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Hastings Invites Secretary Chu to Testify on PMA Memorandum that Could Increase Energy Rates for Millions of American Families
Press Release
Apr 5, 2012 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu inviting him to testify at a Full Committee oversight hearing on Thursday, April 26th regarding concerns raised by Secretary Chu’s recent Memorandum to the Power Marketing Administrati... More

Chairman Hastings Invitation Letter to Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu to Testify on His Recent Power Marketing Administrations Memorandum
Letters
Apr 5, 2012 - Dear Secretary Chu: I cordially invite you to testify before the House Natural Resources Committee on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. to explain and answer questions regarding your March 16, 2012 Memorandum to the Power Marketing Administrations. Since there are substantial questions about the Memorandum, I res ... More

Chairmen Question Obama Administration on Mailing Out $$$$$$$
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Mar 22, 2012 - Earlier this week, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and Water & Power Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (CA-04) sent letters to the Bureau of Reclamation and the Office of Management and Budget requesting information on the use of American tax dollars to pay for a controversial Departm... More

Subcommittee Questions Obama Administration's BOR and PMA Budgets that Could Increase Electricity Rates and Decrease Water Deliveries
Press Release
Mar 20, 2012 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight hearing to examine the negative impacts to water supplies and hydropower rates that will result from the Obama Administration’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget and priorities for the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), the Four Power Marketing Admini... More

Chairmen Hastings and McClintock Letter to Victoria Haynes on RTI International's Communications with the Bureau of Reclamation
Letters
Mar 20, 2012 - Dear Ms. Haynes: We write to request information related to the Department of the Interior's ("DOI") Klamath Non-use Valuation Survey ("Survey"). According to press reports on the issue, DOI contracted with RTI International to provide information gathering services related to this issue. The Office of Management and B... More

Chairmen Hastings and McClintock Letter to Commissioner Connor on the Klamath Non-use Valuation Survey
Letters
Mar 20, 2012 - Dear Commissioner Connor: We write to request information related to the Department of the Interior's ("DOI") Klamath Non-use Valuation Survey ("Survey"). The Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number for the Survey is 1090-0010. Through this letter, we request information regarding communication on this i... More

Chairman Hastings: Department of Energy Directive to BPA and Other PMAs Could Increase Energy Rates for Millions of American Families
Press Release
Mar 16, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released the following statement in response to a memorandum from Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu to the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and all other Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs) that includes directives that could increase... More

House Approves Bipartisan Plan to Create Jobs, Expand Renewable Hydropower Production
Press Release
Mar 7, 2012 - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2842, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2012, with a bipartisan vote of 265-154. Sponsored by Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-03), H.R. 2842 is an action plan to create new American jobs and eliminate bureaucratic hurdles to small ... More

House to Consider Plan Next Week to Boost Renewable Hydropower Production, Create Jobs
Press Release
Mar 2, 2012 - Next week, the House of Representatives will consider H.R. 2842, The Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2011, sponsored by Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-03). This legislation will create American jobs and expand production of clean, renewable American energy by eliminating duplicat... More

Committee Takes Bipartisan Vote to Pass Plan to End Man-Made California Drought, Create Jobs and Ensure Food Security
Press Release
Feb 16, 2012 - The House Natural Resources Committee today passed H.R. 1837, legislation to prevent future California man-made droughts with a bipartisan vote of 27 to 17. This comprehensive solution will bring jobs and water supply certainty to the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys in California and decrease reliance on foreign foo... More

Video Blog: Natural Resources Committee Jobs Watch – Chairman Hastings
Blog
Jan 31, 2012 - 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 resumes its Job Watch series this year with Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04). Last year, the Committee... More

Video Blog: Natural Resources Committee Jobs Watch - Rep. Tipton
Blog
Oct 24, 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 Freshman Committee Member Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-03). ... More

Committee Passes Three Bills to Create Jobs and Increase American Energy Production
Press Release
Oct 5, 2011 - The Full Natural Resources Committee today passed three bills—H.R. 2842, H.R. 2360 and H.R. 2752—to create jobs, produce more American made energy and advance House Republicans' all-of-the-above American Energy Initiative. “Republicans are committed to increasing the use of America’s abundant energy resources to create... More

