"Before this law was passed, as everyone knows, Gulf Coast States played host to energy production offshore and our States, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama, that were production host States, received virtually no share of the revenues from the Outer Continental Shelf which begins only 3 mil..."
"That's why I'm committed to passing the FAIR Act."
"However, it took 152 years and 32 more presidents. When Harry Truman then claimed the entire Outer Continental Shelf and the resources beneath it for the people of the United States this expanded our ..."
"When the people of Louisiana hold this gavel good things happen, in my view, for the industry."
"An energy secure and independent North America is something worth fighting for, working for and working across parties lines to achieve."
"It means achieving energy security for the United States, something that has bedeviled the Members of Congress and Presidents for decades."
"I'm confident that this committee can use it in a way to expand this industry both onshore and offshore, reduce unnecessary and redundant regulations that cost time, money and jobs, build on the reven..."
"I'm a strong supporter of the Jones Act."
"I am so proud to chair this committee on behalf of the people of Louisiana."
"Contrary to this situation and great irritation to me and to others, the Federal Government shared 50 percent of those same revenues on Federal lands in interior States."
"I also welcome the report that DOE released just last week."