John Barrasso

I would strongly urge you to withdraw this disastrous and illegal proposal.

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

You haven't been following the law.

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

Will you commit to resuming oil and gas lease sales each and every quarter going forward, as required by 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 is also attacking multiple use of the land. Multiple use is a decades-old, bedrock principle of federal land management.

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

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

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.

The Secretary should be following the law.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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…

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

I would strongly urge you to withdraw this disastrous and illegal proposal.

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

You haven't been following the law.

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