The social cost of carbon estimates that will come out of this Administration's attempt to monetize costs and benefits of carbon emissions are going to be incorporated into project analyses under NEPA.

Yet Administration officials concocted the social cost of carbon in a process lacking transparency, lacking peer review, and, most offensively, lacking public input.

I believe climate change is real, and I like to watch programs like 'Nova' which is on Public Television.

The social cost of carbon risks American jobs and our Nation's prosperity all in the name of questionable statistical models.

The cost-benefit analysis of proposed regulations will be impacted to the tune of billions of dollars under the social cost of carbon.

Respectfully, when I was in the Central Valley in California, I saw chaos. It is already happening, and the people are desperate for a solution. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Nunes).

I would prefer to take it from the farmers who are desperate for water. These are people who have instituted conservation measures that cost them millions of dollars, changing their crops from things like lettuce and tomatoes to almond and…

The American West is in the midst of a severe drought, especially central California. This problem demands swift action, with tens of thousands of trees, plants, jobs, food, and livelihoods at stake. H.R. 2898 will help bring our Western…

18 hearings in 5 years have been held on this subject. Democrat Members were invited to attend hearings in California. Only one chose to attend. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).

Facts are stubborn things. According to the Bureau of Reclamation, biological opinions involving species did reduce Central Valley's exports by 62,200 acre-feet in 2014. Already this year, according to the Bureau of Reclamation, species…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

I claim time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Wyoming is recognized for 5 minutes.

If there is no opportunity for the state of Wyoming to regulate that fracking, which covers multiple landowners, it causes serious problems.

I thank the gentlewoman from North Carolina for sponsoring this Special Order, which allows the women of the Republican Conference to talk about an issue that is affecting all Americans, men and women. Benjamin Netanyahu is calling this…

So there is additional fallout from the issues that have been raised by the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Hurd, about this hearing.

I thank you kindly, Mr. Hurd, for holding this hearing.

There have already been several cases of Federal minerals being excluded from drilling and spacing units, due to the length of time it takes BLM to approve an application for a permit to drill.

I am not an apologist for the oil and gas industry. But I am an advocate for my state.

Considering the fact that Wyoming has a superior regulatory regime, can we expect you to give Wyoming a wholesale variance, so it can continue to regulate fracking in my state?

Well, thank you, Chairman Hurd, for leading this hearing.

I'm concerned that there may be an individual who was in a high-level position, comparatively, it's high ranking Senior Executive Services position...

Today, the great State of Wyoming, the Equality State, is celebrating her 125th anniversary of statehood. Wyoming is a wondrous place, boasting our Nation's first national park, first national forest, and first national monument. Wyoming's…

My State of Wyoming is the largest onshore producer of oil and gas from Federal land. The reason our Wyoming court stayed the Federal BLM's rules is because Wyoming has been regulating fracking through its oil and gas commission from the…

I can't imagine the complications associated with this rule for outfitters and guides.

Your bill, I believe, is an important bill to address the very situation that is the subject of this hearing.