Doug Lamborn

The Obama plan put forward the lowest number of lease sales since the Carter Administration.

Unfortunately, their proposed final 5-year offshore leasing plan for 2012 to 2017 to Congress closed off 85 percent of our OCS regions.

I mean, this is serious. And the VA has known about this for up to 10 years now?

If the Federal process were streamlined, as the legislation would lead to, would there be more interest in exploring and developing energy on Federal lands, which I believe would lead to more income to the Treasury and a boost to the…

I think, if we are careful, we can do it all.

We think that you can do it in an environmentally responsible way, ice roads, ice pads, the highest standards...

It's time for Congress to once again move forward with these common sense, job-creating energy plans.

President Obama cannot continue to talk about his support for all-of-the-above energy and then continue to pursue policies that actively block all types of energy production on our Federal lands.

That's why it's completely unacceptable that the Obama Administration this year finalized a plan to close over half of the NPR-A to energy production.

H.R. 1964, the 'National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act' would open up the NPR-A to oil and natural gas development.

Each of the bills we will hear testimony on will take great steps forward to promote domestic energy security.

These restrictive proposed regulations would continue to lock up American resources from development.

H.R. 1964, the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act, would open up the NPR-A to oil and natural gas development.

Today we are meeting on four bills to expand American energy production, create American jobs, cut through bureaucratic red tape.

The Obama Administration has repeatedly claimed it is doing all they can to facilitate conventional and renewable energy development.

I am totally opposed to that, and I imagine most of us here are.

I am really concerned about Section 1504.

I am deeply disappointed that it has taken that Administration more than a year since the agreement was signed to finally transmit to Congress something for us to consider.

This acreage along our maritime boundary with Mexico seems to be one area where we can agree that exploration and development can and will happen.

We must approach this hearing remembering that approval of this Agreement sets an important precedent for other similar transboundary hydrocarbon agreements.

I am deeply disappointed that it has taken the Administration more than a year since the Agreement was signed to finally transmit to Congress something for us to consider.

This Agreement, if implemented correctly, is a rare opportunity to expand U.S. energy production, create new American jobs, and grow our economy...

The current absence of legal certainty around hydrocarbon reservoirs that may overlie our maritime boundary with Mexico...

But going forward, I need to make sure and I'm concerned that we're not going to get the funding from this administration that we should long term to protect our country like we should.

This is something that I think people do need to know about. And when you combine that with the fact that our vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has said that North Korean missiles probably can reach the United States, that's a…