Reatest number for the long run. Pinchot also wrote that, conservation is the application common n sense to the problems for the common good. Today aker, this bill lacks common sense. Slope of to the north alaska. We can develop clean, safe, energy in the world and and rve our public lands the environment. I would argue its because of our technology and innovation clean fuels like natural gas has allowed the nited states to decrease our global Greenhouse Gas emissions, more than any other country in the world. At this bill today and we look at the history of 1980, a appened, in democraticheld Congress Passed lands ska National Conservation act, and president carter signed it into law. Act set aside more than 1. 5 million acres for responsible anwr. D Gas Development in itself, nearly 20 million acres in total. Such a large commitment, less than a decade after the arab and embargo, made logical sense time. It was 2018 when Congress Approved a limited exploration acres in anwr. 0 than. 001 itutes less and. 01. In the case of relidge rance from russia and mr. Young i yield the gentleman one more minute. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Westerman members of this house have a choice. The decision, mr. Speaker, is one that demands commonsense. It is in the common interest to protect domestic energy, realistically 2,000 acres is a small price to pay for our security. I urge my colleagues to vote or the greatest good, greatest number, and vote for the long run. I urge my colleagues to vote for common sense and vote no on h. R. 1146. Yield back. The chair does the gentleman from alaska reserve . Mr. Young i still reserve. The chair the gentleman from alaska from california is recognized. Mr. Huffman thank you, mr. Speaker. Id like to yield two minutes to the gentlelady from new mexico, the chair of the public land subcommittee of the Natural Resources committee, representative haaland. Ms. Haaland thank you. Mr. Chairman as a 35th generation american, i rise in support of h. R. 1146. The Arctic Refuge was setaside to protect its unique wildlife, willed ners, and resources. It sustains the tribe and has for centuries and its why they call it the sacred place where life begins. Oil and gas drilling puts at risk the porcupine caribou herd which has sustained tribe for centuries and centrist. It also threatens wolves, polar bears, and migratory birds that live there. And will release Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere exacerbating the effects of Global Warming which have affected alaska far more than any state in this country. Republicans slipped this drilling provision into their tax cut bill last congress, and i might add that no tribes had an opportunity to voice their opinions on any of that. And now this administration is rushing ahead without adequate Environmental Review or tribal consultation. Americans want a smart approach to Sustainable Energy development not a careless rush off to sell one of our most iconic and Sacred Places for shortsighted destructive fuel production. I urge my colleagues to stand with the q guichin and speak up for the animals that live had the refuge and support this legislation. I yield back to my colleague. The chair the gentleman from california reserves. The gentleman from alaska is recognized. Mr. Young at this time id like to yield the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. Hern, two minutes. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Heroin i thank my colleague from alaska for mr. Hern i thank my colleague from alaska for yielding. Utelingizing our domestic resource is essential to a strong economy. Energy dominance of a world stage is our end goal. Well never get there if we continue to cut off access to our own resources. The truth is oil and Gas Production in anwr benefits our country as a whole, but also a key industry for the people of alaska. The community sees the Energy Sector as a source of employment, revenue, and Reliable Energy. The people, including the local tribe of alaska natives, are incredibly supportive of the continuation of oil and Gas Production in their community. These people are never consulted by my colleagues at any point in the development of this bill. Neither was our colleague, don young, who is representing the needs of the people of alaska for more than 40 years, who has more experience than everyone who wrote this bill combined. Don young, the dean of the house, longest serving member in congress, who should have been the first person consulted about this legislation, was never sought out. Instead they consulted a tribe 350 miles away who has nothing do with oil and gas in anwr. To put this in perspective, i live in tulsa, oklahoma. Omaha, nebraska is about 380 miles away. Can anybody tell me what my opinion would matter in omaha, nebraska . I dont spend time there. I dont know what the people want there. The only assumption we can make as to why a tribe over 350 miles away was consulted instead of the local community is that my colleagues knew they wouldnt find support. This should be an easy decision. There is no reason to vote yes on this bill. I urge my colleagues to think about the future of our country and vote no today on h. R. 1146. I yield back. Mr. Young reserve. The chair the gentleman from alaska reserves. