Deepwater Horizon Spill

Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed in The Hill: Regulations stifle drilling, push gas prices up at pump
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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

Chairman Hastings Opening Statement at Committee Hearing on the President’s National Oil Spill Commission Final Report
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Jan 26, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Full Committee Oversight hearing on the President’s National Oil Spill Commission findings and recommendations: “It’s been nine months since the horrific explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico tha... More

Charts Show Historic Drop-Off in Issuance of New Drilling Permits in the Gulf
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Jan 25, 2011 - Greater New Orleans, Inc. recently released a Gulf Permit Index (GPI) that shows the Obama Administration is in no hurry to issue drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico and end the de facto moratorium that has left thousands of Americans out of work. GNO, Inc. found that to date only two deep water permits have been is... More

Platts Energy Week Interview with Chairman Doc Hastings
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Jan 24, 2011 - Chairman Doc Hastings sat down with Platts Energy Week to discuss Wednesday’s oversight hearing with the President’s National Oil Spill Commission Co-Chairs William Reilly and Bob Graham. The hearing is expected to focus on the Commission’s findings into the causes of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the on-going feder... More

Chairman Hastings’ Statement on the President’s National Oil Spill Commission Final Report
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Jan 11, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the final report and recommendations from the President’s National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. The House Natural Resources Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing, with... More

Hastings: Complete Report Needed From National Oil Spill Commission Before Conclusions Are Made
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Jan 5, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the National Oil Spill Commission released one chapter of its final report on the Deepwater Horizon tragedy and subsequent oil spill: “This chapter of the National Oil Spill Commission’s final report provides initial ... More

Wall Street Journal: Drilling Is Stalled Even After Ban Is Lifted
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Jan 3, 2011 - Drilling Is Stalled Even After Ban Is Lifted January 3, 2011 Wall Street Journal Ben Casselman and Daniel Gilbert More than two months after the Obama administration lifted its ban on drilling in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico, oil companies are still waiting for approval to drill the first new oil well there. Experts n... More

The National Academies Release Interim Report on Deepwater Horizon Incident
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Nov 17, 2010 - The National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council released an interim report this morning on the April 20th Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. According to the report, BP demonstrated “an insufficient consideration of risk and a lack of operating discipline.” The 15-member panel of scientists and technical ex... 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

Houston Chronicle: Seahawk sells rig amid downturn in shallow-water drilling
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Oct 15, 2010 - Seahawk sells rig amid downturn in shallow-water drilling October 14, 2010 Houston Chronicle Jennifer A. Dlouhy Seahawk Drilling is selling one of its rigs to an India-based oil service firm — and CEO Randy Stilley warns that could be just the first of many, as the company tries to raise cash and get rid of money-drain... More

Administration’s Announcement on Drilling Moratorium Creates More Questions than Answers
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Oct 12, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced an end to the deepwater drilling moratorium in the Outer Continental Shelf: “Today’s announcement isn’t time for applause, it’s time to demand real, straight answe... More

Interior Issues New Rules, But Refuses to Say When it Will Lift Moratorium and Let People Go Back to Work
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Sep 30, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on the Department of the Interior’s new offshore drilling regulations: “The Interior Department today announced new rules on drilling, but still refuses to say when the arbitrary, non-science based moratorium will be ... More

New York Times: Drilling Plans Off Cuba Stir Fears of Impact on Gulf
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Sep 30, 2010 - Drilling Plans Off Cuba Stir Fears of Impact on Gulf September 30, 2010 New York Times Clifford Kraus HOUSTON — Five months after the BP oil spill, a federal moratorium still prohibits new deepwater drilling in the American waters of the Gulf of Mexico. And under longstanding federal law, drilling is also banned near ... More

Wall Street Journal Editorial: The Real Gulf Disaster
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Sep 22, 2010 - The Real Gulf Disaster The Wall Street Journal September 22, 2010 Editorial On Sunday Federal spill-response chief Thad Allen declared BP's ruptured well "effectively dead." Now if only Gulf residents weren't stuck coping with the disaster the government created after the accident—namely, the federal drilling moratori... More

