Pete Stauber

The United States has the opportunity to not only be critical mineral independent but critical mineral dominant as well.

Without action from the United States, China is set to have the same leverage and power over us that OPEC nations had during the height of the oil crisis in the 1970's.

It is abundantly clear that critical minerals will be the most important global commodity of the 21st century.

It is frustrating that we have great leadership on this committee in a bipartisan fashion pushing an important reauthorization bill, and the Senate sits on it for 5 months.

Thank you very much. I first want to recognize and thank both Chairmen Graves, Ranking Member Larsen, and Ranking Member Cohen for their leadership to get this bill not only through this committee, but allowing the process to go forward.

In the House-passed FAA reauthorization bill, we tripled authorized funding for the FAA Section 625 Aviation Workforce Development Program.

This bill takes care of the workers above and below the wings, which are so important--they have to work together.

As long as I am privileged to be chair of this committee, your community will be represented.

Who benefits from affordable energy? The American people benefit from affordable energy, and I hope we will drill for more oil and gas here in America so that we can have prosperity.

Thank you very much. Our next witness is Mr. Karlin Itchoak.

The lack of consultation, to me, is a real shame. And I truly believe that this Administration owes each of you and the communities you represented an apology.

I am proud to introduce the bipartisan Alaska's Right to Produce Act of 2023, which reverses the Biden administration's recent actions that seek to put an end to oil and gas production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR, and the…

When Congress writes legislation and it becomes a law, it is not a recommendation or a feeling to follow the law.

The government wants to be in every part of our lives--ceiling fans, dishwashers, water heaters, light bulbs. It is unbelievable.

This is overreach, Mr. Chair, by our federal government, in every aspect of our lives, complete overreach, and it is unacceptable.

$31,000 these bureaucrats put on somebody that wants to build a new home, not through Congress, through these three-letter agencies, unaccountable, nonelected, to put on the American people.

These standards are designed to reduce energy consumption in our homes and businesses. However, they have had the unintended consequence of making our homes less affordable and more expensive to build.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

This Administration has continuously put-up obstacles. In fact, in the last 3 years... they have put forth $320 billion of additional rules and regulations.

H.R. 2855, the Sinkhole Mapping Act, introduced by Representative Soto, would direct the U.S. Geological Survey to study the short- and long-term effects of sinkholes.

This America-last mentality being pushed by this Administration must stop, or else we risk our energy security.

Unfortunately, the Biden administration has set an anywhere-but-America, any-worker-but-American energy policy.

The proposed final National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, which has arrived 457 days late, and contains the fewest offshore lease sales in the program's history.

Today, the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee will examine the Biden administration's unprecedented obstruction of the BOEM offshore leasing program.