Russ Fulcher

We need to get it together on the border where it starts.

I think sometimes when FERC is slow to approve things, it is worse for the environment.

Natural gas has been the No. 1 reason the United States has reduced more greenhouse gas emissions than any other country.

FERC has been extremely slow in approving new gas and oil pipelines.

That is true. H.R. 1435 is not the only answer, but it certainly is a step in the right direction. Just keep our internal combustion engines alive and going. By the way, the cleanliness of the vehicles that we have, the internal combustion…

This is a very bad situation, and it is up to us to try to do something about it.

That affects everyone else. We didn't even get into the whole topic of just the overall economic and environmental impact, and the resources necessary to build these electric cars. The resources need to be sourced in unfriendly areas…

Only in California can something like that be brought up, but, yes, that is my understanding. That is the direction they are going.

I am particularly pleased to see efforts to insert more local control.

I just think it is of note that we have been blessed with a resource, and we have decided ourselves to restrict the use of that blessing.

I am dismayed by the efforts that the current Administration has had on hindering domestic coal production when our energy needs are at an all-time high.

I cannot in good faith tell the residents of Idaho to trade energy reliability for energy stagnation and economic uncertainty all to meet the whims and desires of the Biden Administration's push for environmental justice.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the opportunity to introduce a friend and a fellow Idahoan, John Stuart.

Republicans of this Committee will not sit idly by.

We have bureaucrats in DC making decisions not on facts on the ground.

That is a lose-lose deal, because those in those donor states are sending that money, in large cases, to the West, where there is a lot of this public land.

I wish there were more of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle here, because most of them come from states which are identified as donor states, not donee states.

Creating a category of conservation as a use makes it compete.

The arrogance is unbelievable, especially when the majority of the Administration, I would say, probably hasn't even been there.

I have to tell you, being from Idaho, I am not feeling the love here.

There is significant arrogance by making this decision and imposing it on the people who live there.

We oppose the Proposed Rule and urge the BLM to start over, withdraw its proposal, and instead focus its efforts on working closely with states, local governments, and stakeholders on rulemaking that will truly enhance active management…

I want to encourage you to hold some in-person public hearings in my home state of Idaho, and I think it would be great if you would be there on this Public Land Rule and personally attend those.

So, just as a reminder, if you take the language in your rule proposal at face value, that makes conservation a use, which is, as Congressman Westerman indicated, by default that means other stuff doesn't employ conservation.

Well, if I could just encourage you, that is not where we need the help. It is the Federal lands where we need the help.