House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) and Energy and Minerals Subcommittee Ranking Member Doug Lamborn (CO-05) issued the following statements today regarding Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s announcement regarding a new round of Research, Demonstration and Development (RD&D) leases for oil shale:
“While the Department claims the changes to the… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the Administration's green jobs event:
"Today, the Obama Administration is holding another high-level event to unveil a report about its efforts to create green jobs. Unfortunately, away from the spotlight, the Administration continues to quietly undermine almost every… Read more »
Earlier this week, the New York Times wrote an editorial regarding the Obama Administration’s recent decision to block energy development in Utah and its upcoming decision regarding offshore drilling on America’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Unfortunately, the piece was so misleading that a simple letter to the editor would not fully address all of the New York Times’ inaccuracies and… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today regarding Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s announcement that only 17 out of 77 parcels of land in Utah will be leased for oil and gas production:
“With unemployment near 10 percent, it’s astounding that the Obama Administration is once again blocking American energy… Read more »
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The Obama Administration’s Hypocrisy on All-of-the-Above Energy Development
“After Americans experienced four dollar gasoline last summer, there was a larger understanding that we need to utilize the resources we have here within our country -- namely, the Outer Continental Shelf and federal lands and in Alaska. When this administration came in, the… Read more »
One year later, GOP pushes federal leasing plans
10/2/2009
Ben Geman, E&E News
Republicans and oil industry groups are using the one year mark of last year's offshore drilling ban expiration to push for wider leasing in federal waters, alleging the Obama administration is delaying access to potentially large U.S. reserves.
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.), the ranking member of the… Read more »
“But, in light of the recent news that Iran has constructed a second nuclear facility, it’s critical that the Administration also view its current energy policy through the prism of national security…When our country has its own rich oil and natural gas resources, we should not have to even think about unpredictable threats from mad men, tyrants and dictators who control access to a… Read more »
On October 1, 2008 Congress lifted the decades long ban on offshore drilling on the U.S. Outer Contented Shelf (OCS). Unfortunately, one year later, Americans are still waiting for expanded oil and gas production.
Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee marked today’s anniversary by calling on the Obama Administration to end its defacto ban on offshore drilling and create… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today regarding the National Energy Tax legislation introduced by Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA):
“Since the House passed the National Energy Tax bill in June and sent it to the Senate, America’s unemployment rate has risen from 9.4 percent to 9.7… Read more »
