Paul Gosar

The gentleman also brings to my mind another opportunity that we actually see where the pulverization of coal is then injected into spaces within oil; we get a 50 percent additional better burn and a cleaner burn at that. So once again…

The gentleman is exactly right. Mr. Speaker, in fact, the gentleman is very astute in regard to the overburden area, where many of these rare earths can be extracted; so we are not dependent upon the whims and wiles of the Chinese…

The gentleman is absolutely right. The renewables are very important, because what it allows us to do is take this wonderful wealth that we have of coal and nuclear and oil and gas and hydro, and really extend it into the future, where the…

Well, photosynthesis; this is the key component of cellular growth in plants. They take carbon dioxide; they take dirty water; they have sunlight, and it produces oxygen and clean water. That is what we actually get with photosynthesis.

I appreciate the gentleman's response, and thank him. I yield to my friend, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Griffith). Mr. Griffith represents the heart of Virginia coal country, an industry that would be eliminated if the Green New Deal…

I would now like to recognize the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop). Mr. Bishop is the ranking member of the Natural Resources Committee and has been a steadfast leader in opposing the Green New Deal.

I was told that once you build a road, it is forever changed.

It is unfortunate that we have political science that is here to just make things harder for us, is how we see it in Kaktovik.

Our homelands are not polluted. Our people are not polluted. Our animals are not polluted.

Until an alternative is put forth, we support responsible resource development.

Well, what we have seen from scientific data is they have gone up.

Who in America would have to have an Act of Congress to develop their own lands? Nowhere else in the world.

My colleagues want to lock up energy development in the 1002 region and further our reliance on foreign oil imports.

California currently relies on foreign resources, mostly from Saudi Arabia, to meet over half its rising demand for oil.

The previous administration took any action they could to lock up oil and gas development on the North Slope.

It is absolutely incredible. And I have been there, to the North Slope.

You have divided two tribes, two tribes. This isn't the people that live there.

These are the Alaskan Natives directly impacted, not the Gwich'in, and that is my tribe.

I want to believe the people. Not the Gwich'in, because they are not the people.

I thank you for yielding, Mr. Chairman, and thank all of you that have traveled so far to be here today.

I want to thank the gentleman from Alaska for inviting us up 2 years ago. It was a fabulous trip, eye-opening.

This legislation would eliminate provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 authorizing energy development in the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Think about that when you say we want to save the culture. Save the culture of the people, not those that are foreigners.

This whole hearing is so transparently political it is beyond legitimate overstate.

I am very supportive of your decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, and so is my delegation.