Instead of considering a bill that puts the interests of oil companies over those of the planet and the people, I wish we could be here discussing how we can lead, how we can move to save our planet while prioritizing the lives of…

While I strongly oppose the Administration's decision to approve Willow, I am optimistic about the latest decisions to cancel the remaining Arctic Refuge oil and gas leases to promote conservation in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska…

Hunters are being forced to travel further and further to find resources and to avoid hunting grounds now dominated by industry.

Thank you. I yield back to the Chair.

Thank you for having me here today to discuss the bipartisan H.R. 6285, or Alaska's Right to Produce Act.

Because a couple of years ago, we had enormous tax cuts for the wealthy, writing off private jets and yachts and giveaways.

The climate crisis is not only here, but will grow more catastrophic without rapid and deep cuts to greenhouse gas pollution.

On leases in the Arctic Refuge, it is well established that the Secretary of the Interior has authority to cancel leases that were issued in violation of statute or regulation.

Oil and gas development exacerbates all of these threats.

About $6 million, even on the high end. Even if you take 100 percent of that cut from that $14 to $15 million, that is still less than 1 percent of the CBO estimates that the then-Republican Majority said would pay for all of these tax…

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 socialize the costs and harm.

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 incentivize union labor.