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Committee to Examine Obama Administration’s Approach for Enforcing Wildlife Laws and Impacts on U.S. Energy

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The House Committee on Natural Resources will hold a Full Committee oversight hearing on Wednesday, March 26th entitled, “Collision Course: Oversight of the Obama Administration’s Enforcement Approach for America’s Wildlife Laws and Its Impact on Domestic Energy.” The hearing will examine the Obama Administration’s approach for enforcing wildlife laws, including the Migratory Bird Treaty…

Committee to Hold Field Hearing on Immediate and Long-Term Relief for Drought-Impacted San Joaquin Valley

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The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a field hearing in Fresno, California on Wednesday, March 19th entitled “California Water Crisis and Its Impacts: The Need for Immediate and Long-Term Solutions.” The San Joaquin Valley is once again suffering from drought conditions exacerbated by unworkable federal regulations that put the needs of a 3-inch fish over people. The House of…

POSTPONED: Committee Hearing on SRS Sequestration Subpoenas

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The House Natural Resources Committee will postpone the November 20, 2013 hearing with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell regarding the Obama Administration’s decision to apply sequestration cuts to funds already paid to states under the Secure Rural School (SRS) program. This hearing was originally scheduled after the…

Committee to Hold Hearing on the Obama Administration’s Decision to Retroactively Subject SRS Funds to Sequestration Cuts

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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today invited Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell to testify at an oversight hearing on November 20, 2013 about the Obama Administration’s decision to apply sequestration cuts to funds already paid to states under the Secure Rural School (SRS) program, which…

UPDATED: House Committees to Hold Joint Hearing on the Obama Administration’s Unnecessary National Park & Monument Closures

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The House Natural Resources Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a joint oversight hearing on Wednesday, October 16th entitled “As Difficult As Possible: The National Park Service’s Implementation of the Government Shutdown.” Among the issues to be examined at the hearing include the Obama Administration’s arbitrary and unnecessary actions to erect…

Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Hydraulic Fracturing Legislation

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The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a legislative hearing on Thursday, July 25th on H.R. 2728, the Protecting States’ Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act. This bipartisan bill, introduced today by Representative Bill Flores (TX-17), would protect state rights, American jobs and American energy production by limiting the Obama Administration’s ability to…

MEDIA ADVISORY: Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Obama Administration’s War on Jobs and Proposed Coal Regulations

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The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold an oversight hearing on Tuesday, July 23rd entitled, “War on Jobs: Examining the Operations of the Office of Surface Mining and the Status of the Stream Buffer Zone Rule.” The hearing will feature testimony from Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) Director Joseph Pizarchik and focus…

Committee to Hold Endangered Species Act Hearing

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The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a Full Committee oversight hearing entitled “Defining Species Conservation Success: Tribal, State and Local Stewardship vs. Federal Courtroom Battles and Sue-and-Settle Practices” on Tuesday, June 4th. The hearing, the first of a series expected this Congress, will showcase the positive species conservation efforts being undertaken at…

Full Committee to Hold Oversight Hearing Examining Energy Production on Federal Lands vs. State and Private Lands

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The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a Full Committee oversight hearing on Wednesday, April 17th to examine the difference in energy production and permitting on federal lands versus state and private lands. While energy production on state and federal lands is flourishing, regulatory red tape and bureaucratic hurdles imposed by the Obama Administration are hindering energy…

Chairman Hastings Announces Full Committee Meeting to Consider Motion to Authorize Issuance of Subpoenas

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On Wednesday, August 1st the Natural Resources Committee will meet to consider a motion to authorize Chairman Hastings to issue subpoenas for five Interior Department officials, and others as may be necessary, to appear before the Committee to give testimony and answer questions. The agenda will also include the markup of a limited number of legislative bills to be reported to the House…