House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of H.R. 3408, a bill that includes the energy provisions of the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act. The bill expands access to both onshore and offshore American energy resources - creating over a million new American jobs, lowering gasoline prices,… Read more »
Members of the Alaska House of Representatives recently visited Washington, D.C. to advocate for H.R. 7, the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act. The House will consider the bill this week, which among other provisions, would open less than 3% of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in the North Slope to responsible energy production. This small portion of ANWR was… Read more »
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline near Valdez, Alaska
Finally, some welcome news from Washington: With a bipartisan voice, the House Natural Resources Committee passed H.R. 7, the American Energy Infrastructure & Jobs Act.
This bill ties energy production to key projects that would generate well-paying jobs sorely needed for our… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today regarding the draft Bureau of Land Management plan to close public lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming to oil shale development:
“The distinction between the pro-American job policies of House Republicans and the anti-American energy policies of the Obama Administration could not be… Read more »
The House Natural Resources Committee today passed legislation to open new offshore areas for American energy production with a bipartisan vote of 25 to 19. As a component of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, this bill expands U.S. offshore energy production in order to create over 1.2 million American jobs, lower energy prices, strengthen national security and help fund… Read more »
Organizations representing various sectors including agriculture, manufacturing, and energy are joining multiple labor unions to call for passage of energy portions of the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act, a common sense Republican plan to expand American energy production, create jobs and fund high-priority infrastructure projects.
What They’re Saying:
U.S. Chamber of… Read more »
The House Natural Resources Committee today passed by a bipartisan vote of 29 to 13—26 Republicans and 3 Democrats—legislation to open less than 3% of ANWR to American energy production. This measure is one of the energy components of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, a plan to link expanded energy production with infrastructure projects. This plan will create tens of… Read more »
Chairman Doc Hastings sat down with Platts Energy Week to discuss the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act, legislation that would link expanded American energy production with high priority infrastructure projects.
Chairman Hastings told Platts, "The revenues from this [legislation] will build and maintain our infrastructure. [It's] a win-win deal because it does create… Read more »
President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness released their “Road Map to Renewal” report on ideas for job creation. The report cited a number of “all-in” energy policy recommendations in order to create American jobs that bear a striking resemblance to the “all-of-the-above” American Energy Initiative promoted by House Republicans. Specific proposals from the Council include… Read more »
