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Chairmen Hastings and McClintock Letter to Victoria Haynes on RTI International's Communications with the Bureau of Reclamation

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Dear Ms. Haynes: We write to request information related to the Department of the Interior's ("DOI") Klamath Non-use Valuation Survey ("Survey"). According to press reports on the issue, DOI contracted with RTI International to provide information gathering services related to this issue. The Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number for the Survey is 1090-0010. Through…

Chairmen Hastings and McClintock Letter to Commissioner Connor on the Klamath Non-use Valuation Survey

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Dear Commissioner Connor: We write to request information related to the Department of the Interior's ("DOI") Klamath Non-use Valuation Survey ("Survey"). The Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number for the Survey is 1090-0010. Through this letter, we request information regarding communication on this issue between the Bureau of Reclamation ("BOR") and DOI, as well as…

H.R. 2087 Creates Jobs and Supports Economic Development

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Dear Colleague, This week the House will vote on H.R. 2087, To remove restrictions from a parcel of land situated in the Atlantic District, Accomack County, Virginia. This is a no cost bill that would create hundreds of jobs and stimulate the local economy. H.R. 2087 allows Accomack County to move forward with plans to develop a technology and research facility adjacent to a NASA…

Chairman Hastings Letter to Assistant Attorney General Moreno on Endangered Species Act Litigation and Settlement Costs

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Dear Assistant Attorney General Moreno: The Committee on Natural Resources ("Committee") has jurisdiction over matters involving fisheries and wildlife, including the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ("ESA"), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1599. The goal of the ESA was to preserve, protect and recover key domestic species. However, today the law is failing to achieve its primary purpose of species…

Chairman Hastings: Department of Energy Directive to BPA and Other PMAs Could Increase Energy Rates for Millions of American Families

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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released the following statement in response to a memorandum from Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu to the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and all other Power Marketing Administrations (PMA) that includes directives that could increase the cost of energy for millions of American families and small businesses.

Energy Information Administration: Federal Energy Production Declining on President Obama's Watch

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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement after the Energy Information Administration, the non-partisan data collection branch of the Department of Energy, released updated data on federal energy production. The data shows President Obama’s anti-energy policies are starting to take effect as total fossil fuel production (oil, natural gas and…

Washington Post: U.S. oil resources: President Obama's 'non sequitur facts'

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U.S. oil resources: President Obama’s ‘non sequitur facts’ Washington Post By Glenn Kessler Thursday, March 15, 2012 "As a country that has 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, but uses 20 percent of the world's oil - I'm going to repeat that - we've got 2 percent of the world oil reserves; we use 20 percent. What that means is, as much as we're doing to increase oil production,…

Governors Express Ocean Policy Concerns with President Obama

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This week, Governors from 7 states penned a letter to President Obama addressing multiple offshore energy issues. In particular, they expressed concern with proposed coastal and marine spatial planning, one facet of the President’s National Ocean Policy. The Governors urged the President to carefully consider the bureaucratic hurdles and negative impacts on energy development that could…

Witnesses Call for Increased Public Participation, Transparency in Federal Land Management Decision-Making Process

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Today, the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held an oversight field hearing in Elko, Nevada entitled, “Explosion of Federal Regulations Threatening Jobs and Economic Survival in the West.” At the hearing, Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) and Representative Mark Amodei (NV-02) heard testimony from the U.S. Forest Service, local officials and impacted…

Chairman Hastings Statement on February Unemployment Report

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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on today’s unemployment report for the month of February from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “The unemployment numbers released today are good news for those few who found work in February but for millions of Americans around the country, the unemployment rate is still far too high at 8.3…