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

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

I want to talk a little bit about permits because two weeks ago you testified when you were testifying in the House that your Department is, 'committed to moving the applications for permits to drill, to move them forward as expeditiously…

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.

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

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

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

I want to talk a little bit about permits because two weeks ago you testified when you were testifying in the House that your Department is, 'committed to moving the applications for permits to drill, to move them forward as expeditiously…

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

The Secretary should be following the law.

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

You haven't been following the law.

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

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.

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

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

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

I would expect you and your Department to fully defend the lawsuits, defending your own action here.

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.

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.

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

This illegal proposal--and it is illegal and it does not follow the law--would make non-use of lands a competing use.

The Secretary should be following the law.

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