The report found that Congress did nothing about the many other critical issues the Commission identified to improve safety and environmental protection beyond the RESTORE Act.

Secret payments can be easily demanded by corrupt governments. They can also be a signal that maybe a company is involved in risky business overseas.

I think it is appropriate to raise it dramatically, if not even have an unlimited cap.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a member of the Safe Climate Caucus. Earlier this week, American Rivers published its annual list of the country's most-threatened rivers. Primarily because of over allocation, the Colorado River is at the top…

This law is not a law that is abused. This is a law that Presidents have used as a last resort, on many occasions.

The Antiquities Act is a landmark law that should be celebrated, not relentlessly attacked for the sake of scoring a few political points.

There has got to be a better way of doing this.

You can't have it both ways. They can't complain about the Antiquities Act while neglecting legislation that seeks to accomplish the same objective.

Public lands are a net positive for our State. There's really no way to deny their enormous contribution.

It is very, very important that the local people have a say in what is happening to their lands.

NEPA has such a backlog. I mean, to get anything done, we are way behind and it takes way, way too much time.