House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04); National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee Ranking Member Rob Bishop (UT-01); and 14 Members of Congress sent a letter today to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar requesting further information related to an internal DOI document that revealed the Administration is considering designating numerous new… Read more »
Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act (H.R. 4003)
February 24, 2010 Full Committee Markup
Reporting H.R.4003 out of Committee (Passed by Voice Vote)
The Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act would direct the National Park Service to conduct a study of the Hudson River Valley to determine whether or not it meets the suitability and feasibility criteria to become a… Read more »
A recently obtained internal document from the U.S. Department of the Interior shows the Obama Administration is covertly considering designating up to 17 new National Monuments under the Antiquities Act. In addition, it shows that the Administration is also targeting thousands of acres of private land for potential acquisition by the federal government.
The proposed designations and… Read more »
Tracking Your Taxes: Park Pork?
February 9, 2010, 12:05 PM ET
FOX News Live Shots Blog
William La Jeunesse
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If you are hoping to visit the newest crown jewel in America's park system chosen by Congress, throw away the car keys and open up your wallet. The 2,900 pristine acres of beachfront property were not cheap -- or even in the United States.
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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement following passage of H.R. 3726, a bill to establish the Castle Nugent Historic Site on St. Croix in the Virgin Islands:
“Today, the Democrat Majority tossed fiscal discipline out the window by passing a bill to spend $50 million on a new park in the Caribbean. To say that this Democrat… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following floor statement on H.R. 3726, the Castle Nugent Historic Site Act , which creates a new $50 million park in St. Croix in the Virgin Islands:
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“Madame Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, and ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my… Read more »
On Wednesday, President Obama is expected to propose a three-year spending freeze during his State of the Union Address. As one senior administration official explained: "You can't afford to do everything that you might have always wanted to do…you have to take steps to control spending."
Unfortunately, the Democrat Majority in Congress doesn’t seem to share the President’s new position… Read more »
