It is this Administration's policies, your lack of lease sales that are causing higher energy prices.

This is awful. You are completely screwing the next administration and the one after from this completely failed energy plan.

You are completely screwing this country's energy security in the future.

In August of this year, we are going to hit the 234th birthday of the United States Coast Guard. We have seen profound changes in the Coast Guard's mission. They perform the jobs of probably a dozen Federal agencies over water. They do a…

We passed a bill out of the House in July of last year in a strong bipartisan manner, a vote of 351-69, despite the fact that we have been in this incredibly challenging and polarizing Congress. We came together because of the importance…

I just want to quickly respond to my friend from Texas and the comments about the offshore energy industry. I represent south Louisiana. We have six States that produce offshore energy: Alaska, California, Texas Louisiana, Mississippi, and…

I want to simply explain what we are talking about here. Mr. Speaker, you could have a citizen of Russia who illegally crosses our southern border, pays cartels, comes across our southern border, and decides to set up shop in California…

Today we are going to be voting on legislation to name a post office in Rayville, Louisiana, after Congressman-elect Luke Letlow. Madam Speaker, I had known Luke for many, many years and had the chance to work with him. I want to tell you…

We should never stop striving to further and further improve safety. I want to be clear on that.

I agree that we need to continue striving, using technology, get better and better at safety and perfecting this.

Let's compare this to alternatives. I was just looking up--I pulled up an article. Just for the city of New York--just for the city of New York--according to the Fire Department of New York, in 2023, lithium-ion batteries caused 267 fires…

I thank the chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources for leading on this legislation. Mr. Chairman, I often wonder where in the world we are sometimes. We are under an administration that has set energy policies that are causing…

I will agree with you, climate is a risk, it is a threat. It is not the only one.

I hear administration officials coming down to Louisiana and talking about sea rise and our risk all the time.

And it seems like it would be irresponsible for us to keep increasing funding for these programs that aren't doing what they were intended to do.

Can you tell me where in the Stafford Act those three objectives are?

You are creating an energy crisis for the future, not just for right now as a result of future supply.

I appreciate your answer. It is not answering the question, though.

I feel like this is a direct result of this Administration's actions that are causing these higher, unaffordable prices for American families.

I couldn't be more supportive of mitigation and resiliency efforts when they make sense.

If you come in and you use bad metrics that don't consider all of the risk, you are going to result in bad outcomes.

Louisiana has lost 2,000 square miles of our coast. It's like wiping the State of Rhode Island off the map.

What message do you have to the American family that can't afford to make ends meet, and many of the policies that are coming out of the Department of the Interior are actually contributing to that as a result of higher gasoline and…

why should taxpayers, in a Nation that's drowning in debt, trust your Agency with more taxpayer dollars?

I would strongly urge you to think about the problem you are causing for the next administration and the one after.