John Barrasso

Will you commit to resuming oil and gas lease sales each and every quarter going forward, as required by law?

In Wyoming, water sustains everything that we do. Our ranchers and farmers produce food for all Americans.

The Secretary is also attacking multiple use of the land. Multiple use is a decades-old, bedrock principle of federal land management.

Let's be clear: President Biden's agenda is not a transition from dirty energy to clean energy. It is a transition from American energy to foreign minerals.

Instead of doing everything in her power to increase America's energy security, the Secretary is jeopardizing our energy security.

I am sad to say that Secretary Haaland has failed the people of Wyoming.

Instead of holding quarterly oil and gas lease sales, the Secretary has held only one lease sale in two years.

Instead of approving oil and gas permits on a timely basis, the Secretary has doubled the length of the permitting process.

The Secretary should be following the law.

Her assault on American energy has contributed to soaring energy prices across the country.

Well, thank you for the great job you are doing.

Your goal is to follow the law. The purpose of the Mineral Leasing Act is to promote the mining of coal on the public domain.

Well, your budget has been increased, and I don't think many people who are listening here believe that it's the companies who need these permits who are slow-walking the information back to you.

So my question is, why are you slow-walking permits and then intentionally misleading Congress and the public when you are caught?

Will you commit to fully defending your own Department's decisions to issue these leases and permits in court?

I want to just point to a chart here. According to the Bureau of Land Management's official data--your Department--the time it takes to get an oil and gas permit has actually doubled under your leadership.

Mining in America is better for our economy. It's better for the environment.

You can't possibly be willing to ignore what is taking place in the Congo.

You just said we follow the law, but you have not followed the law.

Let's be clear: President Biden's agenda is not a transition from dirty energy to clean energy. It is a transition from American energy to foreign minerals.

The Secretary wants to make 'non-use' a use. She is calling up 'down,' day 'night,' and black 'white,' turning federal law on its head.

Instead of doing everything in her power to increase America's energy security, the Secretary is jeopardizing our energy security.

The Secretary should be following the law.

I am sad to say that Secretary Haaland has failed the people of Wyoming.

Instead of approving oil and gas permits on a timely basis, the Secretary has doubled the length of the permitting process.