"Congress made its intention clear in the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act that the abandoned coal mine land reclamation funding should create good paying jobs for displaced coal workers and inc..."
"Coal mining has, and much of the abandonment of these mines, has left a toxic legacy of contaminated soil, polluted waters, and public health disasters across the country."
"This is a responsibility of mines and private companies that inflict this damage, and it is yet another example of the ways in which these large companies often privatize benefits and profits, and soc..."
"Yet, as we heard earlier in your testimony today, many modern coal mines are going un-reclaimed."
"I today urge this committee to reject H.R. 6009, and its effort to proscribe BLM's rulemaking authority and shortchange American taxpayers for decades to come."
"I have said it before, and I will say it again: a quarter of this country's carbon pollution comes from fossil fuel development on federal lands and waters."
"It is long past time we change this."
"Doubling down on fossil fuels does not make Americans, nor the world, more secure."
"True energy and economic security will come when we create an equitable, clean energy economy that puts communities first and ends our reliance on this global extractive industry."
"Rather than fund agencies for adequate environmental review, let's undercut our bedrock environmental laws and give handouts to private industry."
"I encourage the inclusion of additional resources for BLM and the Forest Service in these bills to ensure they have the staff needed."
"The Sinkhole Mapping Act is a straightforward, commonsense move to study and map sinkhole risk in the United States."