Bruce Westerman

The numbers don't lie, that 24 percent--not quite 25--but of deferred maintenance from the National Park Service went to Speaker Pelosi, former Speaker Pelosi's district.

The $200 million for deferred maintenance was an earmark.

This $200 million earmark orchestrated by Nancy Pelosi represents a 3,113 percent increase in the amount of Federal funding received by the Presidio last year.

In total, the National Park Service spent more than $365 million last year on deferred maintenance in Nancy Pelosi's district.

It is hard to justify all the releases in California.

Today the Biden administration put out a plan on the Colorado system and said that they need to cut 2.1 million acre-feet from the Colorado River.

It appears that the immediate thing that could be done to make the situation better is operations, but there is definitely need for long-term infrastructure.

You could be doing so much better with the infrastructure that you have if you didn't have all the impediments to operation.

It is evident that California produces enough water. The problem is the infrastructure to store it.

I think that could really help.

It is frustrating that this problem can't get solved because it could stretch into the neighboring states as well.

This could be solved. The state of California, God, nature produces enough water to meet all your needs.

The only way I have found to get their attention is through the strings of the purse.

This is disappointing, and I will say it is unacceptable and telling of how much they disregard the importance of this hearing, of congressional oversight, and the need to change the status quo.

Unfortunately, they chose not to attend today. Instead, the Interior Department chose to submit testimony in writing and in opposition to both bills without being here to answer questions.

It is very important for Members of Congress to get out and spend time with the men and women whose lives are directly affected by Federal policies.

Your forests are overgrown and choked with understory brush, leaving them tinder dry as they wait to burn.

The Biden administration put out a plan on the Colorado system and said that they need to cut 2.1 million acre-feet from the Colorado River.

Again, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for yielding. I do rise in support of this amendment. H.R. 1 would allow non-Federal entities to provide money to certain Federal agencies to improve permitting efficiency. This…

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for bringing this amendment that makes very clear a stark reality that we don't need the China Communist Party. America does not need the CCP. They need us to buy the goods they are producing. They…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank the ranking member and appreciate bipartisan support on this very important amendment. I think this is a sign that we are making progress. This is a sign that America is coming together to stand…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chair, this amendment says that the sense of Congress is that the royalty rates should be 12\1/2\ percent, which was the royalty rate before the very misleading and misnamed bill, the Inflation…

I again thank the gentlewoman from Florida for yielding time. I rise in support of this amendment. The renewable energy sector is a rapidly growing part of our Nation's energy mix. We have seen positive growth in wind energy and we hope to…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I also thank her as a freshman Member for her proactive work on the committee. Representative Luna's amendment requires the Comptroller General to have a report on all potential adverse effects of wind…

I urge opposition to this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Levin). The amendment was rejected. {time} 2015 Amendment No. 28…