Policies like the ban on Federal oil and gas leasing are disproportionately harmful to Western states due to the amount of land and minerals held by the Federal Government and really for no effective reason.
Governor Gordon highlights the negative impact of federal oil and gas leasing bans on Western states.
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It is dramatic. In my testimony I mentioned a couple of those numbers--$5.7 million of that from lease sales alone, lease bonuses et cetera, and that's significant in our state.
I applaud Congressman Lipinski and Congressman Kinzinger for their leadership to develop and sponsor this bill.
Thank you for remembering that burning fossil fuels is not the problem. It is concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere that is the most urgent and critical task of this generation.
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