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New Study Shows Wide Ranging Affect of High Energy Costs

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The Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) released a report today outlining the wide-ranging affect restricted energy development and high energy costs are having on several sectors of the U.S. Economy.  The report also cites energy proposals and policies that would result in more American energy production and increased job creation. Every industry, from agriculture to manufacturing to…

Litigation and Regulation Threatens Hydropower, Costs Jobs and Increases Electricity Rates

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Continuing House Republicans’ efforts to advance the American Energy Initiative, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight hearing today on “Protecting the Federal Hydropower Investment: A Stakeholder’s Perspective.” At the hearing, Members examined the challenges facing hydropower generation and stressed the need for increased hydropower as part of an…

Chairman Hastings: With American Energy Comes American Jobs

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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Energy and Minerals Subcommittee legislative hearing on H.R. 1229 the Putting the Gulf Back to Work Act, H.R. 1230 the Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act, and H.R. 1231 the Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act: “Thank you Subcommittee Chairman…

Water and Power Subcommittee Examines Federal Regulations that Cost Jobs and Raise Energy Prices

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The Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight hearing to examine the federal regulations that are blocking job growth and abundant water and power supplies. Attention was also given to potential future regulatory obstacles to water deliveries and hydropower generation that will further compound economic hardships in rural communities. “For many years, the central objective of our…

Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed in The Times-Picayune: Getting the Gulf Coast Back to Work

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Getting the Gulf Coast back to work April 2, 2011 The Times-Picayune Op-Ed By Rep. Doc Hastings As gasoline prices continue to surge towards $4 a gallon and unemployment lingers near 9 percent, Americans are seeing the consequences of the Obama administration's policies that have prevented access to our own American energy sources. Despite President Obama's talk of increasing…

Chairman Hastings’ Remarks at Press Conference Announcing Three Bills to Expand Offshore Energy Production

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Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) at a press conference today announced three separate bills to expand offshore energy production in order to create jobs, lower energy costs, and improve national security by lessening our dependence on foreign energy. The following are Chairman Hastings’ prepared remarks from today’s press conference: “House Republicans…

House Republicans' American Energy Initiative -- Original CoSponsor Deadline - 5:30PM TODAY

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March 29, 2011 Dear Colleague, House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative is an ongoing effort to expand American energy production to create American jobs and to stop the Obama Administration policies that are raising energy prices. As Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, I’m focused on increasing energy production offshore and on federal lands. Today, I am introducing three…

Chairman Hastings Introduces Three Bills to Increase Offshore American Energy Production, Create American Jobs

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As part of House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative, Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today introduced three separate bills to expand offshore energy production in order to create jobs, lower energy costs, generate revenue to help pay down the national debt, and improve national security by lessening our dependence on foreign energy. Chairman Hastings is…

Chairman McClintock: We must restore abundance as the cornerstone of our federal water and power policies

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The Subcommittee on Water and Power, held an oversight hearing today to examine the FY 2012 budget request for the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock also focused on Reclamation’s wasteful spending and a divergence from its original mission of providing water and power abundance that has resulted in lost jobs and economic hardships for…

Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed on The Daily Caller: Egyptian political unrest highlights need for more American energy production

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Egyptian political unrest highlights need for more American energy production Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings The Daily Caller February 8, 2011 1:56 PM Last week, the price of oil broke $100 a barrel for the first time since 2008, due in part to the political unrest in Egypt. As gasoline prices rise, Americans are reminded that the consequences of this unrest are…