will now rise, please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance, the national anthem. governor, grace is your name and all the world. grace is your presence in this land. you were here when native people first lived, loved, and governed themselves. you were here when the first englishmen emigrated and when they held their first legislative assembly 400 years ago. you were here when the first english women chose to come and join the men and dabblers communities and when the first african people were brought here in harrowing circumstances against their will you were with our ancestors men and women of diverse races and cultures through trial adversity , hope, and fear. in the same way that you are with your people then. be with us now while we remember the relationship and legacy that has shaped us as americans today. give us the courage to do the hard work of real reconciliation, and bless our continued effort for justice, freedom, and peace for everyone in this land, ev
virginia. remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america by the senator from james city county, senator norman, the national anthem performed by larry j.giddens. great is your name in all the world. great is your presence in this land. you were here when native peoples first lived and loved and governed themselves. you were here when the first englishman emigrated to these shores and when they held their first legislative assembly 400 years ago. you were here when the first english women chose to come and join the men in establishing settled communities. and when the first african people were brought here in harrowing circumstances against their will. you were with our ancestors, men and women of diverse races and cultures through triumph and adversity, through hope and fear. in the same way that you were with your people then, be with us now while we remember the relationships and legacyies tha have shaped us as americans today. fo
minerals management at the department of the interior. and joseph stanko, partner at hunted & williams. good morning, everyone. thanks for sticking in with us. it s terrible. it s raining out there. good to be with you. i m delight tobd here. i will just say a word about the bipartisan policy center. the essence of our mission is the constructive collusion of ideas. we are not nonpartisan or post partisan. we don t believe in abstract objectist. we believe on having practitioners with strong personal spiritual and economic interests willing to come together and hash it out. come up with a good set of ideas. so i feel like i m in very good company with the panel i will introduce immediately to my left, sarah, someone i ve known for a long time, director and senior fellow of energy and national security at csis, one of the real anchors here in the washington thinking community. next to sarah, kate mcgregor, the recently appointed deputy assistant for land and minerals at the
subcommittee, this is about an hour and 50 minutes. the subcommittee on energy and mineral resources will come to order. the subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on examining access to oil and gas development on federal lands. i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from arkansas and mr. westerman be able to sit with the subcommittee. that objection so ordered. this will allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help members keep to their schedules. therefore i ask unanimous consent that all other member s opening statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submit today the subcommittee clerk by 5:00 p.m. today. with that objection so ordered. and i ask there not be any type of disruption regarding the testimony given here today. it is important that we respect the decorum and rules of the committee of the house and to allow the members of the public to hear our proceedings. today the subcommittee will exam access to oil and gas. our subcomm
subcommittee, this is about an hour and 50 minutes. the subcommittee on energy and mineral resources will come to order. the subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on examining access to oil and gas development on federal lands. i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from arkansas and mr. westerman be able to sit with the subcommittee. that objection so ordered. this will allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help members keep to their schedules. therefore i ask unanimous consent that all other member s opening statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submit today the subcommittee clerk by 5:00 p.m. today. with that objection so ordered. and i ask there not be any type of disruption regarding the testimony given here today. it is important that we respect the decorum and rules of the committee of the house and to allow the members of the public to hear our proceedings. today the subcommittee will exam access to oil and gas. our subcomm