On the recordFebruary 4, 2021
I think you are starting to get the message that it is clear: This is going to impact every citizen of this country. These wrongheaded decisions are impacting our way of life, our cost of living in so many different ways. I don't know what the next speaker is going to talk about for sure, but I will make a guess that Bruce Westerman, who is our new ranking member of the Committee on Natural Resources, hailing from the State of Arkansas, may talk about a tree. I am not sure about that, but certainly, the natural resource impacts here are going to be real, and I always say people may not understand that. But we passed a huge bill last Congress--I am sure you remember the Land and Water Conservation Fund--which was part of a bigger piece of legislation. Well, guess where a lot of that money comes from to make that happen? It is from oil and gas leases. And I think the great State of Arkansas is set to get a lot of money in 2021 from that fund. And this is going to have an impact there. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Westerman), and thank him not only for his partnership and his activity and work on the Western Caucus, but also on the Committee on Natural Resources.
