Bruce Westerman

It also shows that tribal forest management shouldn't be an area of partisan division, but rather, bipartisan compromise.

Instead of bearing the brunt of Federal mismanagement, tribes should be looked at as models of ways we can improve the health and resiliency of our Federal forests.

Earlier this year, the House unanimously passed the Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act.

I thank the gentlelady from New Mexico for setting up my question so well by talking about the Tribal Forest Protection Act and the Good Neighbor Authority.

Thank you again, Chairman Tiffany, and thank you to the witnesses.

The investments that were secured by House Democrats and President Biden in the last Congress were a downpayment, a downpayment.

I believe I have about as much time left as the Biden administration put into the permitting process on Floyd Bennett Field. I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

May I get an update on the time remaining. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Cline). The gentleman from Arkansas has 6 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Arizona has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.

My focus is on the Administration following the laws that we pass in Congress.

Thank goodness for that Tax Cut and Jobs Act, which said we were supposed to be producing oil on the North Slope.

Your goal is not to produce energy in Alaska. Delaying is your best tactic.

It seems like the administrative state has become the 4th branch of government, and you are more focused on following some internal memo and processes and political ideologues in the Department, rather than following the law that Congress…

This is pathetic, you should be ashamed. The Administration should be ashamed. This is unthinkable, what this Administration is doing to the people of Alaska.

I sat down with the CBO Director. He admitted they messed up like they always do when it is a Republican piece of legislation.

Even the market for a quantifiable and measurable carbon sequestration product, I think there are big markets for that.

I think your testimony talked about wastewater treatment. Can you talk about some of the other potential markets for biochar?

I did a deep dive into the reason for the closure, and what I found was that DOL was the one that evaluated the performance of the job centers.

I have always said that trees are the answer; what is your question?

So, we just cannot see what the holdup with this program amendment is.

I am doing a little tally of agencies that are following the law and breaking the law.

Are you following the law?

And Mr. Wendtland, I know that you would think reclaiming abandoned mines would be a bipartisan issue.

Again, I thank the gentlewoman from New York for her excellent bipartisan work on this piece of legislation. Mr. Speaker, in honor of Veterans Day and in honor of the hallowed history that we have, I urge adoption of this bill which will…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end, before the short title, insert the following: ocean justice strategy Sec. ___. None of the…

In closing, I would say the only thing slowing down and providing blockades for projects across the country is CEQ and the influence they are having across other organizations. They are unresponsive to Congress. We should stand up for our…