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Sierra Club Statement on Draft Natural Resources Committee Reconciliation Text [1]

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Date: 2025-05 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, the House Committee on Natural Resources unveiled its proposed section for the massive Republican energy, tax, and national security bill.

The sprawling proposal, released in the dead of night, includes dozens of provisions that would benefit the oil and gas industry and other corporations, at the expense of American families.

A markup of the draft legislative text is scheduled for May 6.

In response, Athan Manuel, director of Sierra Club’s Lands Protection Program, released the following statement:

“This proposal is a corporate polluter’s wishlist. The only way it could be friendlier to Big Oil CEOs would be if they wrote it themselves. Let’s be clear, this proposal is a means to an end. The end is tax cuts for billionaires, and the means are selling off the public lands that belong to the American people. These provisions enable drilling and mining as quickly, lucratively, and free from public scrutiny as possible, even allowing the fossil fuel industry to buy their way out of judicial oversight. It’s a giveaway to industry, and Americans should not stand for it.”

Among the draft proposals are:

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[1] Url: https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2025/05/sierra-club-statement-draft-natural-resources-committee-reconciliation-text

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