Maurice Hinchey: “Those are national public lands and they were set up as national public lands because they were abandoned by the states.”

The Chairman is not highlighting these transcripts. We are not waving red flags.

Can you tell us how much time we have left on both sides? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York has 6 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Texas has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I have deep concerns about some of the legacy policies put in place under the previous administration and which remain in effect today.

If we can prevent pollution from occurring and dangers to the public health, we certainly ought to do that because we have huge examples for many centuries in this country where we haven't prevented the pollution and we end up having to…