House Republicans Pledge Drilling and Make It Easier to Shed Federal Land

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Public lands create revenue for the United States Treasury, which collects fees from drilling, mining and grazing as well as renewable energy development and other activities.
45% : States often lack the resources to adequately maintain natural areas, they argue, and are more likely to sell formerly federal lands to mining and drilling companies or other private development.
44% : "I look forward to working in the new Congress and with President Trump to solve these problems and properly steward America's rich federal lands.
36% : "We have to stop the attacks on liquefied natural gas, pass legislation to eliminate the Green New Deal," he said in a floor speech after accepting the gavel.
33% : "The Green New Deal to which Mr. Johnson referred was proposed legislation that Congress never passed but that Republicans have seized on as shorthand for policies designed to help the United States transition away from fossil fuels, the burning of which is dangerously heating the planet.

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