Bruce Westerman

I mean, sure, it would be great, but I don't want to trade one dependency for another.

So, in the short run, we need the oil and gas that is available, whether it is on tribal lands or on Federal lands, and we need it now.

The natural gas that we produce here in the United States is 40 percent cleaner than the gas that Putin produces.

I request that we start having hearings on domestic energy production and how this Committee can be proactive in getting more of our energy resources--and not just energy, but minerals and elements, as well--into the marketplace.

We are getting ready for another unprecedented fire season, and we are to blame for that.

If we would work more closely with tribes, if we would truly adhere to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, if we would be more aggressive with the Tribal Forest Protection Act, then we would see not only better…

While the subject of today's hearing is important to me and many who are on this WebEx, there is a subject that is being ignored that is far more important that we should all be discussing.

As we witness an evil empire trying to remake itself, I reflect on Mrs. Bolin's first grade class in my tiny rural school in the heartland of America and, as a 6-year-old living during the Cold War, trying to understand how crouching under…

Dear Chairman Grijalva and Ranking Member Westerman:

As we work to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that access to the outdoors is more important than ever.

Women's Voices for the Earth, an environmental health organization representing tens of thousands of people across the nation, strongly supports the Environmental Justice for All Act (HR 2021).

This legislation is aligned with our mission and values as we fight for a toxic-free future.

We urge committee members to advance this important legislation quickly to begin remedying the long history of environmental racism and injustice.

We urge committee members to advance this important legislation quickly to begin remedying the long history of environmental racism.

I had the great pleasure last summer to be out in south central New Mexico and visit the Mescalero Apache Tribe.

The Biden administration is pursuing a 20-year ban on oil and gas development around Chaco Canyon.

It seems like if we produce that energy domestically, maybe part of it off of the Navajo Nation, that that would benefit families there.

It seems to me that the Biden administration has made just a unilateral decision without your input.

But why do you think the Biden administration refused to engage you in this decision-making process?

If we are serious about achieving more diverse and inclusive environmental policies, we must ensure that the communities impacted by those decisions are given a seat at the table.

At the end of 2021, inflation reached a 40-year high, increasing costs for American families.

The communities the environmental justice movement aims to include in the decision-making process, however, are the very ones being harmed by the Biden administration and its policies.

Actions mean more than just words. And, I think, from our witness testimony today and our Members' questions, we will see that the actions of my colleagues across the aisle are actually disenfranchising people rather than helping people.

I would argue that, rather than the abstract, our focus should be on how environmental policies impact communities across the nation.

As I said earlier, talk is cheap, and the Biden administration, they have a Memorandum on Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to-Nation Relationships.