So, given that Lease Sale 261 was held on December 20, 2023, under the Inflation Reduction Act, your agency can offer offshore wind leases only until December 2024 without another oil and gas sale.

With fewer opportunities to lease in U.S. waters, investment will flow overseas and hostile nations will have greater influence over global energy markets.

This is not just a break from tradition; it is a radical pivot by Secretary Haaland and Director Klein with catastrophic repercussions for our energy future.

So, I just wanted to give you an opportunity to explain some basic economics in a free-market capital system that gets manipulated by cartels and countries that join together to set oil prices when we don't have enough production.

Thank you for the opportunity to testify during the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Hearing.

This monumental mis-step that is nearly 2 years late marks an unprecedented shift in offshore policies.

The Biden administration's agenda of limiting oil and gas lease sales at all cost sets a deeply troubling precedent for American offshore access.

BOEM's plan assumes a 400 percent increase in transmission capacity over the next 30 years.

It seems clear that the Park Service is failing to keep the three legs of the stool in balance.

It seems clear that the Park Service never really understood the real scope of the problem.

I believe everybody in this room shares a common goal. We all want to improve our parks and leave them in better condition than how we found them.

I am also deeply concerned with findings that the National Park Service is not adequately monitoring completed deferred maintenance projects, particularly projects that immediately affect the health, life, and safety of members of the…