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Obama Administration Moves Forward with Plan to Zone the Ocean
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Jan 12, 2012 - Today President Obama’s National Ocean Council, created by an Executive Order in 2010, released a draft action plan to move forward with the Administration’s goal of imposing new mandatory “ocean zoning.” This initiative could place huge portions of the ocean off limits to all types of recreational, commercial and agri... More

Witnesses: President Obama’s Ocean Zoning Plan Will Stifle Economic Growth, Create Regulatory Uncertainty, Threaten Jobs
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Oct 4, 2011 - Today, the Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing on “The President’s New National Ocean Policy - A Plan for Further Restrictions on Ocean, Coastal and Inland Activities.” At the hearing, Members heard about the potential job and economic implications of President Obama’s Executive Order 13547, which cre... More

Top 10 Things to Know About President Obama’s Plan to Zone the Oceans
Resourceful Information
Sep 30, 2011 - On July 19, 2010 President Obama signed Executive Order 13547 to unilaterally implement a new National Ocean Policy without Congressional approval or specific statutory authority. This policy is a new regulatory layer that could significantly impact the way we use and manage our oceans and is another example of the Oba... More

Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed in The Hill: Regulations stifle drilling, push gas prices up at pump
Op-Eds and Speeches
Feb 15, 2011 - Regulations stifle drilling, push gas prices up at pump February 15, 2011 The Hill Rep. Doc Hastings, Chairman House Natural Resources Committee Americans across the country are facing rising gasoline prices that are squeezing families’ monthly budgets and businesses’ ability to prosper and create jobs. There’s a grow... More

Hastings: Obama Administration Regulations are Costing American Jobs, Blocking American Energy Production
Floor Statements
Feb 10, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of H. Res. 72, a resolution directing certain committees, including the Natural Resources Committee, to review existing, pending and proposed federal regulations and their effect on jobs and eco... More

Hastings Leads Effort to Protect Western Farmers and Foresters from Job-Costing Regulations
Press Release
Jan 27, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) is leading a bipartisan, multi-state effort to protect farmers and foresters in Washington state and across the country whose livelihoods are threatened by new burdensome federal regulations. Hastings, along with 17 Members of Congress, sent a letter to Ch... More

Ranking Member Hastings Statement on DOI Inspector General Report on Decision to Impose Drilling Moratorium
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Nov 10, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on the Department of the Interior (DOI) Inspector General report regarding changes made to DOI’s 30-Day Safety Report that recommended a drilling moratorium. This report comes after Hastings and other Natural Resource... More

Hastings Outlines Natural Resources Committee Priorities
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Nov 3, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) outlined the following broad priorities for the Republican Majority on the Natural Resources Committee. Hastings is seeking to become Chairman of the Committee in the 112th Congress. “Now is the time for Republicans to get to work and prove that we h... More

Hastings Statement on the President’s Ocean Policy Taskforce’s Final Recommendations
Press Release
Jul 19, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today regarding the final recommendations of the President’s Ocean Policy Taskforce: “These final recommendations will significantly impact the economic and recreational uses of our oceans, ocean lands, and potentiall... More

Natural Resources Republicans Send Letter to President Obama Concerning Ocean Policy Task Force
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May 28, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04), Subcommittee on Energy and Minerals Ranking Member Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Rep. Don Young (AK) and Rep. Bill Cassidy (LA-06) today sent a letter to President Obama expressing concerns over potential policies and actions being considered as a result of... More

Republican Views on H.R. 3644, the "Ocean, Coastal and Watershed Education Act"
Committee Reports
Jan 12, 2010 - Republican Views on H.R. 3644, the "Ocean, Coastal and Watershed Education Act" More

A Fish Too Big to Fail?
Press Release
Nov 3, 2009 - Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 4th, the Insular Affairs Oceans and Wildlife Subcommittee will host a legislative hearing on The American Samoa Protection of Industry, Resources, and Employment Act (H.R. 3583), a “tuna bailout bill” that would subsidize the last remaining tuna cannery in America Samoa while imposing new ... More

69 Members Send Bipartisan Letter Urging the President’s Ocean Policy Task Force Not to Block Offshore Energy Development
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Oct 26, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04), Congressman Bill Cassidy (LA-06) and 67 bipartisan Members of Congress sent a letter to Nancy Sutley, Chairwoman of the President’s Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, expressing concerns that the Task Force’s Interim Report is not balanced ... More

Hastings: Tell Administration to End Delay of Offshore Drilling
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Apr 6, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released the following statement about the Interior Department’s series of public meetings regarding energy development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The first of four meetings is being held today in Atlantic City, New Jersey. “The... More

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