I work every day to make things better for everybody, Congressman.

This Administration has made a steadfast commitment to strengthen government-to-government relationships with Tribal Nations.

your management of our national parks, our treasures, has been exemplary.

Recreational visits to the refuge system also generate over $3 billion for local communities.

Reliable water is crucial to tribal communities, and this permanent funding for settlements will help us work with tribes and Congress to meet our trust responsibilities to ensure that tribal communities receive the water resources they have long been promised.

you have shown in no uncertain terms that our public lands and waters are no longer a breeding ground for corporate polluter greed.

there are millions of acres of leased, non-producing Federal lands, and there are thousands of approved permits to drill that the industry is letting sit unused.

the Department of the Interior has recently finalized a number of important rules that will both promote clean energy and also ensure stronger protections for our public lands and waters while holding fossil fuel industry accountable.

Tribal consultation is government-to-government consultation with federally recognized tribes.

U.S. oil production on public lands and waters is at an all-time high, and that is verifiable information on a website.

Yet, here we find ourselves today in a hearing where my colleagues are trying to manufacture a scandal tying Secretary Haaland to environmental groups.