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Hastings Calls on Interior Department to Immediately Move Forward with OCS Development

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released the following statement regarding the Department of the Interior’s report regarding Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) energy resources: “Since Secretary Salazar announced in February the unilateral extension of the OCS moratoria, the Department of the Interior has taken several steps to make it appear as…

Hastings: Republican Budget Delivers All-of-the-Above Energy Solution

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released the following statement regarding the all-of-the above energy plan contained in the Republican budget alternative: “It’s practically impossible for Americans to turn on their televisions without learning of another attempt by the federal government to tax massive amounts of their hard-earned money. Soon,…

Ranking Member Hastings' Remarks at IPAMS Meeting on Developing our Domestic Energy Resources

| Posted in Op-Eds and Speeches

Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) spoke at the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States meeting, warning of the negative consequences our country faces if we refuse to develop our own domestic energy resources. His remarks come the same day that House Republicans unveiled an alternative budget that includes an all-of-the-above energy…

Ranking Member Hastings' Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the National Water Resources Association

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Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following prepared remarks at the National Water Resources Association Annual Meeting, highlighting the Administration’s “cap-and-tax” plan and the need to recognize hydropower as a clean, renewable energy resource: “I was recently appointed by my colleagues in the House to serve as the Ranking…

California Drought Exacerbated by Man-Made Actions

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“This is still a pretty decent drought but nothing unusual…We were prepared, as usual, for the drought, but they have taken all the tools away from us."  -- Mr. Tim Quinn, Executive Director, Association of California Water Agencies, Forbes, March 17, 2009 On Tuesday, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on what federal and California state agencies are doing to…

Hastings Praises Passage of FLAME Act

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME Act, H.R. 1404): “I’m pleased that members from both sides of the aisle came together today to support a good piece of legislation that resolves some of the accounting…

Hot Air Alert: When Democrat Rhetoric and Reality Collide

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President Obama’s proposed “Cap and Trade” program is expected to create a nearly $2 trillion national energy tax that will cost American families up to $3,100 per year. As Congress continues to consider this taxing proposal, it’s important to keep in mind how some Democrats are already struggling to deliver on their green energy promises. Today, the LA Times ran the following story…

Statement of Ranking Member Doc Hastings On the Rule for the Omnibus Public Lands Bill

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today delivered remarks on the House floor urging Members to vote NO on the Previous Question on the Rule for the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act so that the House can vote to restore Americans’ Second Amendment rights on federal lands that were struck down last Thursday by Washington, D.C.-based federal judge). …

Democrats Use Heavy-Handed Tactics to Pass Massive Lands Bill

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today following passage of the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act: “After using every legislative trick in their procedural playbook, Democrat leaders finally managed today to pass a $10 billion, 1200-page bill without fair and open Congressional review.  The appalling lack of…