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Vote Check: Amendments Defeated to Protect Private Property Rights and Improve Border Security

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Today during a Full Committee markup, Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee voted against amendments to protect Americans’ private property rights and improve border security. H.R. 715, the Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2009 Rep. Bishop of Utah Amendment #3 to HR. 715 – Protecting our Borders and Working for Crime-Free National Parks The…

Rep. Tom McClintock Named Lead Republican on the Water and Power Subcommittee

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today named Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-04) as the new Ranking Member of the Water and Power Subcommittee.  McClintock will take over the position from Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) who was recently selected to serve as Ranking Member of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee on the Education and Labor…

Ranking Member Hastings’ Statement on Decision to Postpone Markup of Native Hawaiian Recognition Bill

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today regarding Chairman Nick Rahall’s decision to postpone consideration of H.R. 2314, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009, at today’s Committee markup: “Mr. Chairman, I commend you for not calling up H.R. 2314, the Native Hawaiian recognition bill.  I would…

A Postcard from U.S. Nuclear Energy

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Click to enlarge Background: President Barack Obama arrived in L’Aquila, Italy today to participate in the Annual G8 Summit to meet with leaders from Canada, the Russian Federation, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Climate change is expected to be one of the top issues discussed and could result in a global goal of “cutting greenhouse gas emissions by…

Climbing Unemployment Rate Requires New Direction on Energy

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Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the Department of Labor’s June unemployment report that the U.S. economy lost nearly 467,000 jobs in June, bringing the unemployment rate to 9.5 percent: “When President Obama spoke to Congress on February 24th, he said ‘the recovery plan and the financial stability…

While Obama Administration Conducts Listening Tour, Republicans Fight for Rural Americans by Opposing the Democrats’ National Energy Tax

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Following criticism from a range of Congressional Democrats that the Obama Administration has ignored the needs of rural Americans, the White House yesterday announced that: “President Obama has directed many members of his Cabinet to begin what it describes as a ‘listening tour’ of rural America this summer...” After House Democrats passed the National Energy Tax…

Hastings: Democrats’ National Energy Tax Will Inflict Real Economic Pain on America

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today after passage of H.R. 2454, the Democrats’ National Energy Tax Legislation: “Congressional Democrats just dealt a devastating blow to America’s already fragile economy.  History will show that in the middle of a serious recession, Speaker Pelosi’s number one priority was to…

GDP Decreased 5.5% -- but Democrats Poised to Further Decimate America’s Economy

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Today, after the Bureau of Economic Analysis confirmed that the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by 5.5 percent from January to March, Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Doc Hastings (WA-04) issued the following statement regarding how the Democrats’ National Energy Tax bill (H.R. 2454) will further decimate America’s economy: “The news that America’s…

Hastings: House Committees Deserve Full Review of Waxman-Markey’s National Energy Tax Legislation

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Ranking Member Hastings highlights the green tabs in the 1,000 page cap-and-trade bill that mark all the provisions under the jurisdiction of the House Natural Resources Committee. Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after joining seven other Committee Ranking Members in a press conference to oppose efforts…

Hastings Highlights Report Stating U.S. Possesses Enough Natural Gas for the Next 100 Years

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Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA -04) released the following statement regarding the Potential Gas Committee (PGC) year-end 2008 biennial report: Potential Supply of Natural Gas in the United States. The assessment found that the United States has a total natural gas resource base of 1,836 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) and a total available future…