In today’s Washington Times, Stephen Dinan reports that the U.S. Forest Service will spend $2.8 million in forest-fire-fighting money in Washington D.C. – a city with no national forests. Click here to read the article: Forest Fire Funds Aid D.C. Festivals
As the West continues to battle catastrophic wildfires that have taken lives, homes and businesses, it is outrageous that the Forest… Read more »
As the trillion dollar “stimulus” bill reaches its six-month mark, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent the attached letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack seeking answers on how spending decisions are being made, why the promise of immediately funding projects hasn’t been kept, and what jobs have actually been… Read more »
House Natural Resources Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today in response to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s speech on the Obama Administration’s vision for the U.S. Forest Service:
“In announcing a ‘new direction and vision,’ the Administration must not lose sight of the vital role our forests play in our nation’s economy and the thousands of… Read more »
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Critics Worry Measure to Save Wild Horses Is Taxpayer Drain
William Lajeunesse
FOX News
7/29/2009
Taxpayers could be on the hook for $700 million if a measure to put wild horses back home on the range passes Congress.
A bill that would save wild horses and burros in the western United States from controlled killings and set aside millions of acres for them is… Read more »
Migratory Bird Treaty Act Penalty and Enforcement Act of 2009 (H.R. 1916)
July 29, 2009 Full Committee Markup
Reporting H.R. 1916 out of Committee (View Roll Call Vote)
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act Penalty and Enforcement Act of 2009 would increase the cost of the federal duck stamp (used as a hunting permit) from $15 to $25 in 2010 and mandates the federal government use all proceeds… Read more »
Cascadia Marine Trail Study Act (H.R. 1641)
July 29, 2009 Full Committee Markup
Reporting H.R. 1641 out of Committee: Reported favorably to the House of Representatives, as amended, by voice vote.
Rep. Broun of Georgia Amendment – Requiring Consent from Property Owners (View Roll Call Vote)
H.R. 1641 would provide for a study of the Cascadia Marine Trail in Washington state to… Read more »
North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act (H.R. 481)
July 29, 2009 Full Committee Markup
Reporting H.R. 481 out of Committee: Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by voice vote.
Rep. Bishop of Utah Amendment to H.R. 481 – Prohibiting “Buffer Zones” (View Roll Call Vote)
The North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act would… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) spoke on the House floor today against the Democrats’ misplaced priorities to hold a vote on a bill to create a new $700 million welfare program for wild horses at a time when 9.5 percent of Americans are unemployed and our federal deficit as grown to a historic $1 trillion. Full video and text of the speech… Read more »
