It was President Reagan who declared that the United States has exclusive rights to the resources of the Exclusive Economic Zone.

Once again, scientists have confirmed that global warming is real.

I praise President Bush for implementing that. I embrace President Bush's goals on this.

The National Ocean Policy put into place by President Obama's Executive Order is essentially the implementation of the recommendations made by the bipartisan and independent U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy in 2004 whose members were all…

the goal of all of this is to actually reduce regulations.

The key word there is voluntary, and this is voluntary.

The ten-year rebuilding plan was arbitrary in nature.

Where opponents see wasted space that could be better used for well pads and roads and open pit mines, we see pristine, open spaces which protect habitat, provide clean drinking water and allow visitors from around the world to marvel at…

Where wilderness opponents see a federal land grab, we see an attempt to bring balance to federal land management policy that is currently tilted wildly in favor of resource extraction.

I thank the gentlelady. I rise in opposition to this legislation. If it were to pass the House, we lawmakers would be directing the Secretary of Transportation to tell U.S. airlines not to follow the law. If we prohibit our companies from…

The choice between preserving wilderness and energy development is a false one.