Bruce Westerman

I think it is time we set a new goal of permitting 60 gigawatts by 2030.

My bill would do just that.

I am glad there is bipartisan support for a policy to establish revenue sharing for renewables, ensuring parity with fossil energy.

We know that clean-burning U.S. natural gas has done more to offset global carbon emissions than any other program that is out there.

I support Congressman Thompson's bill to once again tell DOI these activities are not required for the states as they manage their programs.

The advocacy for this legislation has been predicated on lies and falsehoods.

The legislation encourages other Tribes to engage in similar immoral conduct, creating a significant threat that more sacred sites will be destroyed.

The legislation rewards one Tribe for conduct that is morally reprehensible and violative of the cultural code all other sister tribes collectively abide.

I disagree with you on that. We should vote smartly. We should put smart policy in place.

At the end of the day, there is no reason to oppose the Carcieri fix legislation.

H.R. 6180... would also amend the Indian Reorganization Act to confirm the Secretary's discretionary authority to place land into trust for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.

H.R. 1208... would amend the Indian Reorganization Act to clarify that the Secretary of the Interior has discretionary authority to place land into trust for any federally recognized tribe.

We are here to look at two different bills, really two different approaches that would amend the Indian Reorganization Act.

This process of leasing national park land for a migrant camp circumvented the rules for political purposes.

The lease must end, and it will in January.

If you start with bad data, you are going to get bad results, no matter how well you do in between.

I thank the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Moore) for organizing this tonight. As we reflect on 80 years since the invasion of D-Day, it is my honor to get to read an account from Robert Harlan Horr of Illinois. What I am about to share, it…

Eradicating the cartels and their fentanyl from Indian Country should be a major priority for the FBI.

This is a topic that is not getting nearly enough attention.

We made some really bad decisions three or four decades ago that are really costing us on the backside right now.

If we don't have roads, we end up spending a lot of money with tankers dropping fire retardants.

The policy hasn't worked to save the spotted owl, and we can, in hindsight, decades and decades later, look back and say this was a weaponized rule just to stop management on the forests.

So, I would hope that we would take another look at roads and access on the forests, and use some common sense there.

So, there is no scenario or plan in place to cancel any of the three oil and gas lease sales.

Have you done any planning to delay the three sales?