House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after President Obama’s press conference on rising gasoline prices:
“Near $4 gasoline is hurting American families and small businesses, increasing the costs of everything from fuel to groceries, and threatening job creation and economic recovery. Despite President Obama’s talk of increasing… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal where he discussed a variety of topics including rising gasoline prices, job creation and the need for increased American energy production.
Highlights:
Creating American Jobs
“Energy producing jobs are good jobs…When we’re looking at trying to get our economy to rebound, we… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after participating in a press conference with House Speaker John Boehner and other Members of Republican leadership to announce the American Energy Initiative – an ongoing effort to stop Washington policies that are driving up gasoline prices and expand American energy production to help… Read more »
This week, under mounting public pressure as gasoline prices near the $4 mark, the White House published a blog post touting increased domestic oil production. The Administration was in full SPIN mode, taking credit for actions that were put in place before they took office and ducking forecasts of declining U.S. oil production caused by their own actions that have blocked American energy… Read more »
Today, the Department of Energy’s independent U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released their latest Short Term Energy Outlook for projected crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and net U.S. imports (see charts below). Despite the misleading comments made by Interior Secretary Salazar last week, GOM crude oil production has continued to significantly decline since… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) appeared on Fox News’ Your World with Neil Cavuto to discuss the Committee’s upcoming hearings on rising gasoline prices and the need to limit U.S. dependence on foreign sources by increasing domestic energy production and creating American energy jobs.
“Energy jobs are good-paying jobs, and with the unrest in the… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today announced two Full Committee oversight hearings in March to address offshore energy production. The first hearing will focus on the community and economic impacts of the Obama Administration’s de facto drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico and the second hearing will examine the Fiscal Year 2012 budget request for… Read more »
Hastings to Lead the Way on Gas-Price Debate
by Amy Harder
National Journal
Sunday, March 6, 2011
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Hastings: Likely to push for more drilling.
The higher oil prices get, the more prominent Rep. Doc Hastings becomes.
The Republican chairs the House Natural Resources Committee and represents a conservative district in eastern Washington state. From that… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Department of Labor released the February unemployment report:
“While today’s employment numbers are a positive development, millions of Americans are still looking for work and rapidly rising gasoline prices are threatening our economic recovery. Skyrocketing gasoline prices are… Read more »
Obama's Gas Price Migraine
March 4, 2011
Wall Street Journal
By Kimberley A. Strassel
The Obama administration has its share of headaches: a possible government shutdown, Arab unrest, the union uprising. The real migraine may be a firestorm over gasoline prices.
Oil last week topped $100 a barrel, and gas has hit $4 a gallon in pockets of the country. The price is expected to keep… Read more »
