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Department of the Interior Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs Director Christopher Mansour Follow-up Letter to Chairman Hastings Regarding Request for Specified Documents on the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Feb 9, 2012 - Dear Mr. Chairman, This letter responds to your letters dated January 25 and January 31, 2012, requesting additional information regarding the manner in which the scope of peer review was described in the Executive Summary of the Department of the Interior's (Department's) 2010 report entitled "Increased Safety Measure... More

182 Members Send Bipartisan Letter Calling on Obama Admin to Open New Offshore Areas to American Energy Production, Job Creation
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Feb 7, 2012 - Spearheaded by Natural Resources Committee Members Bill Flores (TX-17) and Rob Wittman (VA-01), 182 Members today sent a bipartisan letter to Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar requesting new, expanded access to offshore energy production in order to create new American jobs, reduce our reliance on foreig... More

182 Members Bipartisan Letter to Secretary Salazar Requesting Consideration for New and Expanded Access to the Outer Continental Shelf
Letters
Feb 7, 2012 - Dear Mr. Secretary: With the release of the Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Plan for 2012-2017, we write to express strong bipartisan support in the House for the consideration of new and expanded access to the OCS for the production of oil and natural gas. Opening up new areas of the OCS will bring new jobs, new ener... More

Department of the Interior Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs Director Christopher Mansour Letter to Chairman Hastings Regarding Request for Specified Documents on the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Feb 2, 2012 - Dear Mr. Chairman: The Department of the Interior ("Department") is in receipt of your letter dated January 25, 2012, regarding the Department's ongoing response to the Committee's April 25,2011, letter. In that letter, the Committee seeks information regarding the Department's Office ofInspector General 20 10 Report o... More

Natural Resources Committee Passes Bipartisan Components of American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act
Press Release
Feb 1, 2012 - The House Natural Resources Committee today passed three bipartisan American energy bills that are important components of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, which will create over a million good-paying jobs, remove government barriers to American energy production, make America more energy secure, and he... More

Business and Labor Organizations Support Republican Plan to Expand American Energy Production, Create Jobs, and Fund Critical Infrastructure
Resourceful Information
Feb 1, 2012 - Organizations representing various sectors including agriculture, manufacturing, and energy are joining multiple labor unions to call for passage of energy portions of the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act, a common sense Republican plan to expand American energy production, create jobs and fund high-priority i... More

Committee Passes Bipartisan Bill to Open 3% of ANWR for New American Energy Production, Job Creation
Press Release
Feb 1, 2012 - The House Natural Resources Committee today passed by a bipartisan vote of 29 to 13—26 Republicans and 3 Democrats—legislation to open less than 3% of ANWR to American energy production. This measure is one of the energy components of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, a plan to link expanded energy produ... More

Chairman Hastings Follow-up Letter to Secretary Salazar Requesting Cooperation and Production of Specified Documents on the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Jan 31, 2012 - Dear Mr. Secretary: This letter is a follow up to our January 25, 2012 letter providing the Department of the Interior ("Department") a final opportunity to comply with our April 25, 2011 request for documents about White House edits to the Executive Summary of the final report entitled "Increased Safety Measures for E... More

Platts Energy Week Interview with Chairman Doc Hastings
Blog
Jan 30, 2012 - Chairman Doc Hastings sat down with Platts Energy Week to discuss the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act, legislation that would link expanded American energy production with high priority infrastructure projects. Chairman Hastings told Platts, "The revenues from this [legislation] will build and maintain our in... More

Full Committee to Markup Energy Jobs and Revenue Portion of American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act
Committee Action
Jan 30, 2012 - On Wednesday, February 1st the Natural Resources Committee will hold a Full Committee markup on the energy portion of the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act, legislation to link new American energy production with high-priority infrastructure projects. The bill will remove government barriers to American energy ... More

Hastings Sets Markup on Energy Jobs and Revenue Portion of American Energy Infrastructure & Jobs Act
Press Release
Jan 27, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today announced that the Natural Resources Committee will hold a markup on Wednesday, February 1st that will include the energy portion of the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act, legislation to link new American energy production with high-priority ... More

President Obama Attempts to Take Credit for Lease Sale Scheduled Before He Was in Office
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Jan 26, 2012 - Today, President Obama made a “major announcement,” in what otherwise must be a slow day for the White House, by moving forward with offshore lease sales that were scheduled before he even took office. The rather banal “major announcement” does not open any new offshore areas for energy production but combines a lease ... More

