Oversight- Obama Moratorium

Chairmen Hastings and Lamborn Follow-up Letter to Secretary Salazar Requesting Complete Compliance, Sets Deadline for Document Requests and Information on the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Oct 13, 2011 - Dear Mr. Secretary: On September 28, 2011, the Committee once again wrote you to request that the Department of the Interior (DOI) provide documents and information relating to the Committee's investigation into whether senior officials of DOI, in an effort to help justify their decision to impose a 6-month moratorium ... More

Local Gulf Business Leaders Testify on Lingering Economic and Energy Effects One Year After President’s Moratorium Lifted
Press Release
Oct 12, 2011 - The House Natural Resources Committee today held an oversight hearing on “One Year after President Obama’s Gulf of Mexico 6-Month Moratorium Officially Lifted: Examining the Lingering Impacts on Jobs, Energy Production and Local Economies.” A year after the official moratorium was lifted in the Gulf, permitting, energy... More

Chairman Hastings Statement on Lingering Impacts a Year After President Obama’s Official Gulf Moratorium Lifted
Press Release
Oct 12, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today delivered the following statement at the Full Committee oversight hearing on “One Year after President Obama’s Gulf of Mexico 6-Month Moratorium Lifted: Examining the Lingering Impacts on Jobs, Energy Production and Local Economies.” “In May 2010, s... More

Full Committee to Examine Lingering Economic Impacts One Year After President Obama’s Official Gulf Moratorium Lifted
Committee Action
Oct 5, 2011 - On Wednesday, October 12th the House Committee on Natural Resources will hold a Full Committee oversight hearing on “One Year after President Obama’s Gulf of Mexico 6-Month Moratorium Officially Lifted: Examining the Lingering Impacts on Jobs, Energy Production and Local Economies.” “Nearly a year ago, the Obama Admini... More

Chairman Hastings Follow-up Letter to Secretary Salazar Reiterating Requests for Staff E-mail Communications Related to the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Sep 28, 2011 - Dear Mr. Secretary: As you are aware, the Committee is conducting an investigation into whether senior officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), in an effort to help justify their decision to impose a 6-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, misrepresented that the moratorium was re... More

Chairman Hastings Letter to Secretary Salazar Reiterating Request for Full Compliance with the Committee's Investigation into the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Aug 15, 2011 - Dear Mr. Secretary: The Committee is in receipt of the August I, 20 II letter from the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs relating to the status of several formal document and information requests the Committee has made to the DOI and its bureaus during the 112th Congress... More

Chairmen Hastings and Lamborn Follow-up Letter to Acting Inspector General Mary Kendall Regarding Requested Documents on the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Aug 1, 2011 - Dear Ms. Kendall: On April 25, 2011, we requested the underlying documents, drafts and communications reviewed by the Office of Inspector General (OlG) in reaching its conclusion and issuing its Report of Investigation - Federal Moratorium on Deepwater Drilling Case No. PI-PI-I 0-0562-1. Specifically, we requested the ... More

Department of the Interior Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs Director Christopher Mansour Letter to Chairman Hastings Regarding Documents Provided to the Committee on the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Aug 1, 2011 - Dear Chairman Hastings: The Department of the Interior is in receipt of your three letters, dated July 18, 2011, that relate to the status of several of the requests for documents and information that you have made to the Department and its bureaus during the 112th Congress. Specifically, these letters address requests... More

Chairman Hastings Letter to Secretary Salazar Reiterating April 25th Request for Specified Documents and Information on the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium, Sets New Deadline
Letters
Jul 18, 2011 - Dear Mr. Secretary: On April 25, 2011, we sent you a letter that requested documents, drafts and communications related to the Report of Investigation - Federal Moratorium on Deepwater Drilling Case No. PI-PI-IO-0562- issued by the Office of Inspector General. Specifically, we requested the following items: Any and all... More

Chairmen Hastings and Lamborn Letter to Acting Inspector General Mary Kendall Requesting More Information and Documents Pertaining to the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Apr 25, 2011 - Dear Ms. Kendall: On July 20, 2010, we requested the Office of Inspector General to conduct an investigation into whether senior officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), in an effort to help justify their decision to impose a 6-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, misrepresented ... More

Chairmen Hastings and Lamborn Letter to Secretary Salazar Requesting Information and Documents Pertaining to the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Apr 25, 2011 - Dear Secretary Salazar: On July 20, 2010, we requested the Office of Inspector General to conduct an investigation into whether senior officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), in an effort to help justify their decision to impose a 6-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, misrepres... More

Natural Resources Committee to Hold Hearings on Gulf of Mexico De Facto Moratorium and BOEMRE FY2012 Budget Request
Committee Action
Mar 7, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today announced two Full Committee oversight hearings in March to address offshore energy production. The first hearing will focus on the community and economic impacts of the Obama Administration’s de facto drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico and th... More

Reps. Hastings and Lamborn Send Letter Announcing Upcoming Hearings on de facto Moratorium
Blog
Feb 23, 2011 - Chairman Doc Hastings and Energy and Minerals Subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn sent the following letter to Gulf State Committee Members today notifying them of the Committee’s intention to hold upcoming hearings on the President’s de facto drilling moratorium and the slow-walking of permits. The letter specifically ... More

Reps. Hastings and Lamborn Letter to Gulf State Members Announcing Upcoming Hearings on de facto Moratorium
Letters
Feb 23, 2011 - Dear Gulf State Committee Member, In discussing the work of the Natural Resources Committee, we've heard directly from you, and other Members of Congress from the Gulf region, who are concerned over the Obama Administration's refusal to issue new shallow and deep water drilling permits in a timely, efficient manner. In... More

Interior Department Presentation Shows No Gulf Lease Sales Planned Until 2012
Press Release
Nov 18, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding news reports that the Department of the Interior has postponed the planned lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico until 2012. “These are exactly the type of irrational decisions by the Obama Administration that h... More

Ranking Member Hastings Statement on DOI Inspector General Report on Decision to Impose Drilling Moratorium
Press Release
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

Houston Chronicle: Seahawk sells rig amid downturn in shallow-water drilling
In Case You Missed It
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
In Case You Missed It
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
In Case You Missed It
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

News Driving the Day: Obama Administration Knew Drilling Ban Could Cost Tens of Thousands of Jobs
Blog
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
Press Release
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

Hastings: CLEAR Act Will Kill Jobs, Raise Taxes, Increase Federal Spending, and Cause Even Greater Economic Pain
Press Release
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
Floor Statements
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

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