"The multiple-use mandate provided in the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) requires the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to balance the resources and uses of public lands to the benefit of the American people."
"Without reforms to ensure reasonable timeliness, crucial investments in American infrastructure will be delayed and in some cases diverted."
"The TAP American Energy Act also provides Gulf coast energy producing states with a larger share of revenue from offshore energy development."
"Yes. We have--tradition has been we divide the resources up two-thirds and one-third, and that is the plan to do that going forward."
"It is always a challenge when you are dealing with the issues that we are talking about inside a building here in D.C. to see the real effect that is happening out in the real world."
"We do intend to use that like we did on the first field hearing that we did."
"I do recognize the challenging task that you have in allocating resources among committees and appreciate the opportunity to make the case for the Natural Resources Committee."
"Regulatory reform is critical to alleviate barriers to geothermal development in the United States."
"It shouldn't require Congress having to have hearings and pass laws to do the right thing."
"It is wrong. It is misguided, and it is time we hold them accountable."
"Just last month, Joe Biden chose to ban mining in more than 225,000 acres of an industrial working forest called the Superior National Forest, in the district that I represent."