House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding President Obama’s speech to a Joint Session of Congress:
“While I believe there are areas where Congressional Republicans can work with the President to create new jobs, I was disappointed that the President missed this opportunity to address the need for increased American energy… Read more »
In advance of President Obama’s speech, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings delivered the following opening statement at today’s Full Committee hearing, offering 10 specific ideas to create new American energy jobs:
“Later this evening, President Obama will appear before a joint session of Congress to once again give a speech on jobs and our economy.
With… Read more »
Speaking today at the Energy Jobs Summit hosted by The Hill and the American Petroleum Institute, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings stated that the Committee will actively promote new opportunities for both offshore and onshore drilling, including in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. Hastings recommended that the Joint Committee on Deficit… Read more »
It’s impossible to turn on the TV, pick up a newspaper, or go into a local business today without hearing about jobs and government spending – or perhaps a better description would be the lack of jobs and excessive government spending.
These are undoubtedly two of the biggest issues currently facing our country and are the cause of worry, anger and frustration for millions of… Read more »
Joint Committee Should Look to Job-Creating American Energy, Not Tax Increases for Revenue
FOX Nation
September 6, 2011
By: Chairman Doc Hastings
This fall, Washington D.C. will once again attempt to tackle our Nation’s $14 trillion debt that is threatening our economic competitiveness, costing jobs and putting our children’s future at risk. While the Budget Control Act passed by… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor released the August jobs report.
“There’s no question that the failed policies of the Obama Administration are slowing economic recovery and preventing Americans from getting back to work. Mounds of red tape, burdensome regulations, and threats of tax… Read more »
KKCO: Future of Oil Shale
AP: US Reps. Lamborn, Tipton Hear Wish List of What’s Needed for Commercial Oil Shale Development
A congressional subcommittee hearing on "roadblocks" to U.S. oil shale development gave the energy industry, researchers, residents and the Government Accountability Office a chance to sound off Wednesday on what's needed from political leaders.
Dan Whitney of… Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight field hearing in Grand Junction, Colorado entitled “American Jobs and Energy Security: Domestic Oil Shale, the Status of Research, Regulation and Roadblocks.” U.S. oil shale has the potential to create hundreds of thousands of American jobs, lower energy costs and strengthen our national security by reducing our… Read more »
Energy in the West key to economic recovery
The Denver Post
August 5, 2011
By: Reps. Doug Lamborn and Scott Tipton
As many Colorado families continue to lose jobs, homes, or even hope for a brighter future, they may not realize that one key to our nation's economic recovery lies right beneath them. Colorado and our Western neighbors are home to vast energy reserves that, if tapped… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Department of Labor released their July jobs report, announcing unemployment is still above 9% nationwide.
“The economy has shed nearly 2 million jobs since the Democrats’ failed ‘stimulus’ became law, yet President Obama’s only answer to job creation is more regulation, spending… Read more »
