Let me just give one important example of what this amendment addresses. In my home State of Arizona, at Oak Flat, an area sacred to the Apache people and other indigenous Tribes in Arizona and in New Mexico, there was a deal made to give…

I would like to, once again, remind everyone that H.R. 1 is the pinnacle piece of legislation for the Republican majority. This bill, as the debates have shown throughout these last few days, is a boondoggle. It is a giveaway. H.R. 1 puts…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee will be postponed. Amendment No. 32 Offered by Mr. Perry The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey will be postponed. Amendment No. 37 Offered by Mr. Graves of Louisiana The Acting…

The underlying legislation would already roll back all the positive reforms Democrats have made to the oil and gas leasing program in the Inflation Reduction Act. For too long, Big Oil paid the taxpayers a pittance for publicly owned gas…

I would be remiss, after the chairman's acknowledgement of his staff, not to do the same. I thank the Democrats on our committee for their hard work and their effort to keep the worst from happening with H.R. 1. Their work has been…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey will be postponed. Amendment No. 36 Offered by Mr. Van Drew The Acting CHAIR. It…

Let me remind everyone that Big Oil giants reported their largest profits in history in 2022, together making over a trillion dollars in sales, all while American families were struggling. We can't continue to rely on the decades-old…

I concur with much of what Chairman Westerman said. I support the amendment. I don't think it goes far enough. I think that as we confront the question that he brought up of Chinese communism and their influence and their participation in…

This amendment requires the Government Accountability Office to study the sufficiency of the current environmental review process for offshore wind projects. I think we can all agree that offshore energy projects, including offshore wind…

I oppose this amendment. While I recognize the amendment's underlying goal is to make it easier to obtain a Clean Water Act permit, not all permits have the same potential impacts on water quality. We need to take care to distinguish…

This amendment would further restrict access to the courts to hold polluters accountable when they violate the law and unlawfully harm public health and the environment. The underlying bill already bars additional review of a permit…