Alan Lowenthal: “the rule doesn't do much at all, it simply requires companies to do what they are already doing under State regulations.”

Burning the oil and gas that the Department of the Interior projected to be developed as a result of Lease Sale 257 would be the equivalent of building 130 new coal-powered plants.

I want to lend my support to the strongest possible funding for programs like the Port Infrastructure Development Program.

The climate crisis is here, and it poses an existential threat to American life as we know it now.

I have no further requests at this time. I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.