Associated Press: A look at who got gov't Gulf work
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Sep 13, 2010 - AP ENTERPRISE: A look at who got gov't Gulf work Associated Press Sharon Theimer Monday, September 13, 2010 WASHINGTON – The federal government hired a New Orleans man for $18,000 to appraise whether news stories about its actions in the Gulf oil spill were positive or negative for the Obama administration, which was k... More

News Driving the Day: Obama Administration Knew Drilling Ban Could Cost Tens of Thousands of Jobs
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Aug 23, 2010 - Gulf Drilling Ban Would Cost 23,000 Jobs, Regulator Estimates in Memo (Bloomberg 8/23/10) Gov't: 23K workers affected by Gulf oil drill ban (AP 8/22/10) Admin. Estimated 23,000 Jobs Lost to Moratorium (RedState 8/23/10) U.S. Saw Drill Ban Killing Many Jobs (WSJ 8/21/10) Report: Interior pins 23,000 job losses on deepw... More

Five Facts Everyone Should Know About Rep. Melancon’s Deeply Flawed Amendment on Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
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Aug 4, 2010 - On Friday, the House of Representatives debated the CLEAR Act (HR 3534), which included taking a vote on Rep. Charlie Melancon’s (D-LA) amendment to supposedly end the deepwater drilling moratorium. As word gets out that this amendment won’t actually lift the Obama Administration’s job-killing moratorium, Rep. Melancon... More

Resources Republicans Predicted the Senate “Skeddadle”: Majority Leader Reid Throws House Dems Under Bus AGAIN, Skips Town Without Even Voting on Oil Spill Bill
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Aug 3, 2010 - Just as predicted, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Democrats have decided to skip town without even voting on an oil spill response bill, leaving their House Democrat colleagues to defend their recent vote on the job-killing, new-$22-billion-energy-tax-imposing CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534) during the August reces... More

Hastings: CLEAR Act Will Kill Jobs, Raise Taxes, Increase Federal Spending, and Cause Even Greater Economic Pain
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Jul 30, 2010 - Today during floor debate on the CLEAR Act, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) emphasized the lost jobs, increased spending and higher taxes that would result from passage of the bill. He also questioned why an “oil spill response bill” would include a $22 billion energy tax and $30 b... More

Hastings Floor Statement on The CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534), A Bill that Would Kill Jobs, Raise Taxes and Increase Spending
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Jul 30, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following statement on the House floor today regarding the Democrats’ CLEAR Act - a bill that would kill jobs, raise taxes and increase spending: Click here to watch the floor speech Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consu... More

Roundup of CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534) Documents
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Jul 30, 2010 - Statement of Republican Policy Amendment to H.R. 3534, the CLEAR ACT Republican Leader John Boehner America Facing Higher Energy Costs, Fewer Jobs Under Dems’ Energy Bill Boehner: Dems Exploit Gulf Tragedy for Job-Destroying Tax on American Energy House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence Pence Warns of Democrats... More

Rep. Cassidy: Gulf Coast Can't Afford CLEAR Disaster
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Jul 30, 2010 - Gulf Coast Can't Afford CLEAR Disaster By Rep. Bill Cassidy Friday, July 30, 2010 Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Two man-made disasters have hit the Gulf Coast: the BP oil spill and the President’s moratorium on energy production. A third disaster is scheduled for a vote in the House today. Two hundred twenty-six days befor... More

Rep. Cassidy Op-Ed in The Hill: Gulf Coast Can't Afford CLEAR Disaster
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Jul 30, 2010 - Gulf Coast Can't Afford CLEAR Disaster The Hill Op-Ed Friday, July 30, 2010 By Rep. Bill Cassidy Two man-made disasters have hit the Gulf Coast: the BP oil spill and the President’s moratorium on energy production. A third disaster is scheduled for a vote in the House today. Two hundred twenty-six days before the Deep... More

Federalization in CLEAR Act Usurps States Rights To Regulate Own Waters
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Jul 29, 2010 - A massive federal power grab is included in the Democrat’s CLEAR Act in the form of a provision that requires the federal government to take over energy permitting in state waters. This is in response to the oil spill that occurred in federal waters and was supposed to be regulated by the federal government? It has abs... More

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