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Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed in The Hill: President Obama's offshore drilling plan must be replaced
Op-Eds and Speeches
Jul 23, 2012 - President Obama’s offshore drilling plan must be replaced By: House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings The Hill July 23, 2012 While the American people and news media were distracted by the Supreme Court’s decision on Obamacare, the Obama Administration quietly released its final proposed offshore drill... More

Committee Approves Bipartisan Job-Creating Energy Bill to Replace President Obama's No-New-Jobs, No-New-Energy Offshore Plan
Press Release
Jul 18, 2012 - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee approved by a bipartisan 24-17 vote, H.R. 6082, the Congressional Replacement of President Obama’s Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan. The bill would replace the Obama Administration’s final offshore drilling plan, which keeps 85 percent of America’s ... More

President Obama Takes No-New-Energy, No-New-Jobs Tour of Virginia
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Jul 13, 2012 - Just two weeks ago, President Obama released his five year offshore no-new-energy plan that closes 85 percent of America’s offshore areas to new energy production, opens no new areas to drilling and sidelines over a million jobs. Today, the President is making multiple campaign stops throughout the Commonwealth of Virg... More

House Passes Bipartisan Strategic and Critical Minerals Bill to Create U.S. Jobs and Strengthen National Security
Press Release
Jul 12, 2012 - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4402, the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act, sponsored by Rep. Mark Amodei (NV-02), by a bipartisan vote of 256-160. The bill would streamline government red tape to allow the U.S. to more efficiently develop our Nation's strategic and critical minera... More

House to Consider Another Job Creating Bill Next Week
Press Release
Jul 6, 2012 - Next week, the House of Representatives will continue its focus on job creation and economic growth by voting on another bipartisan Natural Resources Committee bill, H.R. 4402, the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act, that will allow the U.S. to more efficiently develop our Nation's strategic and cr... More

Chairman Hastings Statement on Transportation Bill Conference Report
Press Release
Jun 29, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the Conference Report on H.R. 4348 – the Surface Transportation Extension: “This agreement includes several important, common sense measures to help create new American jobs, cut government red tape and provide th... More

House Passes Bipartisan Bill to Boost American Energy Production and Job Creation
Press Release
Jun 21, 2012 - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4480, the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, with a bipartisan vote of 248-163. This bipartisan package of bills will expand American energy production on federal lands and create new American jobs by streamlining government red-tape and regulations. It will also set long term... More

Chairman Hastings' Floor Statement on All-Of-The-Above Energy Plan to Create Jobs and Increase American Energy Production
Floor Statements
Jun 20, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of H.R. 4480, The Domestic Energy and Jobs Act – an all-of-the-above American energy plan, including five bipartisan Natural Resources Committee bills, that will create new American jobs... More

Chairman Hastings: Administration's Delay of Offshore Lease Sale Shows Obama Not Serious About Job Creation or Energy Production
Press Release
Jun 20, 2012 - As House Republicans begin consideration today of the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, a bill to increase onshore energy production, create jobs and cut government red tape, the Obama Administration is desperately trying to prove that it supports American energy by finally holding a President Bush-era Gulf of Mexico lease... More

Chairman Hastings' Floor Statement on Bipartisan Lands Package to Cut Federal Red Tape, Boost Economic Development
Floor Statements
Jun 19, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of H.R. 2578, The Conservation and Economic Growth Act a package of 14 public lands bills that will cut federal red tape, boost economic development, protect the environment, and create ... More

Law Enforcement, Recreation, Farming and Ranching Organizations Say Border Security Legislation is Badly Needed
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Jun 19, 2012 - Today, the House will consider the Conservation and Economic Growth Act, a package of fourteen Natural Resources Committee bills that will create new American jobs, grow the economy, and protect the environment. Title XIV of the package will include H.R. 1505, the National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act, leg... More

Chairman Hastings Joins House Republicans to Unveil the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act
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Jun 7, 2012 - Yesterday, Chairman Doc Hastings joined House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy and other House Republicans in introducing the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, a package of American energy production bills, including five from the Natural Resources Committee, that will create new American jobs by streamlining burdensome gover... More

Hastings Joins House Republicans in Introducing the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act
Press Release
Jun 6, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today joined House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) and other House Republicans in introducing the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, a package of American energy production bills, including five from the Natural Resources Committee, that will create new Am... More

