with the federal government?

This is not the first time, nor do we expect it to be the last time, that this Secretary refuses to acknowledge us.

It is hard to get a permit to do mining there, as well.

Those of us who participated in the Committee's September 17 field hearing in Hot Springs were able to experience firsthand the enormous impact that historic leasing--and the Federal historic tax credit--have had in the park and the…

I am very happy to join Senator Murray today in presenting the fiscal year 2024 and 2025 appropriations bill for the Department of Veterans Affairs and for the Department of Defense military construction. I am proud to be a part of this…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, so ordered. H.R. 4366

I want to make the record clear that we not only invited Chair Mallory with plenty of notice, but also allowed her to provide a designee for this hearing.

I know you might want to call it a gimmick, but it is a gimmick that had bipartisan support, and President Biden signed it. And the point is, it is the law.

The people in this room know that we will need to mine six times more in the future than what we mine today to meet our mineral demands.

The lukewarm response from this administration regarding Russia's menacing behavior has been too slow and insufficient to mount a strong deterrent.

Thank you again to the witnesses.

The magnitude of our forest health crises demands an all-hands-on-deck approach that utilizes all of the tools in the toolbox. The Good Neighbor Authority has proven to be an exceptional tool when used by the States. We need to improve and…

It seems that reports like this one that came out yesterday fly right in the face of that.

For the sake of our country, I strongly urge the Administration to accept that shutting down domestic mining while increasing demand at the same time will lead the United States to disaster.

I have no further requests for time. I am prepared to close, and I continue to reserve the balance of my time.