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Huffman thank you, mr. Speaker. I know the gentleman does not mean to disrespect or trivialize the interests of an indigenous tribe that for hundreds and hundreds of years has depended on the porcupine caribou herd where its calving grounds and heart of the migratory road is right in the refuge we are talking about. I know the gentleman doesnt mean to disrespect them by suggesting their voices dont matter, but we believe that the gwich in voice does matter. You are going to hear them stand up for their interest consistently on this issue. With that id like to recognize the gentleman from Southern California, congressman levin, for one minute. The chair the gentleman from Southern California is recognized. Mr. Levin i rise today in support of h. R. 1146, the arctic cultural and coastal plain protection act. After almost 40 years of trow protext, the Trump Administration antifossil fuel lobbyists who have taken up residence at the department of interior opened up the Arctic National wildlife refuge to oil and Gas Development. The timing of this decision could not be more irresponsible. The last thing we should be doing is expanding fossil fuel development in the arctic where temperatures are rising twice as fast as the rest of the United States. But we know that this administration isnt concerned about protecting our environment or addressing the climate crisis. It is not surprising they are willing to sacrifice the diverse habitats in an attempt to help their big oil friends turn an even bigger profit. The American People disagree. The vast majority of americans oppose drilling in this ike onic landscape and im proud to stand with them. We should be reducing our edependence on fossil fuels, embracing Renewable Energy, and leading the world in combating Climate Change not going backwards. I strongly sport the arctic cultural and coastal plain protection act, i urge my colleagues to do the same. I yield back. The chair the gentleman from california reserves. The gentleman from alaska is recognized. Mr. Young at this time i yield to the gentleman from colorado, mr. Lamborn, one minute. The chair the gentleman from colorado is recognized. Mr. Lamborn mr. Chairman, environmentally responsible development of anwr will increase Americas Energy security and independence, create jobs, and provide affordable, Reliable Energy for consumers, while providing much needed revenue to both the state of alaska antifederal government. And while congressional authorization is required by law for any leasing in anwr, i along with my republican colleagues on the Natural Resources committee believe that alaska natives should be able to exercise their right to develop minerals on their lands if they so choose. As the gentleman from alaska has pointed out, native alaskans who actually live within anwr fully support responsible development of their local energy resources. Who do we listen to . The people who actually live there or extreme environmentalists, activists here in washington . The oil and gas sector has historically served as a significant source of employment, revenue, and Reliable Energy for alaska and alaska natives and supports over 110,000 direct and indirect jobs. I encourage my colleagues to oppose this legislation which fortunately will never become law. I yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman from alaska reserves. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Huffman listen to the people who actually live there. Mr. Speaker, i wish we had seen that same concern yesterday when we had a chance to vote on banning offshore drilling in places where governors and mayors and overwhelming majorities of actual residents dont want to see their pristine coastlines and coastal economies despoiled by oil and Gas Development. Im afraid my friends sometimes have a selective sense of hearing, but the one consistent voice that always seems to be heard is that of big oil. With that id like to yield two minutes to my friend from Southern California, the chair of the energy it and Mineral Resources subcommittee, the gentleman, mr. Lowenthal. Mr. Lowenthal thank you. I want to thank representative huffman for his leadership on this very, very important bill. Id like to briefly discuss one idea, and thats the idea that you hear around that if we are going to protect anwr, that somehow this is going to hurt our ability to become Energy Independent. We cannot be Energy Independent unless we open up anwr. Right now we have to really worry because we are going to become, by not opening up anwr, more beholden to the russians, to saudi arabia. This is all going to be whether we open anwr or not. This is absolutely nonsense. Republicans and this administration no longer care about Energy Independence. Lets be clear. They do not care about Energy Independence. And they havent for years. Ever since they voted to lift the Oil Export Ban. For so many years we did not we said, we care about Energy Independence. We are not going to export our oil and gas. If energy was ind independence was the goal, we wouldnt be letting companies send american produced oil all over the world, particularly when we are still importing from other countries. And yet that is exactly what is happening today. We export over three Million Barrels a day, yet at the same time we are importing seven Million Barrels a day. If Oil Development what we are hearing today is really about making america Energy Independent, instead of exporting those three Million Barrels, we keep them here at home. So if republicans want to put the export ban back in place, then we should have a real discussion. And id love to have that discussion. But they know that their friends in the oil and gas industrial would never let them have that discussion. Mr. Huffman i yield an additional 30 seconds. Mr. Lowenthal this is all about profits. Its not about Energy Independence. With that i yield my time. Thank you. The chair the gentleman from california reserves. The gentleman from alaska is recognized. Mr. Young mr. Chairman, at this time im happy to yield two minutes to the gentleman from south carolina, mr. Duncan. