It was just a few months ago that BLM proposed the much needed updates to the federal onshore oil and gas leasing program. And since then BLM has received over 260,000 public comments on its draft oil and gas rule, with a statistical analysis from the nonpartisan center for Western Priorities finding that more than 99% of those comments actually support the adoption of the rule. Yet here we are today, elevating a bill from Representative Boebert that effectively proposes to throw out BLM's popular proposal as well as hundreds of thousands of comments from our … (00:10–00:31)
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Asserts that over 260,000 public comments were received on BLM's draft rule, with over 99% in support.
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