Alan Lowenthal: “These bills are effectively providing an incentive for oil and gas companies to do more damage to our public lands.”

As such, building even one new oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico will deepen the climate crisis, disproportionately imperiling low-income communities and communities of color in the process.

I would like to emphasize how important a quick resolution of this process and a timely report will be to my constituents.

Our public lands and oceans can and must be a solution to climate change.

I look forward to the testimony from our witnesses.