Russ Fulcher

The substantial decrease in leasing in the Gulf of Mexico will have a catastrophic impact on both our energy independence and ability to protect the Texas coastline.

We cannot leave average Americans out in the literal cold because certain actors wish to damage industries.

Affordable, reliable and environmentally responsible energy is the only responsible environmental policy.

But this is a fabulous source, a fabulous source of energy.

H.R. 6285 very rightfully puts some sanity back into the energy policy in Alaska, and empowers some of our locals.

Congress has taken an approach to managing our forests that has not yielded results.

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…

Thank you very much.

For a Federal lease, we are going to have to nominate that parcel, and then we are going to have to wait for that state to offer a lease sale.

Because your company has done, I assume, projects both on Federal land and probably on private or state land.

I have more questions than I am going to have time for, but I want to fact check my staff because when I was reading through and going through the data in presenting this bill...

I want to thank all the witnesses for their testimony and for everyone in the room for being with us today.

We applaud Representative Fulcher for his introduction of H.R. 1449, the CLEAN Act, and for his continued leadership on geothermal energy.

Geothermal is proven clean and efficient, and it provides baseload, reliable power to residents in rural areas.

Securing American energy independence should be a top priority for Congress.

The bill I am introducing is H.R. 1449, Committing Leases for Energy Access Now, or the CLEAN Act.

Mr. Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to introduce this bill, and I thank the Committee for holding this hearing today.

Before I do, Mr. Soto, I think you just explained why maybe we have a $33.6 trillion debt. It is that giant sinkhole. All the money is going in there. That must be what it is.

I can only imagine the drastic impact on states closer in proximity.

New York has some geography between it and the southern border, and so does my home state of Idaho.

I appreciate your leadership in taking the right step in Natural Resources.

And they probably lost their sense of humor on accommodating more migrants until we deal with that problem.

Not only does it violate your sovereignty, but it, certainly in my opinion, placates the problem we have on the southern border.

This is not a priority for this Administration.

Whether we like it or not we are in a war, and we are in a war on the southern border with the cartels.