"American oil and gas is certainly clean energy compared to what the Administration is considering importing from Venezuela, and morally cleaner than lifting sanctions on Iran."
"In my view, Interior's failures to comply with laws Congress has passed is not a question of funding, it is a question of misplaced priorities."
"I have been very vocal about how concerned I am that we are still waiting for the next five-year offshore program of oil and gas lease sales."
"I don't know why we can't just work together. I don't know why we can't agree that we need a balanced approach."
"This morning, the Committee will be discussing the President's proposed Fiscal Year 2024 budget for the Department of the Interior and other items within its purview."
"I firmly believe that we and our allies are going to need fossil fuels for the foreseeable future and that robust and continued leasing by the Department are a key part of that effort to maintain U.S...."
"Make no mistake, just as Europe's outsourcing of energy has allowed Putin to use Russia's abundant resources as a weapon against our friends and allies, the United States is also vulnerable because we..."
"Are you willing to commit to help us with LNG facilities from Alaska and other places?"
"You would agree that our environmental standards are the best and that this is an important way to help our allies with these LNG exports?"
"We need to do more to continue to strengthen them and their defenses, but also, obviously, we need to do more to strengthen Taiwan's defenses."
"We discussed America's efforts to ensure the Ukrainian people can beat back President Putin's illegal and immoral invasion."