Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I was wondering if you could tell us more about what BLM is doing to ramp down emissions from public lands.

President Biden has set a goal to reduce greenhouse emissions by at least 50 percent, and achieve zero carbon electric power in our system by 2035.

But the American people know that security will come when we create an equitable, clean energy economy that puts families and communities first, and ends our reliance on a global extractive industry.

Of course, many of us were disappointed to see the Administration approve the Willow Project, which will have significant impacts on the climate and on essential ecosystems.

What do you make of this argument that we can simply drill our way to lower gas prices, that we can just drill, and drill, and extract, and extract on Federal and public lands, and somehow that is going to lower our fossil fuel prices?

And even if all goes according to company plan and those companies are interested in even developing in the area, which was questionable already in the Arctic Refuge, it would take a better part of a decade to produce oil and gas on…

I think it is an important point to raise because we have heard arguments from folks on the other side of the aisle and in the oil and gas industry that the Biden-Harris Administration's decisions in the Arctic Refuge and the Western…

Cancellation of these leases is a step to rectify attempted violence against our people, the animals and sacred land.

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on countries to 'leave oil, coal, and gas in the ground, where they belong.'

It is time to stop the end of fossil fuels.

We have a responsibility to lead in winding down use of fossil fuels, and that starts with production on Federal lands.

This Committee has a profound responsibility to mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis.

I just see an awful lot of gaslighting and projection, and performative partisan theater.

So, I say to the American people, let's talk about government accountability and responsibility, but let's make sure that Congress is doing its job, and let's keep the government open.

This is all a lot of partisan theater.

It is also rich to hear the Chairman of the Full Committee wax sanctimonious about the Fiscal Responsibility Act.

And in fact, he used his seat on the Supreme Court, after all of this, to rule in Singer's favor.

And do you know if Alito recused himself from this case?

In fact, we saw several cases before the court, and on top of that, he also had 3 days at a luxury retreat.

So, we have a billionaire who runs a hedge fund with business before the court.

Let us talk about the Federalist Society, which has not only had deep ties to Justice Clarence Thomas...

Because women have lost the right to choose, because indigenous people have lost rights, because minorities have lost rights...

I was so excited because I thought, finally, we are going to address the biggest scandal in American democracy...

We do not need to choose between sacrifice zones and creating jobs.

These race-to-the-bottom arguments prey on a fear of scarcity that is emotionally appealing.