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Chairman Hastings Announces Natural Resources Subcommittee Assignments
Press Release
Jan 24, 2011
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today announced the subcommittee assignments for the Republican Members of the Natural Resources Committee for the 112th Congress. “The Natural Resources Committee has broad jurisdiction that allows our Members to use their individual talents and expertise...
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Hastings Announces Natural Resources Subcommittee Chairs
Press Release
Dec 29, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman-elect Doc Hastings (WA-04) today named subcommittee chairmen for the 112th Congress. He also announced the establishment a new Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution delegates to Congress the power to regulate trade...
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Hastings Selected as Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee
Press Release
Dec 8, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Republican Conference selected him to serve as Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee in the 112th Congress: “I’m honored to have been selected as Chairman and will work hard with my Republican colleagu...
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Hastings Floor Statement on the Claims Resolution Act of 2010
Floor Statements
Nov 29, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following remarks on the House floor today regarding the Senate Amendments to HR 4783, Claims Resolution Act of 2010: “The process by which Congress conducts the American people’s business matters. For a long time, Beltway insiders clai...
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Hastings Outlines Natural Resources Committee Priorities
Press Release
Nov 3, 2010
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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...
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Ranking Member Hastings' Floor Speech on the Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act
Floor Statements
Jul 21, 2010
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Madam Speaker, included in this legislation are a great many important anti-crime, anti-violence provisions that will assist and support Indian tribes across this country. There is considerable bipartisan support for what this bill aims to do, and yet it is being brought before the House using a process and procedure t...
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Hastings Statement Before the Rules Committee on Cobell Amendment
Press Release
May 24, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following statement (as prepared for delivery) before the Rules Committee regarding his amendment to improve the Cobell v. Salazar settlement agreement: “My amendment will improve the Cobell Settlement authorized in section 607 of H.R. ...
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Hastings to Introduce Amendment to “Tax Extenders Bill” to Improve Cobell Settlement
Press Release
May 24, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) will introduce an amendment today to fix and improve the proposed Cobell v. Salazar settlement agreement included in the Democrats’ tax extender package (H.R. 4213). Hastings’ amendment will include five improvements to benefit individual Indians aff...
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Wall Street Journal Editorial: Hawaiian Secession
In Case You Missed It
Mar 1, 2010
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Hawaiian Secession 2/27/2010 Wall Street Journal Editorial As farewell presents go, few lawmakers get to redistribute an entire state's wealth based on race. That was the send-off for Representative Neil Abercrombie, who is retiring this week to run for Governor of Hawaii. For his campaign literature, he'll take the N...
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Hastings Floor Statement on Native Hawaiian Recognition Bill
Floor Statements
Feb 23, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following floor statement (as prepared for delivery) on H.R. 2314, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009: Click here to watch the video “Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 2314 and the Substitute text sponsore...
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People of Hawaii Deserve a Vote on Dividing Their State by Race
Blog
Feb 23, 2010
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Ranking Republican Doc Hastings (R-WA) In March, 1959, Congress passed and with the stroke of a pen President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law, the Hawaii Admission Act, which pending approval of the Hawaiian residents, designated Hawaii as America's 50th state. On June 27 of the same year, 94.3 percent of Hawaiia...
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Fundamental Changes in Final Text of Native Hawaiian Bill
Resourceful Information
Feb 23, 2010
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Today, the House of Representatives will vote on the final rewritten text (Abercrombie substitute) of the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009. This latest version, written in secret without Committee review or markup, contains fundamental changes from the bill that was first introduced in the 111th Co...
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Rewrite of Native Hawaiian Bill Contains Potential Gaming Loophole
Press Release
Feb 22, 2010
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With the final rewritten text (Abercrombie substitute) of H.R. 2314, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009, being provided to members of the U.S. House of Representatives with less than 24 hours before a formal vote may be called, analysis of its provisions are ongoing. A review of two sections of t...
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Native Hawaiian Recognition Bill Creates Unconstitutional Race-Based Government
Press Release
Feb 22, 2010
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This week, the House will consider the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009 (H.R. 2314), which creates a separate, race-based government specifically for Native Hawaiians. This divisive legislation would allow this new government entity to be exempt from state taxes, set their own civil and possibly cr...
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Democrats Unveil Yet Another Rewrite of Native Hawaiian Recognition Bill
Press Release
Feb 22, 2010
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A day before the House of Representatives is expected to vote on the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009, House Democrats have released yet another eleventh hour version of the bill. Even though the House Rules Committee will take up this bill tonight at 5 pm and the full House may vote on the bill as...
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Native Hawaiian bill fundamentally changed from 110th version
Dear Colleagues
Feb 22, 2010
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February 22, 2010 House to vote on rewritten Native Hawaiian Recognition Bill Text is “fundamentally changed” from last Congress Dear Colleague: This week the Democrat Leadership is bringing H.R. 2314 to the Floor, a bill to extend tribal recognition to a Native Hawaiian “governing entity.” In the 110th Congress, a pre...
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