House Natural Resources Committee Republicans today delivered remarks on the House floor calling on Democrat leaders to allow amendments to the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act, including an amendment to protect Americans’ Second Amendment rights on public lands. Full video of the remarks follow:
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-05)
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Republican members of the House Natural Resources Committee announced today that they will propose 12 amendments to the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act when it is taken up by the House Rules Committee on Tuesday.
“For over two months, the legislative process surrounding the Omnibus Lands Management Bill has been a game of political ping-pong between Democrat leaders in the House and… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings and National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee Ranking Member Rob Bishop called upon Democrat Leaders to immediately hold a vote to restore Americans’ Second Amendment rights on public lands and wildlife refuges. Ranking Member Hastings has proposed an amendment to the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act to… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings’ (WA-04) open remarks, as prepared for delivery, at today’s full committee hearing on H.R. 31, the “Lumbee Recognition Act,” and H.R. 1385, the “Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009”:
Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding a hearing on H.R. 31 and H.R. 1385. There are a number of new… Read more »
The Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee held a hearing today on “Leasing and Development of Oil and Gas Resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS),” examining the misconception that oil and gas companies are sitting idle on oil and gas leases. At the hearing, Subcommittee Ranking Member Doug Lamborn (CO-05) raised serious concerns over the Administration’s budget proposal that… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following floor statement (as submitted for the Congressional Record) regarding the Senate Omnibus Public Lands Management Act (S.22):
“Mr. Speaker, I oppose this motion to consider the Senate Omnibus ands bill by suspending the rules of the House.
Let us be very clear about what’s happening on… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today after the Senate Omnibus Public Lands Management Act (S.22) failed to receive the necessary 2/3 votes to pass under suspension:
“This vote was a rejection of Democrat leaders' attempt to abuse the suspension process to jam through an over 1,200 page bill costing $10 billion… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the possibility of a suspension vote by the House of Representatives tomorrow (Wednesday) on the Senate Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (S.22):
“A 1,200 page piece of legislation that costs over $10 billion and contains over 170 bills deserves careful… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) and other House Republicans issued the following statements after delivering the attached letter to Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar regarding their support for the upcoming Central Gulf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 208 to occur as scheduled on March 18, 2009.
“When many Americans are worried about rising unemployment rates… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings released the following statement regarding the Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service about a project’s potential impact on endangered plants and wildlife:
“Our country is in the midst of a terrible economic recession and… Read more »
