Jack Bergman: “In Michigan's First District, we pride ourselves on being responsible stewards of all our natural resources.”

Sovereignty comes with responsibility, and the responsibility to prevent a foreseeable disaster from crossing into another country's airspace has not been met.

I think the House should have pushed back, and we have a chance to rectify this in the future.

Explicitly maintaining protections that prevent oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes will provide certainty for the millions of Americans who call the region home while we work to improve Federal permitting. Mr. Chair, once again, I…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan has 2 minutes remaining.