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Chairman Hastings Letter to Committee Members on Camera Installation in 1334 Longworth Committee Hearing Room

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TO: Members, Committee on Natural Resources FROM: Doc Hastings, Chairman RE: Camera Installation in 1334 Hearing Room After many months of planning, camera installation for the Committee's 1334 Hearing Room has begun today, November 30th. This is the culmination of an effort undertaken at the outset of this Congress to ensure that everyone of our Committee and Subcommittee hearings is…

Full Committee to Hold Oversight Hearing on Endangered Species Act Litigation

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On Tuesday, December 6th the Natural Resources Committee will hold a Full Committee oversight hearing on “The Endangered Species Act: How Litigation is Costing Jobs and Impeding True Recovery Efforts.” “This hearing is the first of many that the Natural Resources Committee will hold to examine both the strengths and weaknesses of the Endangered Species Act. It has been over two decades…

Washington Examiner: Obama USDA delays shale drilling, up to 200k jobs

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Obama USDA delays shale drilling, up to 200k jobs By Joel Gehrke Washington Examiner November 18, 2011 President Obama's United States Department of Agriculture has delayed shale gas drilling in Ohio for up to six months by cancelling a mineral lease auction for Wayne National Forest (WNF). The move was taken in deference to environmentalists, on the pretext of studying the effects…

Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act of 2011 (H.R. 1545)

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Reporting H.R. 1545 Out of Committee (Agreed to by Unanimous Consent.) This bill establishes the Waco Mammoth National Monument in Texas as a unit of the National Park System and requires the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with Baylor University and the city of Waco, to complete a general management plan for the Monument. This designation is unique because it will be locally…

To Remove Restrictions from a Parcel of Land Situated in the Atlantic District, Accomack County, Virginia (H.R. 2087)

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Reporting H.R. 2087 Out of Committee (Passed 32-11. View Roll Call Vote) This bill removes a federal deed restriction on a parcel of land in Accomack County, Virginia allowing the county to be able to use the property to further develop a site and connect a research facility that will create hundreds of jobs. Wittman Amendment #021 – Imposes Deadline for Restriction to be Removed…