House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following floor statement on H.R. 3726, the Castle Nugent Historic Site Act , which creates a new $50 million park in St. Croix in the Virgin Islands:
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“Madame Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, and ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my… Read more »
On Wednesday, President Obama is expected to propose a three-year spending freeze during his State of the Union Address. As one senior administration official explained: "You can't afford to do everything that you might have always wanted to do…you have to take steps to control spending."
Unfortunately, the Democrat Majority in Congress doesn’t seem to share the President’s new position… Read more »
KFSN: A Passionate Plea from the Valley for More Water
Farmers filled a town hall meeting at city hall Monday to tell congressional leaders both they and the Central Valley need water in order to survive...
"Gentlemen, let me tell you, this is a serious problem. This is a catastrophe. This is our Katrina, this is our Haiti because we got people out of work," Fresno County Supervisor… Read more »
Virgin Islands land eyed for historic site
January 25, 2010
Washington Times
Stephen Dinan
The National Park Service hasn't yet decided whether it wants beachfront land in the U.S. Virgin Islands for a new national historic site, but House Democrats for the second time in two weeks will try to push the Park Service to do it, at a potential eventual cost in the tens of millions of… Read more »
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Exactly one year ago today, the newly confirmed Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar delivered his first speech to Department employees, outlining his vision for the future of the agency.
Unfortunately, Secretary Salazar’s rhetoric stands in stark contrast to… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) announced that he will introduce legislation to address volatile yearly fees for families who own cabins in our National Forests.
The bill would establish a fair fee-setting system that would institute a tiered yearly fee structure based on current appraisals and tied to increases in inflation. The new… Read more »
Our view on alternative power: Cape Wind battles reflect lack of energy seriousness
Approve project. NIMBY politics only feeds fossil fuel dependence.
USA Today Editorial
January 11, 2010
The steady winds that blow along the nation's coastlines are an untapped energy resource that could reduce the need for coal, oil and natural gas. In fact, one group proposed placing enough windmills… Read more »
In response to the Department of Labor’s report that 85,000 jobs were lost in December and the national employment rate remains at 10-percent, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today in advance of the President’s announcement of government funding to help create green jobs:
“President Obama is responding to today’s… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding Secretary Ken Salazar’s announcement today that the Department of Interior will implement numerous new hurdles to the leasing and development of new oil and gas on federal lands:
“Evidently creating new energy jobs was not one of President Obama’s New Year’s resolutions. If it… Read more »
Only 34 Percent of Hawaiians Support Akaka Bill
Human Events
Valerie Richardson
December 18, 2009
With President Bush no longer wielding a veto and a Hawaiian in the White House, Democrats would need to stumble badly to botch the passage of the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act. Fortunately for conservatives, that's exactly what's happening.
Better known as the Akaka… Read more »
