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I am saddened by the recent escalation and fighting over the past few weeks in the Middle East. I condemn the Hamas attacks and recent air strikes in southern Lebanon into Israel. My hope is that all sides can take a step back, deescalate…
I would simply remind the distinguished minority leader, if my memory serves me correctly, the minority party was in control of both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue for some 6 years, both Houses of Congress. I don't recall this legislation or…
just to remind all of my colleagues, if this administration were not playing politics with oil, why does the President not just by one stroke of the pen sign an executive order lifting these lands that the other side claims should be open…
Mr. Speaker, today this body is considering responsible legislation aimed at compelling the oil industry to do what it should do best, drill for oil and bring relief to Americans at the pumps. That may seem like an odd notion, and…
Our Committee on Natural Resources has extrapolated out the figures from current production on Federal lands, those figures coming from the Energy Administration, the same department that the administration uses.
Currently, the law allows leaseholders 10 years to develop oil or gas. Our bill used to cut it down to 5 years. We have now upped it back up to the 10 years to try to satisfy some of the critics concerned with this legislation. Yet, they…
I rise in support of H.R. 3058, the Public Land Communities Transition Assistance Act. As the chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources, I do want to express my deep appreciation to the gentleman from Oregon, Peter DeFazio, for his…
That figure could go as high as $14 billion, depending on the price of oil and natural gas and the amount produced from these leases. So it is very important that we recognize this bill does have funding sources and that is what we are…
And as is the case with onshore, out of the 40 million acres currently being held by oil and gas companies, under lease, in the Outer Continental Shelf, the oil and gas industry has put less than 7 million of those acres into production…
While the Republicans continue to argue that opening more land is essential to lowering gasoline prices, the facts prove otherwise. We simply cannot drill our way to lower prices at the pump, and let's look at those facts. Since 2000, the…
I rise in support of H.R. 6022, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fill Suspension and Consumer Protection Act of 2008. At a time when crude oil is over $120 a barrel, it makes absolutely no sense for the Federal Government to continue…
this measure introduced by our colleague from California, George Radanovich, would transfer approximately 66 acres of land from the Bureau of Land Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This land would be held in trust for the…
I am pleased to call up this legislation which is comprised of 61 separate measures that were already considered by this body, packaged by the Senate, and sent back to us for further and final consideration. This is a bipartisan package…
This legislation includes legislation earlier passed by this House, H.R. 247, endorsed by all the members of the Oregon delegation, to recognize the Jim Weaver Trail. In 1964, the original Wilderness Act put a lot of high elevation Oregon…
Existing Federal law allows tribal corporations to lease tribal land for a term of 25 years. However, there are instances where the Congress has provided the authority for a tribal corporation to engage in even longer terms. The pending…
Chief Standing Bear, a member of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, stood against the grains of injustice in the name of his people. His valuable and historic contributions as a Native American leader would be further honored on the 100th…
Passage of the pending measure will resolve a longstanding dispute between the Jicarilla Apache Nation and the county of Rio Arriba in New Mexico over a disputed road. The tribe and the county have agreed to a settlement which requires the…
The bill would direct the U.S. Forest Service to convey a 12-acre administrative site in the middle of Coffman Cove, Alaska to that city. The land under discussion is in the center of the town near a new ferry terminal. This conveyance…
the pending measure introduced by our colleague, Mike Simpson, renames the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in the State of Idaho as the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area. Morley Nelson…
Today, it is my privilege to bring to the floor of the House of Representatives the ``Wild Monongahela Act: A National Legacy for West Virginia's Special Places.'' This legislation is supported by the entire West Virginia delegation: In…
I wish to commend the chairman of the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva), for his excellent leadership on this issue. He is the sponsor of it. I rise as chairman of the…
This bill provides that the Port Chicago Naval Magazine Memorial be managed as a unit of the National Park System. Currently, the area is managed as an affiliated site by the National Park Service. On July 17, 1944, 320 men, 202 of whom…
the pending resolution, introduced by our colleague from Florida, Representative Alcee Hastings, recognizes the 60th anniversary of the Everglades National Park. It is the first of two resolutions the House is considering this afternoon in…
The pending measure would establish the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area, to be managed by the Bureau of Land Management in coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard and a local working group. The lighthouse is the oldest…
H.R. 4191, introduced by our colleague Representative Michael Turner of Ohio, would change the Name of Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in Ohio to the Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historical Park. The bill also sets…
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