the American people are going to get a fair return for the minerals that they are providing to companies.

As the leading trade association representing the entire value chain of the U.S. oil and natural gas industry, API supports policies that strengthen our nation's energy security and our economy, and that protect our environment.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) writes regarding legislation to be considered during the upcoming legislative hearings.

The TAP act provides clarity and consistency in three areas that will help meet the administration's goal of deploying at least 25 GW of geothermal resources on public land by 2025.

It is good that Congress is back at work. A lot of us have been not just slipping out and taking a break.

the failure to provide the American people with a fair return on their minerals is wrong.

The multiple-use mandate provided in the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) requires the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to balance the resources and uses of public lands to the benefit of the American people.

the Biden Administration has implemented policies that put significant mineral and fuel resources off-limits to exploration and development.

Yes. We have--tradition has been we divide the resources up two-thirds and one-third, and that is the plan to do that going forward.

If we can bring the smelting and processing back home and incentivize new mines, we could recapture that, and really advance our economic future in electrification.

This bill would require the Department of the Interior to hold annual lease sales for geothermal development.

this is not to say that mining doesn't promote economic development in some communities.

IPAA thanks Chairman Westerman, Chairman Stauber, and Representative Graves for the thoughtful reforms outlined in the Transparency and Production of American Energy Act of 2023 (TAP Act).

We can have clean energy. We produce energy cleaner in America than anyplace else in the world.

We produce energy with less emissions, cleaner, and safer on our facilities than we do anywhere else.

We do intend to use that like we did on the first field hearing that we did.

Every time we refuse to permit a mine here in America, we are depending more on mines that are controlled by Chinese.

If we continue down the path that we are on, we are going to go down a path where we lose.