Final Demand Made to Administration to Provide Documents on Report Recommending Gulf Drilling Moratorium
Press Release
Jan 25, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and Energy and Mineral Subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) sent a letter today to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to demand compliance with document requests regarding alterations to the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) 30-Day Safety Report ... More

Hot Air Alert: President Obama Spins State of the Union Speech to Claim Credit for Inherited Energy Successes
Hot Air Alert
Jan 25, 2012 - For as much as President Obama complains about the bad economy that he inherited, he sure seems to be enjoying the inherited boom in U.S. oil and gas production on private and state lands. Last night President Obama dedicated a significant portion of his State of the Union speech to weaving a tale about what his Admini... More

Chairman Hastings Letter to Secretary Salazar Requesting Cooperation and Production of Specified Documents on the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Jan 25, 2012 - Dear Mr. Secretary: It is with disappointment and deep frustration that we must again write regarding the Department of the Interior's failure to comply in a meaningful way to our April 25, 2011 request seeking 5 categories of documents related to White House edits that led to the inclusion of the 6-month Gulf of Mexic... More

Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed in The Hill: U.S. needs Brazilian approach to energy policy
Op-Eds and Speeches
Jan 24, 2012 - U.S. needs Brazilian approach to energy policy By House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings The Hill January 24, 2012 Earlier this month I had the opportunity to accompany Speaker John Boehner and a bipartisan group of members of Congress on a trip to Latin America. In addition to discussing trade and ec... More

Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Increased American Energy
Blog
Jan 20, 2012 - On the heels of President Obama’s own Jobs Council rebuking his Administration’s anti-energy policies, a new poll released this week illustrates overwhelming public support for increased U.S. oil and natural gas production. According to a Harris Interactive poll conducted last December, 70% percent of Americans support... More

Hot Air Alert: White House Claims Support for U.S. Energy Production, Actions Tell an Entirely Different Story
Hot Air Alert
Jan 17, 2012 - Today during the White House Press Briefing, Press Secretary Jay Carney attempted to defend the Obama Administration’s dismal energy record when asked about the President’s Jobs Council report that recommends increased energy production on federal lands as a way to create new American jobs: “The fact of the matter is, ... More

President Obama's Jobs Council Echoes House Republicans' Call for Increased American Energy Production
Press Release
Jan 17, 2012 - President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness released their “Road Map to Renewal” report on ideas for job creation. The report cited a number of “all-in” energy policy recommendations in order to create American jobs that bear a striking resemblance to the “all-of-the-above” American Energy Initiative promoted... More

New Study Shows Impact of Permitting Slowdown in the Gulf
Blog
Jan 13, 2012 - Quest Offshore Resources, Inc. has released a study highlighting the economic consequences of the slowdown of deepwater and shallow water permitting in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the study, the Administration’s de facto moratorium has cost Americans tens of thousands of good-paying jobs and billions of dollars of... More

Hastings Calls on Administration to Move Forward with Other Delayed and Canceled Offshore Lease Sales
Press Release
Dec 14, 2011 - Today the Obama Administration’s Interior Department conducted the first offshore lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico since the tragic explosion and oil spill that occurred nearly 20 months ago. With just 17 days left this year, the Administration narrowly avoided making 2011 the first year since 1953 without an offshore ... More

Video Blog: Natural Resources Committee Jobs Watch - Rep. Landry
Blog
Dec 13, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Republicans are committed to putting Americans back to work by enacting policies that embrace America’s abundant natural resources to help create jobs and grow our economy. Meet Freshman Committee Member Jeff Landry from Louisiana’s Third Congressional District. Rep. Landry’s constitue... More

Video Blog: Natural Resources Committee Jobs Watch - Rep. Wittman
Blog
Nov 28, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Republicans are committed to putting Americans back to work by enacting policies that embrace America’s abundant natural resources to help create jobs and grow our economy. The Committee continues its Job Watch series this week with Rep. Rob Wittman from Virginia’s First Congressional ... More

Increased American Energy Production Will Create Millions of Jobs, Generate Billions of Revenue for Infrastructure Improvements
Press Release
Nov 18, 2011 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on three energy bills that will be a part of Speaker Boehner’s American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act to create new jobs, increase American energy production and fund our aging infrastructure: H.R. 3410, the ... More

Committee Passes Bill to Reorganize Interior Department’s Offshore Energy Agencies
Press Release
Nov 17, 2011 - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee passed H.R. 3404, a bill introduced by Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) to formally abolish the former Minerals Management Service (MMS) and create three separate offshore agencies to ensure robust and safe American energy production to create jobs and strengthen national secur... More

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