Nick Rahall

In my view, this decision strikes at the heart of tribal sovereignty, the ability to provide governmental services for tribal members and the exercise of tribal jurisdiction over its land.

S. 1759 and H.R. 3750 would interfere with fulfillment of a long-deferred federal trust responsibility owed to the Hoopa Valley Tribe.

I commend their ability to incorporate traditional governing structures into their modern day government.

They deserve the same respect that we give to the human remains of our warriors of today.

The human remains that are at issue are the ancestors of Native Americans, many of them warriors killed in battle.

The promotion of LWCF as highlighted in this testimony and by the legislation introduced by Chairman Rahall will determine the fate of our nation's most treasured public lands

I applaud him for his efforts to reform the current oil and gas leasing and royalty program.

We applaud Chairman Rahall for his leadership in proposing to fully fund the LWCF.

That is why we are excited and grateful that Chairman Rahall has introduced legislation that, among other provisions, would provide extended, full, and dedicated funding to LWCF.

Finding solutions to our country's dependence on foreign energy is a top priority for me.

Controlling unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions is too urgent to the quality of life on the planet to let obstacles like this, which serve no useful purpose, stand.

This legislation appears not to serve that purpose, but rather the opposite.

H.R.3534 fails to meet these goals. The bill is nothing short of a frontal attack on domestic oil and gas production.

I am proud of the fact that the President's budget started us down that track with the idea of putting additional money into LWCF.

We must reduce our dependence on foreign oil, something which, whether it is Chairman Rahall or Ranking Member Hastings, we have been on this bandwagon for a long time.

Our expectation is that those renewable energy, clean energy jobs or projects, will create as many as 50,000 jobs here in the United States of America.

The Republican 'all-of-the-above' energy plan stands in stark contrast to the Democrat agenda to erect new obstacles and levy high taxes on more energy development in the United States.

Just as the Waxman-Markey National Energy Tax will drive up the cost of energy in America and send jobs overseas to foreign nations, this bill too fails to produce more energy and costs us jobs.

The Republican all-of-the-above energy plan stands in stark contrast to the Democratic agenda to erect new obstacles and levy high taxes.

This legislation appears to me to erect more roadblocks to energy job creation and production.

I look forward to our discussion of H.R. 3534 and how we can best restore balance and common sense to our energy programs.

With unemployment reaching almost 10 percent nationally, our Nation can't afford to only pursue one aspect--and that is the green jobs.

When it comes to offshore energy development, the costs of doing it right are negligible, but the consequences of doing it wrong are disastrous.

The CLEAR Act is about smarter development.

For too long, the only way the Interior Department has measured success has been by the number of acres leased and the number of wells drilled.