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.

Yet, as we heard earlier in your testimony today, many modern coal mines are going un-reclaimed.

During rollcall Vote No. 616 on amendment 60 to H.R. 4820, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``aye'' when I should have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 62 Offered by Mr. Norman The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a…

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.

It is long past time we change this.

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.

Rather than fund agencies for adequate environmental review, let's undercut our bedrock environmental laws and give handouts to private industry.

Representative Boebert's so-called 'Restoring American Energy Dominance Act' has only one goal: furthering Big Oil's dominance over our public lands.

The Sinkhole Mapping Act is a straightforward, commonsense move to study and map sinkhole risk in the United States.

Doubling down on fossil fuels does not make Americans, nor the world, more secure.

For all the talk of the 'people's house' that we have been hearing from the other side of the aisle, this bill is anything but.

I encourage BLM to listen to the 92% of stakeholders who support their rule.