Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. My amendment would do two important things. First, it would preserve the Energy Department's ability to select projects based on merit, and, second, it would preserve a very basic…

The bill that we are discussing today needs more work in order to accomplish these positive goals.

I think we can have productive bipartisan conversation about building natural gas pipelines when they are thoughtfully sited.

I think we could have a productive, bipartisan conversation about building natural gas pipelines when they are thoughtfully sited.

This bill as written overturns the longstanding requirement for congressional approval of natural gas pipelines through national parks.

I think that, what I am hearing today, there is a lot of common ground.

I hope we can work together to craft legislation that can help to site pipelines on public lands in a more thoughtful way.

Mr. Speaker, from city halls to the Halls of Congress, there is universal agreement that our national infrastructure, once the envy of the world, is eroding around us. It is eroding from simple political inattention and inaction. We must…

I left with tremendous misgivings about why we are rewarding a country that engages in such bad behavior as human rights and the lack of labor protections.

courts have looked at the question of whether NEPA requires consideration of climate change matters.

I would like to also make a statement that I am pleased that we are holding this hearing, first, to acknowledge the successes of NEPA.