Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Arkansas is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Chair, I think we have to ask ourselves, do we want environmental growth in this country to be based on growing the bureaucracy and spending more money on permits, or do we actually want to make things? Do we want to produce energy? Do…

Mr. Chair, again, the bill does nothing to waive NEPA requirements. It just simply speeds up the timeline. It shouldn't take an agency 90 days to notify an applicant if an application is complete or not. We need more of this clean…

Mr. Chair, I move that the Committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Westerman) having assumed the chair, Mr. LaLota, Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the…

Mr. Chairman, I oppose this amendment. It would gut the bill by conditioning enactment on a determination by the Secretary of the Interior that the Bureau of Land Management and other relevant Federal permitting agencies have received…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on H.R. 1449. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Molinaro). Is there objection to the…

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of H.R. 1449, the Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act, or the CLEAN Act. First, I thank my friend and colleague Representative Russ Fulcher…

Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Fulcher), who is the author of the bill.

Mr. Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, in closing, I again urge my colleagues to vote in support of H.R. 1449. As has been said, geothermal energy in the U.S. has potential to generate 90 gigawatts of power. To put…

Mr. Chairman, it is good to see my colleague, Mr. Grijalva, here in the Chamber today. Although it is good to see him presenting his amendment, I oppose the amendment. This amendment attempts to mirror the language in the Mineral Leasing…

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1568, I call up the bill (H.R. 8446) to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate…