That revenue is just a bid among federal programs and shared with the state, local and tribal governments. Finally, we will hear testimony on two measures that would boost revenue sharing from onshore renewable as well as offshore development. Both bills under consideration or sponsored by members of this committee. Senator cassidy has introduced s2418 which is the coastal act and senator mick sally has introduced f2 666 which is a public lands are knowable Energy Development act. As a cosponsor of the coastal act i want to thank senator cassidy for introducing legislation that would bring revenue sharing for coastal producing states into parity with onshore developments. Progress laid the foundation through the passage of the gulf of Mexico Energy security act back in 2006. At that time the bill did not include alaska. The coastal act we are considering now what establish a Revenue Sharing Program that would include alaska. At the current time our offshore production is pretty minimal
We are here this morning for three closely related purposes and first we will examine federal revenues generated from Energy Development on our federal lands, indian lands and federal offshore areas. Secondly, we will explore how that revenue is just a bid among federal programs and shared with the state, local and tribal governments. Finally, we will hear testimony on two measures that would boost revenue sharing from onshore renewable as well as offshore development. Both bills under consideration or sponsored by members of this committee. Senator cassidy has introduced s2418 which is the coastal act and senator mick sally has introduced f2 666 which is a public lands are knowable Energy Development act. As a cosponsor of the coastal act i want to thank senator cassidy for introducing legislation that would bring revenue sharing for coastal producing states into parity with onshore developments. Progress laid the foundation through the passage of the gulf of Mexico Energy security ac
Mr. Lowenthal i yield the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back his time. The question is on the amendment. Ms. Lesko are we doing a vote . I yield back the balance of my time. The chair the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from arizona. Aye. In favor say those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. It is now in order to consider number 4 printed in of house report 116200. Does the urpose gentleman from rhode island seek recognition . Mr. Langevin mr. Chairman, i desk. N amendment at the the chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 4 printed in part f of house by mr. 16200 offered langevin of rhode island. He chair pursuant to house the gentleman langevin, island, mr. Is recognized. Mr. Langevin thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Atlantic Coast as never been a site of significant offshore drilling and for good reason. In my home state of rhode island and all along the coast, we know the
To the subcommittee as well as the oversight committee. We are delighted to have you. Lets see. Without objection i want to wave onto the subcommittee, stephen horseford from nevada who wanted to ask questions. By unanimous consent we grant that privilege. I want to thank witnesses for their ongoing cooperation, you and your staff have been truly excellent partners in this oversight process. Thank you for your work, i learned from my district staff, you toward Silver Spring in montgomery county, maryland, these are diverse high density areas with high concentration of immigrants where a variety of languages are spoken and i appreciate your coming out to take out our community, my district director kevin connor met with your staff and was encouraged by the bureaus preparation so i thank you and your staff for your hard work. We have a lot to accomplish before 2020. We were embroiled in a battle over the Citizenship Question. Now that the administration is forced to stand down, the effor
Distrust of the government im 35 of africanamericans and 32 of hispanics are very concerned about the census being used against them. Similarly, 39 of people who are not English Proficient and 34 of those born outside the u. S. Are afraid to respond. So theres a lot of fear in our communities that weve got to strive to overcome. The president s executive order and immigration policies and the threatened raids all strike fear in the hearts of many of the communities that are already mistrustful of government. And even though the question will not be on the 2020 census. There is a test in the field right now where 240,000 families are being asked the Citizenship Question. Why is that . This decision to pose the Citizenship Question to hundreds of thousands of people after the Supreme Court rejected it seems hard to reconcile with the reality of the Supreme Court decision and the unbroken defeat of the question in the lower district courts. So now we face the threat of prolonged confusion