Alan Lowenthal actually said...

"I strongly disagree with the Department's decision making around this sale."

"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."

"Reducing emissions from fossil fuel production has been an area of bipartisan agreement on this Subcommittee."