I think the American people would be served best by a complete reassessment that includes costs and mission readiness.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you Ranking Member Jason Smith for holding this hearing.

Why would we waste $1.2 billion on a project that will delay mission capabilities seven years?

I have major concerns about spending taxpayer dollars to teach an ideology that undermines the principles of the Constitution.

I encourage the DOI to really get their priorities straight, instead of pandering to radicals that want to tear down dams and prevent water storage projects.

Today in ways that were unimaginable to me when I was in college, except when I read it in the history books, anti-democratic forces are stronger than any time since Jim Crow.

Will you commit here today to keeping the BLM headquarters in Grand Junction, yes or no?

We have proposed a similar plan, a Civilian Climate Corps proposal for $10 billion of investment to do reforestation and other important critical work on our public lands.

I hope we don't have to rely on other countries like China that have horrible environmental policies.

when I got up this morning, the furthest thing from my mind was that I was going to have a chance to see you today. And since I am seeing you today, I want to say thank you. I want to say thank you for your role in this administration and…

Chairman Grijalva's 290-page bill, H.R. 3764, is simply an attack of the American energy industry and American consumers.

this is the exact kind of provision that Washington bureaucrats will use to expand their regulatory power into the private sector.

I hope we can come together in a bipartisan way to build the infrastructure that our country will need in the 21st century.

this probably plays well with the millionaire and billionaire donor club in New York and California, it is a recipe for higher energy bills, and the cost will fall squarely on the middle class.

The direct pay credits will actually accelerate the projects that are probably already in planning for many of the utilities.

I often think we are failing to prepare our kids to compete in the modern economy.

I believe we should support them.

I drew heavily on their example to write the BRIDGE Act.