The Great Ape Conservation Act (H.R. 4416)
July 22, 2010 Full Committee Markup
Reporting H.R. 4416 out of Committee (Passed by Voice Vote)
This legislation extends the Great Ape Conservation Fund to finance projects to help conserve Great Apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, baboons, orangutans and gibbons) and would increase the authorization for the program from $5 million to $7.5 million a… Read more »
Madam Speaker, included in this legislation are a great many important anti-crime, anti-violence provisions that will assist and support Indian tribes across this country. There is considerable bipartisan support for what this bill aims to do, and yet it is being brought before the House using a process and procedure that elicits opposition.
Let me be clear: the objections that I will… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04), Energy and Minerals Subcommittee Ranking Member Doug Lamborn (CO-05), and Reps. John Duncan (TN-02), Bill Cassidy (LA-06), Paul Broun (GA-10), Jason Chaffetz (UT-03) and John Fleming (LA-04) sent a letter to Department of the Interior (DOI) Acting Inspector General Mary Kendall requesting an investigation into… Read more »
A Rancher’s Personal Battle
July 19, 2010
KSAZ Fox 10 News
John Hook
Click here to watch
DOUGLAS, Ariz. - This Arizona rancher is on the front lines of the border battle, living not far from a nearly non-existent border fence east of Douglas in the southeastern part of the state.
This Arizona rancher is on the front lines of the border battle, living not far from a nearly… Read more »
Committee Republicans Send Letter to Interior Department Acting Inspector General Mary Kendall Calling For Investigation on DOI Report Recommending Drilling Moratorium Read more »
Offshore drilling moratorium affects everyone
Study outlines how the Obama administration’s offshore moratorium will negatively impact industries nationwide.
7/19/10
E&P Magazine
By Rebecca Torrellas
The presidential offshore drilling moratorium will cost approximately US $2.1 billion in economic loss to the states along the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in first six months, according to… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today regarding the final recommendations of the President’s Ocean Policy Taskforce:
“These final recommendations will significantly impact the economic and recreational uses of our oceans, ocean lands, and potentially all rivers, tributaries and lands that drain or adjoin our oceans.… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding reports that oil has stopped flowing into the Gulf:
“For the first time in months people in the Gulf have reason to be optimistic. While this is encouraging news, the crisis is far from over. The well still needs to be permanently sealed, the oil cleaned up, and people and… Read more »
During a Full Committee markup of the CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534), Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) offered an amendment to prohibit unionized, government oil rig inspectors from striking and walking off the job. The amendment failed 19-26. Click here for the roll call.
“Since the tragic Deepwater Horizon accident in April, everyone has been rightly concerned about making sure that offshore… Read more »
During a Full Committee markup of the CLEAR Act (HR, 3534), Rep. Cynthia Lummis (WY) offered an amendment to strike all items in the bill related to onshore oil and gas development (Title II, Subtitle B). Democrats defeated this amendment in a 20 to 28 vote. Click here to view the roll call.
House Democrats are attempting to use the tragedy of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill… Read more »
