Alan Lowenthal: “I think the transparency provisions... would help your industries to participate in this new helium auction and the…”

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 urge my colleagues to support the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Lowenthal) that the House suspend the rules and…

Gulf Coast communities are also on the front lines of climate change, and sea-level rise, erosion, flooding, and more powerful storms will continue to wreak havoc until we reduce our emissions.

These targets are certainly reasonable, and they are consistent with what the world has agreed to for climate targets.