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Rahall, Hastings Bill Would Help Complete Vietnam Veterans Memorial Center

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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) and Ranking Member Doc Hastings (R-WA) today introduced bipartisan legislation to provide an extended time frame to complete the construction of an underground visitor and education center near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Memorial) on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. “The black granite that comprises the Vietnam…

Out-of-State Democrats Push Bill to Lock Up More Utah Land

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Of the 136 cosponsors, not a single one is from Utah On Thursday, October 1, 2009, the National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee will hold a hearing on  America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009 (H.R. 1925), a bill to establish 9.5 million acres of wilderness land in Utah.  This is the latest attempt by Democrats (NREPA, Omnibus Public Lands Act) to lock up…

Sen. Coburn Offers Amendment Ensuring DOI Funds Do Not Restrict Border Security

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This morning, Senator Coburn introduced an amendment to the 2010 fiscal year Interior Appropriations bill that would ensure no funds are used to prohibit or restrict Homeland Security from securing our nation’s borders on public lands. 40 percent of America's southern border is on Department of Interior land and Republicans in the House have raised concerns that it is currently serving…

Washington Times: Forest Fire Funds Aid D.C. Festivals

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Forest Fire Funds Aid D.C. Festivals Stephen Dinan Washington Times September 11, 2009 Even with forest fires raging out West, the U.S. Forest Service this week announced it will spend nearly $2.8 million in forest-fire-fighting money in Washington -- a city with no national forests and where the last major fire was probably lit by British troops in 1814. The D.C. aid is going to…

Administration Sends Forest Fire Money to Washington D.C. – Where There Are No Forests!

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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…

6 Month “Stimulus” Anniversary: Hastings Asks Administration How Decisions Are Made, What Jobs Have Been Created

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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…

Hastings Statement on Secretary Vilsack’s Speech on U.S. Forest Service Vision

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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…

FOX News Highlights Democrats’ $700 Million Welfare Program for Wild Horses

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Click here to watch 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…