a similar legislative change has been proposed on the Senate side by Senator Charles Schumer of New York.
the old methods of failing to develop our resources in the OCS are not going to work any longer.
Madame Chairwoman and Mr. Chairman, thank you both for holding this hearing. This is now the sixth hearing on OCS development held this Cong...
We can free ourselves from oil tyrants, but only if we are willing to act and develop our own resources.
I certainly would not be in favor of reducing existing veterans benefits elsewhere in the VA budget in order to establish an overly broad de...
Developing these resources will free us from our dependence on foreign oil.
We all agree that America is too dependent on foreign governments for our energy supply.
We should hold other hearings on how to best improve abandoned mine lands and how to streamline the permitting process.
Many witnesses at the hearings held in 2007 told us this legislation, if enacted, would decimate the domestic hardrock mining industry.
Members from western states like mine will fight vigorously to keep these jobs, because the West cannot survive on tourism alone.
We may not be able to rely on foreign imports forever.