Bruce Westerman

Yes, and if we want to put solar panels in, let's not clear-cut forests to put solar panels in.

I noticed that a big, mature forest that it was private land. Somebody had apparently sold that, they clear-cut it.

I'm passionate about conserving trees, particularly when it comes to national treasures like our Giant Sequoias.

I appreciate the work that the Agriculture Committee has done to address forestry issues.

I urge you to prioritize it in the upcoming farm bill reauthorization.

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.

Again, I encourage my colleagues to support H.R. 5283, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. All time for general debate has expired. Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the 5-minute…

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.

It sounds like we have bipartisan support for H.R. 2, the Secure our Borders Act, which was passed out of this Chamber that would secure our border and would address the fentanyl crisis. Maybe some of our colleagues weren't paying…

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?