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Katie Porter: “The biggest check and balance in a democracy is the voices…”

Featuring: Katie Porter, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate California

Katie Porter Discusses Oil and Gas Industry Accountability and Public Land Policies

Published September 21, 2021 | Video Starts at 28:56

If they can't explain it to you, they need to do their jobs and do more research and be able to, because we all deserve answers. That's fundamentally a part of democracy. The biggest check and balance in a democracy is the voices of the American people speaking up, asking questions and getting answers. So, you know, this, this, this, it's too complicated, it's too hard, it would take too long. I'd be happy to follow up with you later. All of that isn't coincidental. (28:56–29:06)

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“The United States charges way less to drill on its public lands than other countries.”
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“It's more expensive to drill on land owned by the state of Texas than it is federal public land.”
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“Fossil fuel companies have a long history of taking advantage of the tax code, taking advantage of taxpayers.”
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“Public land simply refers broadly to any land that is owned by the federal, state, or local government.”
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“The largest proportion of [public land] is controlled by the Bureau of Land Management.”
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“Federal government policy here really matters. It matters in terms of conservation. It matters in terms of shaping the entire energy.”
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“The Biden administration paused Granting new rights. But that didn't mean that the previous big bunch of rights that the Trump…”
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“The rental rate has not been changed since I was in, I think junior high school. The royalty rate, I think it has not been changed in like…”
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“Oil and gas companies, if they receive permits, are paying a bonding requirement.”
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“Bonding requirements are too low.”
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“Oil and gas companies set up entity after entity, corporate shells in essence, to [conduct] oil and gas drilling.”
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“When they're done, those entities declare bankrupt and walk away and the taxpayers wind up on the hook for abandoned wells.”
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“The US Government is giving away a bargain basement deal to fossil fuel companies who want to drill and extract on public lands.”
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“States like Texas charge much higher royalty rate to extract from their state lands than the federal government does for extraction from…”
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“Oil and gas companies are leaving the rest of us holding the bag to clean up their messes [from abandoned wells].”
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“The federal government picks up the tab and does the work, we put it onto the states.”
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“We cannot allow this pace of continued drilling and meet our commitment to conservation and preservation and climate change goals.”
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“Public land drilling is one of the tools that we can use to create a more sustainable energy future.”
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“It's called the ending taxpayer welfare for oil and gas companies. And what it would essentially do is update that royalty and rental rate…”
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“We can collect our fair share from the companies that are making money off our public lands.”
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“Oil and gas companies have bought legislation that works for them.”
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“Oil and gas companies went to Congress and year after year after year advocated to keep this royalty rate unchanged.”
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“Oil and gas companies get away with [cheating everyday Americans] due to political influence.”
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