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Republicans Write Letter Opposing de Facto Wilderness Area Designations by U.S Forest Service
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Apr 19, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04), National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee Ranking Member Rob Bishop (UT-01) and 16 additional Republican Members of Congress today sent a letter to the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service opposing the views expressed in a letter from House ... More

Democrats Hold Hearing Aimed at Bolstering Water Conflict and Reducing Clean Energy Supplies
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Apr 8, 2010 - Today, the House Subcommittees on National Parks, Forest and Public Lands and Water and Power held a joint field hearing at the Grand Canyon, Arizona. The hearing, entitled "On the Edge: Challenges Facing Grand Canyon National Park" is the latest attempt to drive up energy prices and re-allocate more water towards a sm... More

Hastings: Science and Economics Say Reduce Spills at Dams, Transport Juvenile Salmon in Low Water Year
Press Release
Apr 8, 2010 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requesting that, in light of this year’s low water supplies, endangered juvenile salmon... More

Hastings’ Statement on Corps of Engineers Release of Outline on How to Study Snake River Dam Removal
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Mar 31, 2010 - Following is a statement from Congressman Doc Hastings (WA-04) on the Snake River dam removal “study plan” prepared and released today by Army Corps of Engineers at the direction of the Obama Administration. Hastings is an outspoken defender of the Northwest’s hydropower dams as clean, renewable sources of low-cost ene... More

Bureau of Reclamation Budget Loses Focus on Traditional Mission; Higher Food, Water and Electricity Prices will Result
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Mar 11, 2010 - The Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight hearing today on the FY 2011 Administration Budget Request for the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). Subcommittee Ranking Republican Tom McClintock (CA-04) highlighted concerns that the agency’s chief mission has shifted away from its traditional mission of provi... More

Hastings: Hard Questions Need to be Answered on $1 Billion Klamath Plan
Press Release
Feb 18, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) issued the following statement today regarding the signing agreements related to Klamath water issues: “As Ranking Republican of the House Natural Resources Committee, I will use all tools available to ensure that Congress vets this proposal in an op... More

Republican Congressmen Blast Administration’s Misleading Announcement on Water Delivery to San Joaquin Valley Farmers
Press Release
Jan 27, 2010 - Today, Republican Members from California and the House Natural Resources Committee criticized Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar for his misleading announcement yesterday that his Department is taking “additional steps” to provide relief to California’s San Joaquin Valley farmers who are suffering from a man-made r... More

Republicans to Hold Congressional Forum in Fresno to Examine Resolving the San Joaquin Valley Water Crisis
Press Release
Dec 14, 2009 - Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee today announced that they will hold a congressional forum on resolving the San Joaquin Valley water crisis in Fresno, California on Monday, January 25, 2010. Further details including time, location and meeting format will be announced in the upcoming weeks. “There i... More

McClintock Statement on Democrats’ Proposed Southern California Field Hearing on Water Crisis
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Dec 4, 2009 - Water and Power Subcommittee Ranking Member Tom McClintock (R-CA) released the following statement today regarding Subcommittee Chairwoman Grace Napolitano’s (D-CA) recent announcement to hold a Southern California field hearing on the state’s water crisis: “I welcome Chairwoman Napolitano’s public focus on the Califor... More

E&E Daily: New bill aims to protect Western ratepayers from transmission costs
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Nov 6, 2009 - New bill aims to protect Western ratepayers from transmission costs November 16, 2009 E&E Daily Katherine Ling Customers in the West would not have to pay for failed transmission projects under a bill introduced yesterday by the ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee. Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) and Re... More

Water and Power Subcommittee Ranking Republican McClintock Requests Field Hearing on California Drought
Press Release
Oct 27, 2009 - Today at an oversight hearing on Water Management and Climate Variability, House Water and Power Subcommittee Ranking Member Tom McClintock (CA-04) urged Democrats to help provide relief to San Joaquin Valley famers and families who are suffering from a devastating man-made drought. McClintock recently sent a letter to... More

Hastings Opposes Democrat Leaders’ Misplaced Priorities, Calls for Relief for San Joaquin Valley Farmers and Families
Floor Statements
Oct 15, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following speech regarding the Bay Area Regional Water Program Recycling Act of 2009 (H.R. 2442). While Ranking Member Hastings supports water recycling, he believes that Democrat Congressional leaders should use this bill to als... More

Hastings Statement on Draft Klamath Dam Removal Proposal
Press Release
Sep 30, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) issued the following statement today regarding the announcement of a draft Klamath dam removal agreement that could potentially cost $450 million: “Congress needs to ask some real hard questions on why federal taxpayers should be footing any of the b... More

Sean Hannity's Visit to California's Man-Made Drought
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Sep 18, 2009 - FOX News' Sean Hannity broadcast his show live last night from the San Joaquin Valley, site of California's man-made drought. Hannity was joined by members of Congress, celebrities, Gov. Schwarzenegger, and thousands of struggling farmers. This crisis will soon affect all Americans because the valley produces a massive... More

Hastings Decries Obama Administration Decision to Open Door to Snake River Dam Removal
Press Release
Sep 15, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on the Obama Administration’s Columbia River salmon recovery biological opinion (BiOp) plan that was released today. Hastings is an outspoken defender of the Northwest’s hydropower dams as clean, renewable sources of ... More

Sean Hannity to Broadcast Live from the Site of California's Man-Made Drought
Blog
Sep 14, 2009 - The fight to end to the man-made California drought and bring water back to the San Joaquin Valley will continue this Thursday as Sean Hannity of FOX News is set to broadcast from a fallowed field on the Westside of Fresno County. Just last year, before the Bureau of Reclamation cut off the water, the San Joaquin Valle... More

Democrats Deny Vote to End California’s Man-Made Drought
Press Release
Jul 15, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings and Republican Leader John Boehner reacted to the Democratic response to the California water crisis. “Today, Congress missed an historic opportunity to solve the water crisis in California. We could have begun to bring 40,000 people back to work with... More

Rep. Tom McClintock Named Lead Republican on the Water and Power Subcommittee
Press Release
Jul 9, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today named Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-04) as the new Ranking Member of the Water and Power Subcommittee. McClintock will take over the position from Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) who was recently selected to serve as Ranking Member of the Workfor... More

Republicans Call for Action to Address Man-Made Drought
Press Release
Mar 31, 2009 - Ranking Member Doc Hastings, along with Representatives Devin Nunes, Tom McClintock, Kevin McCarthy, Ken Calvert and George Radanovich, hold a press conference to highlight the man-made California drought and policies that provide water for fish (like the three-inch smelt shown above), but not people. The House Natura... More

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