I want her to be able to consider the fact that there are many accesses to these lands that are 'don't just take pictures.'
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Anybody who thinks you're going to cut off fossil fuel immediately is smoking pot--that's legal in the State of Alaska, by the way.
It is so good to see her here, and she has the Honorable Don Young with her, a dear friend of all of us for many, many years.
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has a long, distinguished history of producing bipartisan legislation to ensure our energy security and the wise stewardship of our natural resources.
If we have people in the Department of the Interior such as Deb, maybe there will be a balance.
The cupboards should be bare. It is not meant to be on shelves in Washington but in people's arms
The American Government has made an absolute commitment--and I'm proud of it--but they are spending 750 times the amount of money to deal with COVID as they are on substance abuse
It is essential that new Federal policies provide equality and opportunity for rural communities that are too often left behind.
I will soon be introducing comprehensive legislation, the New Promise Act, to put impacted coal communities in the driver's seat.
Serious Federal policy proposals must also reflect the global nature of the challenge.
As long as countries like China and India are expanding their dependence on fossil fuels, America will still experience wildfires on the West Coast, droughts and floods in the Midwest, and hurricanes in the East.
If America alone decarbonizes, the impact on the global environment would be virtually immeasurable.
I have been functioning for years now on the fact that climate change is a global issue and requires a global solution.
My district is facing the brunt of the transition away from coal.
I think those are examples of where you are creating jobs and getting an environmental outcome at the same time.
I think I have a good leg to stand on in this, because I live there, have seen it.
Let's not--I will make a deal with you.