Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight field hearing in Grand Junction, Colorado entitled “American Jobs and Energy Security: Domestic Oil Shale, the Status of Research, Regulation and Roadblocks.” U.S. oil shale has the potential to create hundreds of thousands of American jobs, lower energy costs and strengthen our national security by reducing our… Read more »

Dear Mr. Secretary: The Committee is in receipt of the August I, 20 II letter from the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs relating to the status of several formal document and information requests the Committee has made to the DOI and its bureaus during the 112th Congress. Although the August 1st letter discusses the requests collectively,… Read more »

Dear Mr. Secretary: The Committee is in receipt of the August 1, 2011 letter from the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs relating to the status of several formal document and information requests the Committee has made to DOI and its bureaus during the 112th Congress. Although the August 1st letter discusses the requests collectively,… Read more »

On Wednesday, August 24th, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold an oversight hearing entitled ­­­­­­­ “American Jobs and Energy Security: Domestic Oil Shale the Status of Research, Regulation and Roadblocks.” This hearing will be held at the Grand Junction Civic Center 250 N 5th Street, Grand Junction, Colorado. “Oil shale on federal lands… Read more »

Energy in the West key to economic recovery The Denver Post August 5, 2011 By: Reps. Doug Lamborn and Scott Tipton As many Colorado families continue to lose jobs, homes, or even hope for a brighter future, they may not realize that one key to our nation's economic recovery lies right beneath them. Colorado and our Western neighbors are home to vast energy reserves that, if tapped… Read more »

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Department of Labor released their July jobs report, announcing unemployment is still above 9% nationwide. “The economy has shed nearly 2 million jobs since the Democrats’ failed ‘stimulus’ became law, yet President Obama’s only answer to job creation is more regulation, spending… Read more »

Expedite oil reserve drilling: NPR-A progress requires more than lease sales Fairbanks Daily News-Miner July 31, 2011 By Rep. Doc Hastings Last month, I had the opportunity to travel to Alaska to tour energy development projects with Gov. Sean Parnell and Rep. Don Young. We traveled to ConocoPhillips’ Alpine field, where we viewed the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, Kaktovik on the… Read more »

Dear Ms. Kendall: On April 25, 2011, we requested the underlying documents, drafts and communications reviewed by the Office of Inspector General (OlG) in reaching its conclusion and issuing its Report of Investigation - Federal Moratorium on Deepwater Drilling Case No. PI-PI-I 0-0562-1. Specifically, we requested the following items: Any and all documents, referring, relating, or… Read more »

Dear Chairman Hastings: The Department of the Interior is in receipt of your three letters, dated July 18, 2011, that relate to the status of several of the requests for documents and information that you have made to the Department and its bureaus during the 112th Congress. Specifically, these letters address requests for documents and information that relate to - all… Read more »

The House Natural Resources Committee today held a Full Committee oversight hearing on “State Perspectives on Offshore Revenue Sharing.” The hearing featured testimony from representatives of coastal states and examined state interest in a fair, equitable revenue sharing plan for offshore revenues. “I believe it’s crucial to recognize that revenue sharing will increase American energy… Read more »