I don't have any additional speakers. I would just like to say that energy infrastructure is critical to our economy, yet we cannot simply give the fossil fuel industry a carte blanche to build pipelines that adversely impact conservation and recreation lands. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
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