Political Quotes

“I call up amendment No. 5409 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Barrasso] proposes an amendment numbered 5409 to amendment No. 5194. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To require certain additional onshore oil and gas lease sales in certain states) At the end of part 6 of subtitle B of title V, add the following: SEC. 5026_. MANDATORY ADDITIONAL ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASE SALES IN CERTAIN STATES. (a) Requirement.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), not later than December 31, 2022, the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management) shall conduct an oil and gas lease sale under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) in each of the States in which the Bureau of Land Management conducted lease sales in June 2022. (b) Parcels.--The oil and gas lease sales required under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, all parcels-- (1) that were evaluated under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) process for the June 2022 sales; but (2) that were deferred by the applicable Bureau of Land Management State Director.…”