This Congress, the House Committee on Natural Resources has prioritized the work of renewing the COFAs.

this Administration has an all-out attack on domestic energy and on domestic mining, which is illustrated in the policies that you are putting forth and which American consumers are paying the price for.

So, an administrative failure. The Inflation Reduction Act requires the Secretary to hold an offshore oil and gas lease sale within a year, before offering a single offshore wind lease.

BOEM's policy is entirely at odds with the OCS Lands Act, the public interest, and common sense.

This Administration hides behind the rhetoric of limited demand for leases or limited interest to develop these resources.

We maintain our demand that, consistent with the spirit and letter of the OCS Lands Act, that this Administration acknowledge that additional leasing is necessary in Alaska and other OCS regions in order to meet our national energy needs.

The decision makers in the Biden administration have proposed the fewest opportunities to extract the cleanest barrels of oil on Earth.

This plan is nothing short of sabotage to our nation's energy security.

It is not just negligence, it is a calculated move that strikes at the heart of American competitiveness.

We will vote on the Floor some time. I don't have any----

I have seen the sites where cartels are operating and the smuggling operations.