[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 8, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H3044]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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          NEW BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LEASE AND PERMIT DATA

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the United 
States Department of Energy released its 2014 strategic plan, which 
reiterates how the President is committed to an all-of-the-above energy 
strategy.
  I personally was pleased to hear the administration reiterate their 
commitment to expanding all of America's domestic energy resources, 
including fossil fuels, which is fundamental to the Nation's future 
economic security.
  The report also outlined the administration's goal to ``decouple our 
economy from the global oil market.''
  Unfortunately, the administration's policy continually falls short of 
their unbelievable rhetoric.
  Just one example: since President Obama took office, total Federal 
oil production has declined 7.8 percent and Federal natural gas 
production has declined 21 percent. It is no wonder, for according to 
new data released this week from the Bureau of Land Management, Federal 
onshore oil and natural gas leases and permits are at the lowest levels 
in more than a decade.
  Mr. Speaker, real energy security will take actually pursuing, rather 
than merely claiming, an all-of-the-above energy approach.

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