Witnesses: Obama Administration Actions and Regulations Threaten Jobs, Drive Up Costs of Water and Power, Burden Local Economies
Press Release
Jun 4, 2012 - Today, the House Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight field hearing in Phoenix, Arizona entitled, “Evaporating Prosperity: How Federal Actions Are Driving Up Water and Power Costs, Threatening Jobs and Leaving Arizonans High and Dry.” At the hearing, Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (CA-04) and Arizona... More

Obama Administration Skips Hearing to Explain Unprecedented Action Against Coal Mining that Costs Jobs, American Energy Production
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Jun 1, 2012 - The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources today held an oversight hearing on the "Obama Administration’s Actions Against the Spruce Coal Mine: Canceled Permits, Lawsuits and Lost Jobs." The hearing focused on the Obama Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency’s unprecedented move to revoke a previously i... More

Chairman Hastings Visits Texas for HEAT's American Energy Tour
Press Release
May 24, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today joined Congressman Francisco “Quico” Canseco (TX-23) and Congressman Mike Conaway (TX-11) in Midland, TX for the “2012 American Energy and Jobs Tour: Promoting the Economy Through American Energy” led by the House Energy Action Team (HEAT). The Membe... More

Committee Passes Mineral Production and Indian Land Energy Bills
Press Release
May 16, 2012 - In the spirit of the House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative effort, the House Natural Resources Committee today passed the Natural Strategic and Critical Minerals Protection Act and the Native American Energy Act, with bipartisan support, to expand critical mineral production and empower Indian tribes to increas... More

Committee Passes Three Bills to Expand Onshore Energy Production to Create Jobs, Help Lower Gasoline Prices
Press Release
May 16, 2012 - In the spirit of the House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative effort, the House Natural Resources Committee today passed three bills, with bipartisan support, to expand onshore energy production, lower gasoline prices and create new American jobs. The bills would reduce burdensome government hurdles and streamline... More

Field Hearing Stresses Need for Active Forest Management to Suppress Bark Beetle Epidemic, Protect Water and Power Supplies
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May 14, 2012 - Today, the House Subcommittees on Water and Power and National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands held a joint oversight field hearing in Montrose, Colorado entitled, “Logs in the Road: Eliminating Federal Red Tape and Excessive Litigation to Create Healthy Forests, Jobs and Abundant Water and Power Supplies.” At the hea... More

Chairman Hastings' Statement at Conference Committee Meeting on Highway Bill
Op-Eds and Speeches
May 8, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement today at the Conference Committee meeting on the Highway bill: “The federal government’s slow, cumbersome bureaucracy is consistently getting in the way of job creation and economic growth. Nowhere is this more ev... More

What They're Saying About Federal Regulations on Hydraulic Fracturing
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May 4, 2012 - The Obama Administration today announced new regulations on hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands. Tribal leaders, State officials and energy job creators have already testified at numerous Natural Resources Committee hearings explaining how new federal regulations will cost jobs, slow energy production and ... More

Hastings: Obama Administration's Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations will Cost American Jobs and Energy
Press Release
May 4, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on the new regulations issued today by the Department of the Interior on hydraulic fracturing on federal lands: “The Obama Administration is imposing more regulation and more red-tape, and the result will be less American j... More

Chairman Hastings Statement on April Jobs Report
Press Release
May 4, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released their April jobs report: “While this new jobs report is good news for those Americans who were lucky enough to find work last month, there are still millions of Americans who are lookin... More

Experts Express Need for Onshore Energy and Mining Bills to Create Jobs, Streamline Government Inefficiencies
Press Release
Apr 26, 2012 - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on several onshore energy and mining bills that would streamline government processes to lower gasoline prices, create jobs, and increase American energy and critical mineral production. “The focus today is onshore energy development. Un... More

Natural Resources Republicans Unveil Legislation to Expand Onshore American Energy Production, Lower Gas Prices
Press Release
Apr 18, 2012 - In the spirit of House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative, Republican Members of the Natural Resources Committee today unveiled a series of bills to expand onshore American energy production, lower gasoline prices and create new American jobs. The three all-of-the-above onshore energy bills would streamline govern... More

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