As part of the House Natural Resources Committee’s nearly year-long investigation into the Obama Administration’s rewrite of the 2008 Stream Buffer Zone Rule, Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-05) and Energy and Minerals Subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) sent a letter today to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar calling for the Administration to comply with repeated document… Read more »
Dear Mr. Secretary:
For nearly one year, we've patiently and persistently sought the Department of the Interior's ("Department") compliance with our requests for documents, communications, and information related to the rewrite of the 2008 Stream Buffer Zone Rule ("Rule") by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ("OSM"). This is a serious matter that impacts the… Read more »
Dear Mr. Secretary:
It is with disappointment and deep frustration that we must again write regarding the Department of the Interior's failure to comply in a meaningful way to our April 25, 2011 request seeking 5 categories of documents related to White House edits that led to the inclusion of the 6-month Gulf of Mexico drilling moratorium in the Executive Summary ofthe final May 27,… Read more »
Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee released a new web video today highlighting the Committee’s work during the first session of the 112th Congress to create jobs and expand access to our own energy and natural resources. Through 115 hearings, Republicans on the Committee conducted rigorous oversight of Obama Administration policies and regulations that will cost jobs and… Read more »