Christopher John: “Unfortunately, this authorization has never been satisfied and my home state has lost literally millions of dollars as a…”

It is important to note that during the 4-year period of study, the federal lessee continued to drain the sacred reservoir and actually continued to drain the field until the Federal wells ceased producing in 1998.

I beg of my colleagues to end this sad chapter in America. We have damaged the fiber of our representative democracy. We are tearing down the greatest country in the world by the deliberations here and over the past few months. I plead of…

In short, my State is knowingly leaving money on the table in order to make a good faith effort to resolve this issue.

The State of Louisiana and the Federal Government have a long history of working together to develop our abundant natural resources in a cooperative manner that protects our unique habitat and spurs economic development.