On the recordNovember 19, 2013
Wyoming's payments to the U.S. Treasury for oil, gas, and coal royalties nearly pays for the entire BLM budget. And I would point out that, contrary to what the gentleman said about the increase in production on Federal land, between the year 2000 and 2007, in Wyoming, the number of new leases issued was 873, on average; during the Obama administration, it is 599. In my book, that is a decline of 31 percent. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank Messrs. Hastings and Lamborn for making this bill possible. I urge the Members to support it.
