"If the Department of the Interior does not take the necessary steps now to begin the NEPA process and begin to initiate an offshore oil and gas lease sale in 2024, the United States will fail to hold ..."
"While the global oil market thrives, it is disheartening to witness the absence of investment opportunities here in the United States."
"If the Biden administration continues to block offshore leasing, these funds will begin to dry up."
"But the Biden administration would rather forego these good-paying jobs and ship them to our adversarial nations overseas."
"In 2020, President Biden said, 'I want you to look at my eyes. I guarantee you, I guarantee you, we are going to end fossil fuel.'"
"Higher energy prices hurt working families, which is so ironic when I hear the other side profess to sympathize with the struggles of working families."
"We know now that renewables cannot make up for fossil fuels."
"Higher energy prices is a regressive tax on middle and lower-income families."
"I want to thank my colleague from Virginia, Representative Kiggans, for putting forth the Military and Veterans in Parks Act."
"Frankly, I believe the role of our Federal agencies is to get out of the way and, instead, partner with these local communities."
"The fact that China is trying to spread its influence in malign and negative ways makes this even more important."
"I have a huge concern that money transfers, as good as they are, as positive as they are, if they are open ended, they may not accomplish what we want them to accomplish."