Skip to Content

Full Committee

Transparency In Action: 1334 Hearing Room Camera Installation Update

| Posted in Blog

In the beginning of the 112th Congress, Chairman Doc Hastings announced plans to install video cameras in the Committee’s secondary hearing room, 1334 Longworth House Office Building. This effort builds on the new House Majority’s Pledge to America “to ensure transparency and accountability in Congress” and on the new rules adopted at the beginning of the 112th Congress. After many months…

Chairman Hastings Statement on December Jobs Report

| Posted in Press Release

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on the December jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “It is good news that more jobs were added to the economy last month, however millions of Americans remain unemployed and there is still much more that needs to be done to revive our sluggish economy. House Republicans…

Excessive Endangered Species Act Litigation Threatens Species Recovery, Job Creation and Economic Growth

| Posted in Press Release

Today, the Committee on Natural Resources held a full committee oversight hearing to examine how excessive Endangered Species Act (ESA) related litigation impacts species recovery, job creation and the economy. This was the first hearing in series that will be held by the Committee to take a fair look at the ways in which the ESA is working well and areas where it could be improved and…