H.R. 3155 will PERMANENTLY strip the Interior Department of the power to protect lands around the Grand Canyon from uranium mining.

H.R. 3155 threatens to return this nation to the low state of civilization President Roosevelt found us in a century ago.

We regard temples and Roman triumphal arches and Gothic cathedrals as a priceless value. . .but we are, as a whole, still in that low state of civilization where we do not understand that it is vandalism to destroy or to permit the…

Rather than learning a lesson from this unfortunate tragedy, the Republican Majority has again offered legislation that could lead to unchecked uranium mining around Grand Canyon National Park.

Each year, Grand Canyon National Park generates $700 million dollars in local revenue and supports more than 12,000 jobs.

Markey, Hon. Edward J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Massachusetts.

I would urge my Republican colleagues to drop their opposition to all mythical moratoriums and all pretend permit-oriums and instead join me in supporting the repeal of an actual embargo that prevents our American oil companies from even…

Because of a relic of the Cold War, the Cuban embargo, American oil companies cannot drill in this area that could contain as much as five billion barrels of oil.

We should end the Cuban embargo so that American companies and American workers can reap the benefits of drilling so near our shores.

The Majority has been so focused on a make-believe moratorium on drilling in the Gulf, that they've apparently missed the actual decades-long moratorium on American companies drilling off of Cuba that is the result of the embargo.

Because of a relic of the cold war, the Cuban embargo, American oil companies cannot drill in this area that could contain as much as 5 billion barrels of oil.