Obama Blocks New Energy Exploration By Rep. Doc Hastings Townhall July 14, 2009 With 9.5 percent of Americans out of work and rumors of yet another costly stimulus, President Obama and White House officials regularly say that “nothing is off the table” when it comes to getting our economy back on track. But after six months in office, President Obama should revise his statement to… Read more »

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar testified yesterday at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing about the Obama Administration’s three key principles regarding U.S. energy development: “And what those key principles are, as President Obama has often said, is: first of all, reducing our dangerous dependence on foreign oil; second of all, creating millions of new… Read more »

Click to enlarge Background: President Barack Obama arrived in L’Aquila, Italy today to participate in the Annual G8 Summit to meet with leaders from Canada, the Russian Federation, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Climate change is expected to be one of the top issues discussed and could result in a global goal of “cutting greenhouse gas emissions by… Read more »

Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the Department of Labor’s June unemployment report that the U.S. economy lost nearly 467,000 jobs in June, bringing the unemployment rate to 9.5 percent: “When President Obama spoke to Congress on February 24th, he said ‘the recovery plan and the financial stability… Read more »

Following criticism from a range of Congressional Democrats that the Obama Administration has ignored the needs of rural Americans, the White House yesterday announced that: “President Obama has directed many members of his Cabinet to begin what it describes as a ‘listening tour’ of rural America this summer...” After House Democrats passed the National Energy Tax… Read more »

House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today after passage of H.R. 2454, the Democrats’ National Energy Tax Legislation: “Congressional Democrats just dealt a devastating blow to America’s already fragile economy.  History will show that in the middle of a serious recession, Speaker Pelosi’s number one priority was to… Read more »

House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) spoke on the House floor today urging Members to vote against the Democrats’ National Energy Tax that will decimate America’s economy.  Full video and text of the speech follows: Click here to watch the floor speech “Madame Speaker, this bill was written in a fantasyland where unemployment isn’t reaching 10… Read more »

Today, as the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to vote on the Democrats’ National Energy Tax Bill (H.R.2454), Republicans stood up for Rural Americans who will be disproportionately affected by this legislation: Click here to watch “This bill will destroy the livelihoods of those who live and work in rural America. Those who work every day to consistently provide our nation and… Read more »

Today, after the Bureau of Economic Analysis confirmed that the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by 5.5 percent from January to March, Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Doc Hastings (WA-04) issued the following statement regarding how the Democrats’ National Energy Tax bill (H.R. 2454) will further decimate America’s economy: “The news that America’s… Read more »

Hastings: Royalty Reform Will Be a Burden on Producers By Rep. Doc Hastings Roll Call June 22, 2009 The future of American energy development is at a crossroads. While we all recognize the need to have an affordable and stable energy supply, agreeing on the best path toward achieving this goal is not simple. Do we take the path toward a comprehensive strategy that promotes clean,… Read more »