Alan Lowenthal

The bill entirely waives the National Environmental Policy Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act for oil and gas activities.

Under this legislation, those are all worthless.

On Federal lands----

While the concept is indeed novel, it's also reprehensible.

The ideas behind this bill are flawed, and its enactment would be disastrous for everyone who uses or enjoys our public lands, our beaches, and our oceans.

If Title I is the bribe, Title II is the shakedown.

This discussion draft makes a clear statement: our shared public lands and waters are only worth the oil and gas that we can wring out of them.

It is Groundhog Day again in the Committee as we consider yet another bill that prioritizes the oil and gas industry over everyday Americans.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 32 Offered by Mr. Kihuen The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I rise as the designee of Mr. Beyer to offer an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 62, beginning on line 16, strike section 505. The Acting CHAIR…

It imposes, among other things, it would invoke sanctions per the Magnitsky Act.

It is unconscionable that the Venerable--the Supreme Patriarch is kept in jail or at least under house arrest now.

Mr. Nguyen is one of my current prisoners of conscience.

I've advocated in Congress on the issue of the human rights abuses in Vietnam.

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for all attending and I thank also the chairman, Chairman Smith, for inviting me to participate.

I am not too sympathetic about the 800 pending permits when there are roughly twice that many approved ones that are already out there just waiting to be used.

So, it is fair to say that if BLM doesn't look at extraordinary circumstances, there is more of an analysis in installing a stop sign than in drilling an oil well.

Basically, because none of us is as smart as all of us, and when we get people to the table and working through the process, projects get better.

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

But that ability is under attack.

Simply put, that theme is: let the industry do whatever it wants and keep the public in the dark.

Unfortunately, these bills don't reflect that, and I believe they should be sent back to the drawing board.

The Trump administration is relentlessly trying to remove anything that might be a burden to the oil and gas industry.

One of the foundational principles of NEPA is involving the public in government decisions.

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