Bruce Westerman

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 Act for oil and…

I appreciate the gentlewoman pointing out the language on page 3 of the bill. I will point that out too because it says, ``The Secretary shall not require an operator to obtain a Federal drilling permit for geothermal exploration and…

I guess things depend on the perspective from which you look at them. They took the geothermal plant picture down that was up on the other side of the aisle, but I will point out that if that plant were to be built on Federal lands, it…

Again, we are talking about copper. So let's talk about copper a little bit. This chart shows that in 1995, we produced 2.3 million tons of copper, and China produced 0.7 million tons. That is about three times more copper that we produced…

There were a lot of claims made from my friends across the aisle about what this bill does or what its intent and purpose are. I think I need to clarify some of this. First off, I heard the claim that this bill would cost billions and…

This is a good, commonsense bill that will continue important forest management efforts in an area facing a high risk of catastrophic wildfire. This effort would not have been possible without the leadership of the Members representing the…

I would like to commend my colleague from California (Mrs. Steel) for working across the aisle in this bipartisan, all-of-the-above energy bill. I urge my colleagues to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER…

Representative Huffman's bill, the Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2023, congressionally authorizes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program. The Coastal Program was administratively created in 1984 and annually receives…

As part of an all-of-the-above approach to energy security, geothermal energy has great potential to help meet the United States' growing energy demands. I appreciate Ms. Ocasio-Cortez' work with my team to address concerns raised about…

This is a commonsense bill that will benefit the people of northern Minnesota and our public lands. Once again, I applaud Representative Stauber for his work on this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I urge adoption of the bill, and I yield back…

I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding. Mr. Chair, I thank my friend, Representative LaLota, for filing this amendment which seeks to address the serious threat to forests in the American northeast. The amendment does require the…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her amendment. Mr. Chair, I note that over 2.3 million households rely on firewood to heat their homes. I didn't say they enjoy a nice evening by the fire. They rely on firewood to heat their…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I thank her for bringing this amendment, which is important. I support the amendment. Unfortunately, our forests out West are overstocked. They compete with each other. They get weak. They invite…

This is a good amendment that allows for good use of our resources. It allows Tribes and local communities to take care of the roads that are necessary to access, to be able to do these forest management projects, and also to be able to…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise in strong support of his amendment. This amendment will add to the underlying legislation key pieces of Representative Barr's bipartisan White Oak Resilience Act, which passed out of the…

I join my colleague, Mr. Peters, rising in support today of Representative Harder's amendment, which does authorize the Department of the Interior to create a Casualty Assistance Program to provide support for wildland firefighters and the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of the amendment offered by Mr. Valadao of California. This amendment does require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct an…

I thank the gentlewoman for her efforts in helping make this a better bill. She knows all too well the devastation of catastrophic wildfires like what are happening in her district. Mr. Chair, I have no further requests for time, I am…

I thank the gentleman for his leadership on the subcommittee and for his work going into this bill to make the bill better and to add some of the things that he mentioned. When we talk about taking timber off of the forests, we are not…

Again, I sincerely thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Peters) for his remarks and for his partnership on this legislation. As he mentioned, due to some procedural issues, we were not able to consider an amendment he was offering to…

You know, I hate to spend time in debate laying out how the procedures of the House work, but, number one, the majority doesn't determine what is germane. The Parliamentarian determines what is germane. Number two, wildland firefighters…

Government market mandates are contrary to the very founding principles of America. Mandating EV purchases are especially egregious and fall short of the hopped-up environmental benefits supposedly driving the logic behind the mandate…

I thank the gentleman from Montana for yielding. I thank the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Hill), my dear friend and colleague, another Representative from Arkansas for joining me here at the well. Mr. Speaker, I am here today to honor and…

The House recently, by unanimous voice vote, passed the EXPLORE Act to enhance outdoor recreation opportunities for all Americans. Arkansas is home to a wide variety of beautiful State parks. Many of these parks are in the Fourth District…

I am pleased that conservation groups and clean energy companies and associations have come together to support this comprehensive version of PLREDA.