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Subcommittee Chairman John Fleming Questions Superfluous Spending and Increased Land Acquisition in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service FY 2012 Budget Request
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Mar 2, 2011 - Today, the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing on the FY 2012 budget request for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The hearing focused on $1.69 billion request for FWS, $47.8 billion above FY ’10 levels, and increased funding for government land acquis... 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

Hastings Disappointed in Decision to not Appeal Court’s Sea Lion Ruling, Will Explore Options to Protect Endangered Salmon and Taxpayer Dollars
Press Release
Jan 21, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced that it will not appeal a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that would block states and tribal entities from lethally removing California sea lions tha... More

Reid-Boxer Omnibus Filled with a Hundred Bills, Billions of Dollars in New Spending
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Dec 18, 2010 - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senator Barbara Boxer are moving forward with their plan to pass a massive land, wildlife and water omnibus package in the final days of the lame-duck Congress. This colossal bill will cost billions of dollars and include over a hundred measures that will create new spending p... More

Republican Views on H.R. 4416, the "Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2010"
Committee Reports
Sep 29, 2010 - Republican Views on H.R. 4416, the "Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2010" More

Vote Check: Democrats Go Bananas for Higher Spending—Vote for $32.2 Million Increase for Great Ape Conservation Funding
Press Release
Jul 22, 2010 - Today, during Full Committee markup of H.R. 4416, a bill to increase the authorization of the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 from $5 million to $7.5 million a year, Republicans offered a fiscally responsible amendment to freeze the authorization at the current level of $5 million. The amendment to keep funds level ... More

The Great Ape Conservation Act (H.R. 4416)
Committee Votes
Jul 22, 2010 - The Great Ape Conservation Act (H.R. 4416) July 22, 2010 Full Committee Markup Reporting H.R. 4416 out of Committee (Passed by Voice Vote) This legislation extends the Great Ape Conservation Fund to finance projects to help conserve Great Apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, baboons, orangutans and gibbons) and would increase ... More

Cassidy Statement at Natural Resources Subcommittee Hearing on State Planning for Offshore Energy Development
Press Release
Jun 24, 2010 - Congressman Bill Cassidy (LA-06) delivered the following opening statement as the acting Ranking Member at today’s Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife Subcommittee hearing on “State Planning for Offshore Energy Development: Standards for Preparedness”: Click here to watch “Madam Chairwoman, I want to compliment you fo... More

Cassidy Statement at Natural Resources Subcommittee Hearing on the Deepwater Horizon Spill
Press Release
Jun 15, 2010 - Congressman Bill Cassidy (LA-06) delivered the following opening statement as the acting Ranking Member at today’s Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife hearing on “Ocean science and data limits in a time of crisis: Do NOAA and the Fish and Wildlife Service have the resources to respond?”: “Madam Chairwoman, I appreciat... 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

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

Government Should Not Increase Hunting Costs During Recession In Order to Buy More Private Land
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Jul 28, 2009 - Tomorrow, the House Natural Resources Committee is scheduled to hold a markup of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Penalty and Enforcement Act of 2009 (H.R. 1916). This bill would increase the cost of the federal duck stamp (used as a hunting permit) from $15 to $25 in 2010 and to $35 in 2020 (more than doubling the cost).... More

Ranking Member Hastings’ Floor Speech on the Democrats’ $700 Million Wild Horses Welfare Bill
Floor Statements
Jul 17, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) spoke on the House floor today against the Democrats’ misplaced priorities to hold a vote on a bill to create a new $700 million welfare program for wild horses at a time when 9.5 percent of Americans are unemployed and our federal deficit as grown t... More

9.5% of Americans Are Unemployed….But Democrats Are Off and Running to Create a New $700 Million Welfare Program for Wild Horses
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Jul 16, 2009 - Tomorrow, House Democrats plan to hold a vote on the “Restore Our American Mustangs Act” (H.R.1018), which would create a new $700 million welfare program for wild horses. This floor action comes at a time when unemployment has soared to 9.5 percent, a 26-year high, and the federal deficit has grown to a historic $1 tr... More

Republican Views on H.R. 556, the "Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act"
Committee Reports
Jun 23, 2009 - Republican Views on H.R. 556, the "Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act" More

Stimulus Spending for Fish and Wildlife Projects Lacks Detail
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May 28, 2009 - Ranking Republican Doc Hastings (R-WA) Yesterday marked the 100th day since President Obama signed the $787 billion “stimulus” bill — but the Administration still hasn’t delivered transparency or proven how these taxpayer dollars will create new jobs. For example, the Department of Interior recently posted a list on i... More

Will Administration Grab Vast New Climate Change Powers and Open Door to Endless Lawsuits?
Press Release
May 7, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings called upon Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to maintain the final 4(d) special rule for polar bears, which states that the listing of the polar bear as a “threatened” species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) should not be used to regulate ... More

Overturning ESA Rule Will Hinder Job Creating Projects While Doing Little to Recover Endangered Species
Press Release
Mar 3, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings released the following statement regarding the Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service about a project’s potential impact on endangered plants and wildli... More

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