Let's make one thing perfectly clear: The Biden administration is building their so-called green energy on the backs of children, on poor individuals enslaved by Communist China. I wonder what it must be like for the Biden administration…

I implore you, Dr. Cruickshank, to ensure that BOEM conducts the NEPA process in a transparent manner to ensure that a lease sale is held in 2025.

Ending the crime crisis should not be a partisan issue but, unfortunately, it seems that it is.

Is that fair to my constituents?

this Administration's policy on mining, critical mineral mining, is anywhere but America, any worker but the American worker.

Since President Biden took office, over 700 regulations have been passed, costing nearly $440,000,000,000.

In my view, this is a common-sense approach we should be using for all forms of energy.

I urge my colleagues to support my efforts to allow for greater transparency when it comes to issuing policies that impact the paychecks and prosperity of all Americans.

Keeping the oil and gas within the United States is going to help the United States in the energy sector reduce the cost of energy.

Bidenomics coupled with this regulatory agenda is hurting small businesses.

Following his passing last year, I was honored to assume first sponsorship of the bill, and I did not hesitate to co-sponsor the legislation when Representative Peltola asked me to do so earlier this summer.

I want to also thank my colleague and good friend from the great state of Alaska, Representative Peltola, for her leadership in introducing this legislation.

Did everybody hear that? Readiness from the United States would be in danger.

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

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

Quite frankly, this Administration has done nothing to promote domestic mining and has actually taken action to shut down our domestic mining industry and increase our reliance on China.

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.

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.

Now, even our Federal lands meant for conservation, recreation, and development of our great natural resources are being turned into campgrounds for traffickers and terrorists who are marching into our country and breaking our immigration…

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

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.

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.

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

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