Doug Lamborn

To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, SMCRA, to stop the ongoing waste by the Department of the Interior of taxpayer resources

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, I now yield 1 minute to my colleague from Kansas, Representative Jenkins.

I thank the gentleman. I now yield 1 minute to my colleague from Georgia (Mr. Barrow).

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. 10002. None of the funds made…

I inquire of the balance of my time remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Indiana has 2\3/4\ minutes remaining.

I thank my colleague for pointing that out. I appreciate her coming to the floor. I know we are joined in this effort by Representative Steve Daines of Montana and by Representative Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, and they wholeheartedly…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

Well, I would just hate to see fudging, where you minimize the economic impact and use false assumptions in order to accomplish that.

These workers are simply pleading for the Administration to stop the ongoing war on jobs and embrace a real agenda of job creation.

The American people do not need more rhetoric, especially when the agencies and departments of his Administration are going forward with their war on jobs and job creators.

When the draft EIS, which apparently has been repudiated now, came out, it showed a direct job loss of 7,000 jobs, and many more thousands of lost jobs indirectly, with economic harm in at least 22 States.

This rule was tossed out by the Obama Administration days after taking office, and never fully implemented, simply because they did not like it.

The people of the United States are desperate for jobs, as we now enter our 5th year of the Obama economy.

By not complying with the Committee's request for information and subpoenas, treating them as FOIA requests, which they are not, this is the opposite of the so-called transparency and openness goals of this Administration.

Some of the hardest hit have been our American coal miners.

Yet the American people do not need more empty rhetoric, especially when the agencies and Departments of his Administration will continue forward with their war on jobs and job creators.

Last year, the Waldo Canyon fire destroyed 347 homes and killed 2 people. This year the Black Forest fire tragically claimed about 500 homes and 2 lives.

This year marks the second consecutive year that my home State of Colorado and my congressional district has experienced record-setting fires in terms of property lost in a single wildfire.

It is clear that our national forests are in an unhealthy and dangerous state that poses an extreme risk to public safety, water supply, and wildlife, resulting in larger and more intense wildfires.

I look forward to receiving the vote of the ranking member. I suppose that means he is in favor of this amendment, so I appreciate and applaud that. This is very similar to the amendment last year, though it is not identical as you stated…

This is just political spin in Washington that has absolutely no basis in fact.

The oil industry is accused of getting subsidies. That is certainly not true.

Our Federal lands and waters can be part of America's great energy story--and help contribute to job creation and economic growth--if we can only remove the government barriers that keep them off-limits.

The time to be bold is now, and I applaud the Chairman's legislation.

The predominant way we can do this is by fostering energy development in new areas.