Alan Lowenthal

I hope, while you are looking at it, you look at a proposal that I put forth in H.R. 3001, which establishes a sustainable, dedicated freight trust fund.

Wind power in the United States quadrupled under President Obama, while solar power grew almost 40-fold.

Natural gas is seen as a very important but as an intermediate solution. It is not the long-term solution for our energy needs.

This is an opportunity also to support local American shipbuilding by requiring a small percentage of exported crude and LNG to travel on U.S.-built and U.S.-flagged vessels.

If we care about geopolitical strength as much as we say, we will give climate change the attention it rightfully deserves.

Developing more renewable energy and increasing investments in innovative technology is a win-win for our climate, our security, and our economic competitiveness.

Florida did not make that decision. We are not concerned, we are not arguing about Florida.

Today, Americans who live along our shores understand their critical importance and want the government to protect these resources.

Americans have zero interest in handing more of our oceans over to oil and gas corporations.

the latest example of the Republicans governing for the benefit of corporations, not citizens.

But I have news for the Secretary: Americans have zero interest in handing more of our oceans over to oil and gas corporations.

The Interior Department's just-released plan to open every region of the Outer Continental Shelf to oil and gas development is the latest example of Republicans governing for the benefit of corporations, not citizens.

Secretary Zinke could not care less about California's history or about the local voices vehemently opposed to his drill-everywhere plan.

I think that is a legitimate discussion that we should be having, what is that relationship...

First of all, I thank you for that discussion.

Had the Secretary consulted California residents and elected officials before his decision, he would have learned why Federal offshore leases have not been offered in over 30 years.

So, that is how you would characterize those discussions, and you will also send us copies of any correspondence?

Does BOEM consider Governor Scott's request for a meeting and for all of the waters around Florida to be removed from the plan to be a comment under Section 18(c)(2) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act?

The absence of it in this report.

The Administration pays lip service to conservation and renewable energy, but actions speak louder than words.

We need to be conducting more oversight about the Department's operations and hold more Administration witnesses accountable.

I think that would be very appropriate.

Letter signed by multiple Members of Congress addressed to Secretary Zinke regarding opposition to lease sales in the Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific Oceans

This Administration has shown its true stripes over the past year. Its top priority is doing everything the oil, gas, and coal industries desire.

I feel like the Energy Burdens report is incomplete.