Subcommittee Considers Legislation to Relieve Taxpayers from Burden of Risky Government Loan Program
Press Release
Sep 22, 2011 - The Subcommittee on Water and Power today held a legislative hearing on H.R. 2915, the “American Taxpayer and Western Area Power Administration Customer Protection Act of 2011.” The legislation repeals the $3.25 billion borrowing authority given to the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) for transmission projects ... More

Chairman Hastings’ Statement on Judge Redden Ruling
Press Release
Aug 2, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement regarding Judge Redden’s ruling on the federal biological opinion and fish recovery plan for the Federal Columbia River Power System: “As Chairman of the House Committee with jurisdiction over the Northwest’s hydropower system and ... More

New Study Shows Wide Ranging Affect of High Energy Costs
Blog
Jun 28, 2011 - The Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) released a report today outlining the wide-ranging affect restricted energy development and high energy costs are having on several sectors of the U.S. Economy. The report also cites energy proposals and policies that would result in more American energy production and increased job c... More

Litigation and Regulation Threatens Hydropower, Costs Jobs and Increases Electricity Rates
Press Release
May 4, 2011 - Continuing House Republicans’ efforts to advance the American Energy Initiative, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight hearing today on “Protecting the Federal Hydropower Investment: A Stakeholder’s Perspective.” At the hearing, Members examined the challenges facing hydropower g... More

Chairman Hastings: With American Energy Comes American Jobs
Press Release
Apr 6, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Energy and Minerals Subcommittee legislative hearing on H.R. 1229 the Putting the Gulf Back to Work Act, H.R. 1230 the Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act, and H.R. 1231 the Reversing President ... More

Water and Power Subcommittee Examines Federal Regulations that Cost Jobs and Raise Energy Prices
Press Release
Apr 5, 2011 - The Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight hearing to examine the federal regulations that are blocking job growth and abundant water and power supplies. Attention was also given to potential future regulatory obstacles to water deliveries and hydropower generation that will further compound economic hardshi... More

Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed in The Times-Picayune: Getting the Gulf Coast Back to Work
Op-Eds and Speeches
Apr 4, 2011 - Getting the Gulf Coast back to work April 2, 2011 The Times-Picayune Op-Ed By Rep. Doc Hastings As gasoline prices continue to surge towards $4 a gallon and unemployment lingers near 9 percent, Americans are seeing the consequences of the Obama administration's policies that have prevented access to our own American e... More

Chairman Hastings’ Remarks at Press Conference Announcing Three Bills to Expand Offshore Energy Production
Press Release
Mar 29, 2011 - Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) at a press conference today announced three separate bills to expand offshore energy production in order to create jobs, lower energy costs, and improve national security by lessening our dependence on foreign energy. The following are Chairman Hastings’ prepare... More

House Republicans' American Energy Initiative -- Original CoSponsor Deadline - 5:30PM TODAY
Dear Colleagues
Mar 29, 2011 - March 29, 2011 Dear Colleague, House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative is an ongoing effort to expand American energy production to create American jobs and to stop the Obama Administration policies that are raising energy prices. As Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, I’m focused on increasing energy pr... More

Chairman Hastings Introduces Three Bills to Increase Offshore American Energy Production, Create American Jobs
Press Release
Mar 29, 2011 - As part of House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative, Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today introduced three separate bills to expand offshore energy production in order to create jobs, lower energy costs, generate revenue to help pay down the national debt, and improve national security b... More

Chairman McClintock: We must restore abundance as the cornerstone of our federal water and power policies
Press Release
Mar 2, 2011 - The Subcommittee on Water and Power, held an oversight hearing today to examine the FY 2012 budget request for the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock also focused on Reclamation’s wasteful spending and a divergence from its original mission of providing water and power abundance t... More

Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed on The Daily Caller: Egyptian political unrest highlights need for more American energy production
Op-Eds and Speeches
Feb 8, 2011 - Egyptian political unrest highlights need for more American energy production Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings The Daily Caller February 8, 2011 1:56 PM Last week, the price of oil broke $100 a barrel for the first time since 2008, due in part to the political unrest in Egypt. As gasoline prices rise,... More

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