We cannot continue to rely on Big Oil to satisfy our energy needs. Rather, we must focus on conservation and alternative energy sources that will keep our planet cleaner. The oil and gas industries have a long history of shortchanging taxpayers, and I will continue to fight against efforts to rob the American people and the U.S. Treasury of oil and gas royalties.

I worked with former Representative Stephen Horn (R-CA) as Ranking Member of the Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology to fight for the taxpayers' fair share of oil royalties. In August 1996, I released a report that showed that oil companies owed more than $2 billion in unpaid Federal oil royalties nationwide, and I immediately urged the Department of Interior and the Department of Justice to investigate the oil companies’ pricing scheme throughout the country. I also investigated Department of Interior royalty settlements, and sought to reform the government's role in this process.

Press Releases

Legislation

01/12/07 - H.R.435, Study of Ways to Improve the Accuracy of the Collection of Federal Oil, Condensate, and Natural Gas Royalties Act of 2007

05/18/06 - H.AMDT.838, Maloney Amendment on Auditing Funding [109th Congress]

06/21/01 - H.AMDT.102, Maloney Amendment on Royalty-In-Kind Sales [107th Congress]

03/08/01 - H.R.962, Low Income Energy Reinvestment Act [107th Congress]

06/14/00 - H.AMDT.801, Maloney Amendment on Royalty-in-Kind Sales [106th Congress]

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Documents/Reports

07/19/06 - Letter to the Minerals Management Service expressing concern with the MMS's methods for collecting royalties on oil and gas extractions

04/03/06 - Letter to the Minerals Management Service expressing concern about the auditing and compliance review processes for the States and Native American tribes

01/23/06 - Letter to Chairmen of the Government Reform and Resources Committees urging them to schedule hearings about whether or not oil and gas companies have been underpaying federal royalties on natural gas taken from federal lands and waters

01/23/06 - Letter to Chairmen of the Government Reform and Resources Committees urging them to schedule hearings and initiate investigations into whether or not oil and gas companies have been misreporting their earnings from oil and gas taken from federal lands at the expense of American taxpayers

09/21/04 - Letter to the Department of Interior opposing the proposed rule that the Minerals Management Service published on July 23, 2004, which would amend the existing regulations governing the valuation of gas for royalty purposes produced from Federal leases

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