Because I think to people that look at this it certainly seems like you are playing games with Congress.

The Subcommittee will come to order. The purpose of today's hearing is to receive testimony on ten bills pending before the Committee.

This bill places over 1.8 million acres in new land designations ranging from new national monuments and wilderness areas to off highway vehicle recreation areas.

Five of these bills make small land adjustments but to make these adjustments it takes, literally, an Act of Congress.

Well that is the concern if there is an affect from designating these areas as wilderness if it had an impact on our military training areas.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Flake). Without objection, it is so ordered. The Economy and EPA Regulations

I want to thank everyone for being here today as we discuss these important issues.

last Friday the Obama administration released the latest numbers on unemployment and jobs, and once again, the numbers were grim. Experts predicted that our economy would create 200,000 new jobs in September. Instead, they fell woefully…

I believe the EPA is once again asserting power over another area of the economy.

I believe the EPA proposal ignores the successful 40-year history of in situ recovery projects.

The Nord Stream pipeline running from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea circumvents Eastern Europe.

When you talk about production being hemmed in, of course that means jobs lost in the United States in the oil industry.

the crisis in Ukraine highlighted the vulnerability of our European allies to increasing reliance on a single dominant supplier for much of its energy supplies.

Does the Obama Administration oppose all legislative efforts to repeal this crude oil ban?

Soda ash exports help reduce America's trade deficit and grow our nation's economy.

Would you elaborate on the efforts that ANSAC and others in the soda ash industry have taken to eliminate China's rebate?

America's soda ash producers continue to battle unfair trade practices imposed by other nations.

Could you explain the importance of the soda ash industry, the jobs the industry provides to rural communities in Wyoming and in California?

Could I ask you about any other unfair trade barriers that are out that countries, other than China, have imposed on American soda ash exports?

The natural process, with significant environmental advantages over the synthetic process, it has always appeared that way to me.

The purpose of our bill is to help America's natural soda ash producers compete in the global market.

So additive, you would have another 30 to 40 based on the $2 per ton.

Also is it fair to say that for people who want to reduce the carbon emissions, they really ought to support taking steps to ensure the U.S. soda ash producers grow our market over, say, China synthetic soda ash producers?

China has aggressively moved to help its synthetic soda ash producers capture market share from America's soda ash producers.

Yes, and what steps have you taken to reduce these unfair trade practices?