House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on the announcement by the Obama Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to call for imposing new, onerous regulations on Arizona’s coal-fired Navajo Generating Station, which employs hundreds of Navajo and Hopi tribal members, and provides affordable electricity and water to… Read more »
Wildfire prevention is 1st priority in new Congress
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Rep. Scott Tipton
January 14, 2013
As we begin the 113th Congress, I'm incredibly honored to have earned the trust of the people of the 3rd Congressional District and to serve as their representative for a second term.
During my first term, I focused on advancing the issues that most directly… Read more »
Great article today on CNN Money on the potential for an energy boom in California that would create jobs, boost the economy and bring much needed revenue to the state. Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today named Subcommittee Chairmen for the 113th Congress and also announced the establishment of a new Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
The Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation will have jurisdiction over matters related to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and all… Read more »
During the height of this year’s record-breaking fire season, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held a legislative hearing on bills to address forest health and reduce the risk of catastrophic forest fire. Following a Forest Service report on the need for restoration on 65-82 million acres of National Forest land, the Forest Service testified that it had… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today unveiled a discussion draft of the Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act, a bill to prevent an impending helium shortage and protect thousands of Americans jobs by implementing a common sense plan to sell helium from the Federal Helium Reserve in a responsible manner.
By law, the Reserve is slated to… Read more »
