Opinion | Oil and Gas Companies Keep Taking From Taxpayers. And Taking. - The New York Times

... As senators from different parties, we have our share of policy differences. But we both believe in sticking up for the public interest and the taxpayer. In this case, we agree that oil and gas companies should pay fair market value for the public resources they extract and sell. They aren't doing that now — not even close — and the American public is the big loser...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/opinion/oil-gas-companies-public-land.html