Today, the Department of Energy’s independent U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released their latest Short Term Energy Outlook for projected crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and net U.S. imports (see charts below). Despite the misleading comments made by Interior Secretary Salazar last week, GOM crude oil production has continued to significantly decline since… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) appeared on Fox News’ Your World with Neil Cavuto to discuss the Committee’s upcoming hearings on rising gasoline prices and the need to limit U.S. dependence on foreign sources by increasing domestic energy production and creating American energy jobs.
“Energy jobs are good-paying jobs, and with the unrest in the… Read more »
Secretary Salazar:
As you may know, last November a number of Northwest Members of Congress wrote you to express strong concerns about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) Northern Spotted Owl Draft Revised Recovery Plan (Draft Plan) and to request that the public be given additional time and infonnation to comment on the Draft Plan. Many of those concerns remain unaddressed by the… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today announced two Full Committee oversight hearings in March to address offshore energy production. The first hearing will focus on the community and economic impacts of the Obama Administration’s de facto drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico and the second hearing will examine the Fiscal Year 2012 budget request for… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today announced two Full Committee oversight hearings in March to address rising gasoline prices. The hearings will focus on available American oil and natural gas resources and the impacts of rising gasoline prices on our economy, American jobs, businesses and families.
“Gasoline prices are steadily climbing towards $4 per… Read more »
Hastings to Lead the Way on Gas-Price Debate
by Amy Harder
National Journal
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images
Hastings: Likely to push for more drilling.
The higher oil prices get, the more prominent Rep. Doc Hastings becomes.
The Republican chairs the House Natural Resources Committee and represents a conservative district in eastern Washington state. From that… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Department of Labor released the February unemployment report:
“While today’s employment numbers are a positive development, millions of Americans are still looking for work and rapidly rising gasoline prices are threatening our economic recovery. Skyrocketing gasoline prices are… Read more »
Obama's Gas Price Migraine
March 4, 2011
Wall Street Journal
By Kimberley A. Strassel
The Obama administration has its share of headaches: a possible government shutdown, Arab unrest, the union uprising. The real migraine may be a firestorm over gasoline prices.
Oil last week topped $100 a barrel, and gas has hit $4 a gallon in pockets of the country. The price is expected to keep… Read more »
At today’s House Natural Resources Committee hearing on the Department of the Interior’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget proposal, Rep. John Fleming asked Interior Secretary Ken Salazar about the Department’s refusal to issue new offshore drilling permits.
Secretary Salazar responded, “When you look at the production within the Gulf of Mexico, even within the midst of the national crisis of the… Read more »
Today, at a House Natural Resources Committee Hearing on the Department of the Interior’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget proposal, Interior Secretary Salazar said: “The 2012 budget reflects many difficult budget choices, cutting worthy programs and advancing efforts to shrink Federal spending...by eliminating and reducing lower priority programs...”
There might be something wrong with the… Read more »
