We can raise revenue. In fact, when tax cuts in 2017 were passed by the other side of the aisle...

there was an 87-percent decline in audits for taxpayers making between $500,000 and $5 million.

Report, GAO, 'Tax Compliance: Trends of IRS Audit Rates and Results for Individual Taxpayers by Income'; submitted by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez.

Given their political track record on not supporting a lot of conservation bills, the argument does ring hollow.

Can BOEM potentially mandate that oil and gas lessees hold fully vested trusts that ensure cleanup of infrastructure and wells?

In a recent GAO report it was revealed that since the 1960s, BSEE and BOEM have allowed the offshore oil and gas industry to leave 97 percent of pipelines--that is 18,000 miles of infrastructure--on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico when…

I am particularly focused on making sure that we secure good jobs and invest in building and nurturing the skills needed for this new and emerging clean energy industry.

Can you speak a little bit as to why we are not presently requiring that companies clean up old pipelines?

I applaud the efforts that BOEM is taking to encourage unionization and PLAs in the offshore wind workforce.

I applaud you for your service.

The safety of our communities must be prioritized, especially for frontline communities that are disproportionately burdened with pollution and other risks.