Rep. Jeff Landry (R-La.), who accused the Interior Department of acting "like the CIA and Gestapo" after its New Orleans office refused to allow him access during an unannounced visit, said he has arranged a visit with the department's top offshore safety officer, Michael Bromwich.

Landry, one of the House's most outspoken critics of Interior's management of offshore drilling, said he will meet with Bromwich, who heads the new Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and other officials at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in New Orleans on Tuesday.

"The hard-working people of south Louisiana and the entire Gulf Coast deserve to have an open and transparent permitting process," Landry said in a statement. "I hope that my meeting ... will help eliminate any red tape that is stifling job creation and energy production."

The discussion will include an overview of new agency functions in the Gulf, industry contacts for permits and structure removals and new safety regulations, among other things, he said. Media will not be allowed to attend, per Interior's request, Landry added.

Bromwich in a September letter to Landry said his staff were "disturbed" after being compared to the Gestapo, the infamous Nazi secret police force.

"Your comments went well beyond fair criticism and maligned them in ways that are completely unacceptable," Bromwich wrote.

He requested a public apology that Landry later refused to offer.