all NEPA analysis is waived for the four new lease sales that would be required in this bill.

The oil companies are going to ruin our water. If they ruin the water out here, there won't be anyone left.

H.R. 5616 waives judicial review so no one can sue to stop a lease sale, even if it is done illegally.

We have an obligation to rectify that, along with making sure that Deepwater doesn't happen again to anyone else.

Today, just 2 days ahead of a government shutdown with nobody but House Republicans to blame, we are here to discuss two bills: H.R. 5616 and H.R. 1121, both extreme and misguided giveaways to the fossil fuel industry.

And as a result of these two bills we are hearing today, there will be no clean water for you.

In less than 60 hours, funding for disaster response and recovery, nutrition assistance programs, and small business loans could all run out, along with many other programs our constituents rely on.

with or without a government shutdown, I am coming to your town, and I am bringing folks with me because we want to see it with our own eyes.

It is a telling reflection of my colleagues' priorities that they would rather debate the merits of Big Oil giveaways that will, without a doubt, harm our communities than address the critical need to fund essential government services.

I think what taxpayers want to see is the government stay open

Disingenuous is the kindest word I can use right now about what I am feeling and hearing in this Committee.

Migrants aren't voluntarily flooding into cities; Republican governors are flooding our cities with migrants, using people as pawns.