Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act of 2009 (H.R. 1376)
July 9, 2009 Full Committee Markup
Reporting H.R. 1376 out of Committee: Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by voice vote.
Rep. Bishop of Utah Amendment #2 – Protecting Private Property Rights (View Roll Call Vote)
This amendment would protect the rights of private property landowners… Read more »
Read the full Dear Colleague HERE.
Dear Colleague,
I would like to draw your attention to an article in today’s Energy & Environment Daily regarding Wild Horses and Burros.
Doc Hastings
Ranking Member
Committee on Natural Resources
"There are serious issues facing our country right now and it's absurd that Democratic leaders believe that spending $700 million to pamper… Read more »
Today, Republicans at the House Natural Resources Subcommittee hearing on the Mountain Pine Beetle called for Congress to take immediate action to address the beetle epidemic that has left much of our Western forests dead and vulnerable to devastating forest fires.
“We have millions of acres of dead and dying timber in the West primarily because it wasn’t harvested and responsibly… Read more »
On Tuesday, June 16, 2009, the House Natural Resources Subcommittees on Water and Power and National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands will hold a hearing on The Mountain Pine Beetle: Strategies for Saving the West.
As Mountain Pine Beetles continue to increase the threat of forest fires throughout the West, Republicans believe Congress has a responsibility to take substantive action to… Read more »
Responding to a request from Natural Resource Committee Republicans, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will hold an oversight hearing today on “The Future of the Forest Economy” - specifically the Quincy Library Group (QLG) plan.
Unfortunately, reckless lawsuits have stopped implementation of common sense plans like the QLG and have led to devastating job… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) spoke on the House floor today urging Members to restore Americans’ Second Amendment rights on federal lands. Full video and text of the speech, as prepared for delivery, follows:
Click here to watch the floor speech
“Mr. Speaker, since January, House Republicans have simply asked the Democrat Majority for a chance… Read more »
Advocates of gun rights are poised for a victory
By Carl Hulse
New York Times
May 20, 2009
WASHINGTON — Advocates of gun rights are poised to win a Congressional victory that eluded them under a Republican president.
To the frustration and discouragement of many Democrats, House and Senate lawmakers and aides say it now appears likely that President Obama will this week sign into… Read more »
Dear Colleague,
Since January, House Republicans have simply asked the Democrat Majority for a chance to debate this amendment and vote to allow citizens to carry firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges in accordance with State law.
Unfortunately, Democrat Leaders have spent the past five months using every legislative trick in the book to obstruct a fair and open… Read more »
