During remarks on the House Floor on Tuesday, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) proposed an amendment to reduce Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's salary to $1.
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00:00House Resolution 1370, the gentlewoman from Colorado, Ms. Bobert. Any member opposed will
00:04each control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Colorado. Thank you, Mr.
00:08Chair. I rise to offer my amendment that utilizes the Holman rule to reduce the salary of Secretary
00:12Deb Haaland to one dollar. Under Haaland's leadership, the Department of the Interior
00:17has shut down pipelines, delayed federally mandated onshore and offshore leases,
00:24repealed common sense streamlining regulations, shuttered mining projects,
00:29failed to comply with numerous laws, and so much more. She also has quite a history of
00:38conflicts of interest. Under Haaland's leadership, DOI has cultivated close and potentially improper
00:46relationships with extreme environmental activist groups, many of whom who are working overtime to
00:55drive the Biden-Harris administration's social and environmental justice agenda.
01:01Her daughter is a member of the Pueblo Action Alliance, which opposes all oil and gas
01:06production on federal lands, advocates for the dismantling of America's economic and political
01:12system, and believes America is irredeemable because there is no, quote, opportunity to
01:20reform a system that isn't bounded on good morals or values, end quote. Haaland's daughter
01:26even engaged in a violent protest with 100 or more protesters, breaking through police barriers
01:36and trying to get into the Department of the Interior's building. She just want to hug her mom?
01:43Or was this a real act of violence with intent? Despite multiple attempts from this institution
01:53to do its constitutional duty and provide congressional oversight, the Department of
01:58the Interior has failed to respond to 80% of the requests from Congress. I would be remiss
02:06to not mention Haaland's all-out war on American energy production from canceling the Keystone XL
02:14pipeline on day one, imposing new rules to block pipeline projects, canceling oil and gas leases
02:21on millions of acres in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico, suspending oil drilling leases in a small
02:30sliver of Anwar, even though Congress passed a law for this very purpose,
02:37imposing a moratorium on new federal oil and gas leases through federal lands, failing to meet the
02:44statutory deadlines for quarterly lease sales, and taking countless of other anti-energy measures
02:52that have contributed to gas prices and inflation reaching record levels. We need to make America
02:58energy dominant once and for all. It's time for us to have energy security and it's clear
03:05that it won't happen with Haaland leading the Department of Interior.
03:09Mr. Chair, I urge the adoption of this important amendment and I yield, I reserve.
03:15The gentlewoman reserves. For what purpose is the gentlewoman from Maine seek recognition?
03:19Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
03:21Gentlewoman is recognized.
03:23Thank you, Mr. Chair. I oppose this amendment and I yield back.
03:26The gentleman, the gentleman yields back.
03:30Gentlewoman from Colorado is recognized.
03:34Mr. Chair, I yield.
03:35Gentlewoman yields.
03:37The question on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado, those in favor.