Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of S.J. Res. 11, which nullifies the Biden administration's politically driven rule to mandate all offshore oil and gas exploration and development projects complete costly and burdensome archeological surveys and reports. Over the past 4 years, the American people have seen the most anti-oil, antigas, anti-traditional energy, and antimining administration in this Nation's history. When energy here in the United States and around the world is growing, as the chairman just said, rather than supporting an all-of- the-above energy strategy, Mr. Speaker, the Biden administration sought to stop traditional forms of energy like oil and gas. Prior to the Biden administration's rule, oil and gas companies were only required to complete these reports when BOEM, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, had a reason to believe an archeological resource may be present. Instead, the Biden administration made that archeological report mandatory, even when it was clearly unnecessary. These unnecessary reports would lead to millions of dollars in additional compliance costs to complete the required survey work and deal with the additional red tape. This is in addition to the significant staff time reviewing these reports would eat up at BOEM, leading to further delays in important energy projects that we need to build for the American people. It is clear the Biden administration's rule wasn't actually necessary.…”