Even when taxpayers are getting some return for our oil and gas resources, we are still not receiving our fair share.
At minimum, we should increase the grazing fees to market prices.
A royalty rate of just 12.5% would return $300 million to taxpayers annually.
Progressive tax, economic and financial policies are not only critical for our environment, but are also fairer and more equitable for our s...
Repealing the depletion allowance for hardrock mining would save the taxpayer almost $800 million a year.
I think that is directly pertinent because they both offered an alternative to the proposal which the majority has before the Committee.
I believe it should remain an unmolested U.S. wilderness sanctuary, public land used for outdoors recreation by world citizens.
The 1872 Mining Law is perhaps the grandfather of all anti-environmental giveaways.
the oil industry and the mining industry, as they right now get away without paying their fair share of the dues to live in our country.
What price? How buyable are Americans? How low do we get when we start taking our key heirlooms and we start selling them to Dutch Royal She...
If I may, Mr. Chairman, just to say I felt that we needed this hearing so that the deficit reduction aspect of that hearing that we have alr...