The amendment I am offering does one simple thing and one thing only. It ensures that this land trade is fair and protects the American taxpayers. For every land exchange undertaken by the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In section 2, strike subsection (c) (page 3, beginning line 21) and insert the following new…

Mr. Chairman, among the many flaws in the legislation is a provision waiving compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, NEPA. NEPA has been under attack by the Republicans for years. Most famously, former Chairman Pombo…

The impugning of the witness's character, her truthfulness, in front of the Committee is... not the way to be conducting this hearing.

Because, at the end of all this, we are still dealing with possibly--with the worst environmental catastrophe that this country has seen.

Despite the Majority's attempt to block an increase in the inspection fees charged to offshore oil and gas companies...

The oil industry must make a widespread, forceful, and long-term commitment to cultivating a serious approach to safety that sets the highest safety standards and consistently meets them.

I voted for that measure. I have also put forward legislation with my colleagues Representatives Grijalva, Napolitano, Lujan, Costa and Polis that recognizes we have a problem in our forests.

Would you agree that these weather anomalies are related to climate change?

We also have an issue of competing endangered species, if you will.

Would increased resources for fuel treatments and fuel reduction in the--particularly in the Wildland/Urban Interface reduce the damage that we are seeing right now from wildfires?