that would update our mining laws to largely favor mining interests.

What we really need to think about is a transition.

One of the pieces of legislation... is the TAP American Energy Act, and it gives away more and more lands to fossil fuel development.

These leases are tying up our public lands and they are not being used for the purposes for which they were made.

We cannot allow oil and gas companies to sit on unused leases for longer, preventing those leases from being used.

And Mr. Stauber, while you arrange that, would it be all right--I have some documents that I would like to submit to the record.

Thank you so much, Chairman Stauber. And I, too, am looking forward to working with you this Congress.

Section 214 of Rep. Westerman's H.R. ____ 'Transparency and Production of American Energy Act of 2023' allows only for the environmental analysis of the areas on and immediately adjacent to the lease plot under analysis.

This Committee has a profound responsibility and role in mitigating the impacts of the climate crisis.

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez. If you are curious, you can just ask me.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member and my colleague from Maryland for yielding. It is so rich to hear the other side discuss the sacred right of voting, discuss what our veterans and our servicemembers fought for, and the sacred right…