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Rahall, Hastings Bill Would Help Complete Vietnam Veterans Memorial Center

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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) and Ranking Member Doc Hastings (R-WA) today introduced bipartisan legislation to provide an extended time frame to complete the construction of an underground visitor and education center near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Memorial) on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. “The black granite that comprises the Vietnam…

Hastings Statement on Kerry-Boxer National Energy Tax

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today regarding the National Energy Tax legislation introduced by Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA): “Since the House passed the National Energy Tax bill in June and sent it to the Senate, America’s unemployment rate has risen from 9.4 percent to 9.7…

Hastings Statement on Draft Klamath Dam Removal Proposal

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) issued the following statement today regarding the announcement of a draft Klamath dam removal agreement that could potentially cost $450 million: “Congress needs to ask some real hard questions on why federal taxpayers should be footing any of the bill to tear out dams owned by a private corporation.  Paying for this…

Offshore Drilling Ban Lifted Last Year, But Salazar Says Administration May Not Open Any New Areas To Drilling Until 2012

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) issued the following statement today regarding reports that the Obama Administration may not complete a new Outer Continental Shelf lease plan until 2012: “Yesterday, during Secretary Salazar’s testimony before the House Natural Resources Committee, Republicans repeatedly asked him for specific details on his…

Republican Committee Members Urge Democrat Leaders to Drop Roadblock to Energy Bill, Support Republican “All-of-the-Above” Energy Plan

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Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) and other Republican committee members issued the following statements after the second hearing on the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (H.R. 3534). This bill would establish more roadblocks on the road to American energy production and job creation. “Before we know it, the American…

Hastings Opening Statement at Full Committee Hearing on CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534)

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Full Committee hearing on The Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (H.R. 3534): “The specific topic of today’s hearing is H.R. 3534.  Under the schedule set by Chairman Rahall, Secretary Salazar is just the first of many witnesses that the…

Democrats’ Roadblock to Energy Bill: Edition #3

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Today, September 16th, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold its first hearing on the CLEAR Act – a bill that throws up tax and fee roadblocks on the path to American energy production and job creation. Read Editions #1 and #2 of the Democrats’ Roadblock to Energy bill. Roadblock #7: Increasing fees on wind and solar energy production (Sec. 503). Under this provision, wind…

Democrats’ Roadblock to Energy Bill: Edition #2

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On September 16th, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold its first hearing on the CLEAR Act – a bill that throws up countless roadblocks on the path to American energy production and job creation. Click here to read Edition #1 of the Democrats’ Roadblock to Energy bill. Roadblock #4: Blocking all energy production, including wind and solar, on public land (Sec. 101).…

Hastings Decries Obama Administration Decision to Open Door to Snake River Dam Removal

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on the Obama Administration’s Columbia River salmon recovery biological opinion (BiOp) plan that was released today.  Hastings is an outspoken defender of the Northwest’s hydropower dams as clean, renewable sources of low-cost energy.  The district that Hastings represents in Congress…

Democrats’ Roadblock to Energy Bill: Edition #1

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On September 16th, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold its first hearing on the CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534) – a bill that throws up the following bureaucratic roadblocks on the path to American energy production and job creation: Roadblock #1: Creating Yet Another New Federal Government Office (Sec. 101). This provision creates a detour on the path toward energy production by…