House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced a six month extension of a ban on uranium mining outside the borders of the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
“Today’s announcement by the Obama Administration plunges America even deeper into the depths of dependence on… Read more »
Today, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) adopted a resolution supporting H.R. 887, legislation by Indian and Alaskan Native Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Don Young (AK-At Large) and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) to cap attorneys’ fees in the Cobell v. Salazar Settlement Agreement at $50 million. At a conference on May 16-19th, the Affiliated… Read more »
House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Minerals today held a legislative hearing on Chairman Doc Hastings’ (WA-04) H.R. 2150, the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act, a bill to cut through bureaucratic red tape and unlock the full potential of energy resources in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). As part of the American Energy Initiative, this legislation… Read more »
Today, the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held a legislative hearing on H.R. 946, the “Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act,” a bipartisan bill introduced by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings to protect endangered Columbia River salmon from predation by California sea lions.
Endangered salmon populations in the Pacific… Read more »
As part of House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative, Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, Energy and Minerals Subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn and Reps. Raúl Labrador, Kristi Noem and Rob Wittman today introduced a series of bills to expand renewable energy production and create jobs. The four renewable energy bills would streamline bureaucratic impediments to the… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement in response to Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Ken Salazar’s letter to Congress concerning wilderness area designations:
“Based on the Obama Administration’s track record in this area, I’m taking a ‘trust but verify’ approach to their actions. The Administration only set aside its… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings today unveiled a discussion draft of The National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act, a bill to cut through bureaucratic red tape and unlock the full potential of energy resources in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). As part of the American Energy Initiative, this legislation will create new jobs, support current energy… Read more »
On Thursday, June 9th House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) will join Alaska Governor Sean Parnell and Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Chairman Don Young (AK) for a day-long tour that will include visits to the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A), the Trans Alaskan Pipeline System (TAPS), the Native village of Kaktovik, and a discussion of… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after ExxonMobil announced a discovery of more than 700 million barrels of oil equivalent in the Gulf of Mexico in the company's first post-moratorium deepwater exploration well.
“Today’s oil and natural gas discovery in the Gulf of Mexico is a significant step forward for American job… Read more »
The importance of domestic minerals production
June 8, 2011
Denver Post
Rep. Doc Hastings and Rep. Doug Lamborn
Have you ever stopped to think about what allows your cell phone battery to keep a charge or how a hybrid vehicle can combine a gasoline engine and battery power to yield 51 miles per gallon? These and countless other advanced technologies share a common ingredient that… Read more »
