The process for oil exploration should be streamlined and expedited while we open up more regions of our country for domestic production.
Streamline and expedite the oil exploration process and open more regions for domestic production.
Occurrences
Evidence
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On April 22, 2026, the House passed H. Res. 1182, which expressed support for rural communities as major suppliers of U.S. energy resources. The roll call shows Rep. Scott DesJarlais voted Yea.
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On April 22, 2026, the House passed H.R. 4690, the Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act. The official roll call records Rep. Scott DesJarlais voting Yea on final passage.
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DesJarlais voted Yea on H. Res. 1182, which expressed support for rural communities as major suppliers of U.S. energy resources. The vote showed pro-energy positioning, but it did not enact oil-exploration permitting changes or open new production regions.
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Roll Call 190 was the House vote on H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, on concurrence in the Senate amendment. The measure passed 218-214, and Scott DesJarlais, Republican of Tennessee, voted Aye.
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BOEM reports that BBG3 was held on August 12, 2026, generating $82,689,756 in high bids for 59 Gulf of America blocks. The page identifies the sale as the third of 30 Gulf offshore oil and gas lease sales required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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LEASE SALE BBG3 STATISTICS As of September 30, 2026 0 Tracts in Phase 1 - Bids Deemed Acceptable 59 Total Tracts + 45 Tracts in Phase 2 - Bids Deemed Acceptable 45 Tracts - Bids Deemed Acceptable 45 Total Tracts - Bids Deemed Acceptable - 0 Tracts - Bids Rejected - 0 Tracts - Bids Forfeited 14 Tracts Remaining
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This sale is the third of thirty Gulf of America oil and gas lease sales required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. By committing to a predictable sale schedule, the Department is delivering on President Trump’s promise to expand American energy production and strengthen U.S. Energy Dominance. On August 12, 2026, MMA held Lease Sale BBG3. The sale generated $82,689,756 in high bids for 59 blocks across approximately 330,150 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of America.
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MMA offered approximately 15,100 unleased blocks covering roughly 80.4 million acres across the Western, Central and portions of the Eastern Gulf Planning Areas. The blocks are located from 3 to 231 miles offshore in water depths ranging from 9 feet to more than 11,100 feet.
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the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a minimum of 30 region-wide oil and gas lease sales, in a manner consistent with the schedule described in subparagraph (B)
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Jul 03, 2025, 02:31 PM | 119th Congress, 1st Session Vote Question: On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment One Big Beautiful Bill Act Vote Type: Recorded Vote Status: Passed DesJarlais | DesJarlais | Republican | TN | Aye
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The Department of the Interior (DOI or Department), through the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), is revising the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) downhole commingling regulations consistent with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB). These revisions update the regulations to ensure consistency with the OBBB when BSEE reviews a request for downhole commingling. DATES: Effective March 2, 2026.
Assessments
The verified commitment promised to streamline and expedite oil exploration while opening more domestic production regions. Verified evidence shows a federal lease sale offered about 15,100 unleased blocks covering roughly 80.4 million acres in Gulf planning areas, which is consistent with opening production opportunities. However, the verified passage does not establish Scott DesJarlais wrote, sponsored, voted for, or materially advanced the action. Because delivery or partial credit requires verified evidence of material candidate contribution, attribution remains unknown and the promise cannot be marked delivered or partial.
DesJarlais was serving in federal office and voted Aye on final House passage of H.R. 1, the enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The law required expanded Gulf offshore oil and gas lease sales, and BOEM implementation in 2026 shows federal acreage being offered for domestic production. That is a concrete same-term delivery of the promise to open more regions and accelerate oil exploration access, with candidate credit through his vote for the enacted federal measure.
The available evidence shows Scott DesJarlais took pro-energy positions and voted for an energy-support resolution, but those actions did not actually streamline oil-exploration permitting or open additional regions for domestic production. The other cited bill was unrelated to oil exploration. There is no evidence here that he sponsored, authored, or materially advanced enacted policy delivering the specific promised outcome, but because he remains in office and the record provided does not show a definitive failed final effort, the promise is better classified as unresolved rather than delivered, partial, or never.
The cited evidence shows DesJarlais supported broad or adjacent energy measures, but neither H. Res. 1182 nor H.R. 4690 enacted changes to oil exploration permitting or opened additional regions for domestic oil production. As a federal House member, a vote for nonbinding or indirectly related energy policy is not enough to count as delivering this specific promise. The record supports some effort toward pro-domestic-energy policy, but not fulfillment of the promised outcome.