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Duncan thank you, mr. Speaker. I stand in opposition to this legislation. As it hamstrings the u. S. Energy production and goes against the will of the people. Tax reform not only delivered on the tax cuts for the country and propelled our record breaking economy, but it paved the way to further Energy Dominance by authorizing the development of the Arctic National wildlife refuge, specifically there is an area there the n. P. R. , it has reserves. Designated in 1980 by a Democrat Congress to be opened up for gas and oil lease sales. Look, before tax reform the opening of anwr, 92 of the 19. 5 million couldnt even acres could not even be legally touched. This area was setaside by the 1980 congress and limited to 2,000 federal acres. Thats just. 0001 of anwr. I heard an analogy the other day, its like the size after football on a football field. Its a very, very small spot. I heard another analogy, the size of a postage stamp on a wall. This would setaside for Energy Production. It has the resources and its time for us to develop those resources because the failure to develop the resources we have in this country to meet the energy needs of our nation means that we continue to be dependent on other nations. We think about the middle east, when we think about that. But as i told a story yesterday, the New England States get natural gas from russia. And the l and g tanker showed in lng tanker showed up the harbor. That means they are relying on russia. When we have an abundance of natural gas in this contry, oil in this country, both offshore and on shore, these are american resource that is should be developed. Very minimal impact on the Arctic National wildlife refuge. Its time for america to develop the resource that is god gave us when he blessed this great nation. Develop these resources in the Arctic National wildlife refuge. Its the law of the land. Time to develop. I yield back. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Huffman we have addressed is postage stamp cue nard cuneard, we often hear, this is the postage stamp, it is spread out. Its the worlds biggest postage stamp if it is, and it would certainly despoil the beating heart of americas largest wildlife refuge. Let me just briefly address this other cunard, the idea that congress setaside the 102 area of the refuge for oil and Gas Development. If you read the law, it would setaside for a study by the department of interior that would determine if it makes sense to open up the beating heart of americas largest wildlife refuge to oil and Gas Development and heres and inconvenient fact, the department of interior found that this is a uniquely vital Natural Resource that could be dramatically harmed. Thats why for over 40 Years Congress has declined to take the step that that law envisioned of opening it up to oil and Gas Development. That is until the last congress when it was slipped in on a partyline vote against the wishes, frankly, of even many of my friends across the aisle. Just. 00. 01 the chair the gentlelady is recognized for a minute and a half. In support i rise 1146. Fter nearly four decades of protection earned by virtue of its diverse Wildlife Habitats wonders, the Trump Administration wants to sell off the heartbeat of the arctic the highest bidders. Buried in a small print of a tax the president removed critical habitat protections with the stroke of a pen, 250 wildlife han species, like the polar bear, disaster atotential the hands of the oil industry. This action is not only a omplete failure of the governments stewardship of these natural habitat but completely unnecessary considering the United States is already the Worlds Largest producer of petroleum. Ecosystemen a fragile thats already under terrible threat from Climate Change . The plan we o it to 2 3 of American People who are opposed to rilling in this iconic landscape to pass this protection act. Back. You and i yield mr. Huffman i reserve, mr. Speaker. The chair the gentleman from reserves. The gentleman from alaska. Mr. Young as painful as it is to listen to nonsense, im glad hear logical people to speak on this side. I yield one minute to the illinois, mr. Shimkus. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Thank you. its great to be down here with my friends, both on both aisle. F the as many of you know, i announced for reelection, chairman young did in the last congress. I have been to the Arctic National wildlife refuge. Debunk the view. Alaska is bigger than the whole states. Tal united the Arctic National wildlife refuge is a small area where no at. S ive i hope you get there. Plain. Flat coastal this would be like putting a of ling rig thats the size a football field on the state of south