Alan Lowenthal: “coastwise shipping holds tremendous promise to alleviate congestion on our highways and reduce harmful carbon emissions.”

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.

The November Gulf of Mexico lease sale... demonstrates that the Biden administration has not yet found the political courage necessary to confront the realities of climate change.

The program is oversubscribed by a factor of 5.4 to 1.

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