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Forum Examines Impact of Job-Killing EPA Regulations on Rural America

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Representatives Frank Lucas (R-OK), Sam Graves (R-MO), and Doc Hastings (R-WA), Co-Chairs of the Rural America Solutions Group, hosted a forum today entitled, “The EPA’s Assault on Rural America: How New Regulations and Proposed Legislation are Stifling Job Creation and Economic Growth.” Experts from across the country traveled to Washington, D.C. to discuss Environmental Protection…

Rural American Solutions Group Forum on Job-Killing EPA Regulations

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Rep. Frank Lucas (OK), Rep. Sam Graves (MO), and Rep. Doc Hastings (WA), co-chairs of the Rural America Solutions Group, will host a forum to discuss Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations and initiatives that are hindering job creation and economic expansion in America’s rural communities.  The forum, entitled “The EPA’s Assault on Rural America: How New Regulations and…

What Americans Should Know on National Public Lands Day

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Tomorrow is National Public Lands Day—a day that should be celebrated with family trips to all of our public lands.  Unfortunately, safe family trips to some of our public lands on the southern and northern border are impossible. Most Americans don’t realize that many of our public lands along both the northern and southern U.S. borders are being destroyed due to environmental…

Ranking Member Hastings Statement on House Republicans “Pledge to America”

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after House Republicans unveiled “A Pledge to America,” a new governing agenda built by listening to the American people that offers immediate solutions to create jobs, cut spending, reform Congress, and keep our nation secure. “The principles outlined in ‘A Pledge to America’ draw a…

Wall Street Journal Editorial: The Real Gulf Disaster

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The Real Gulf Disaster The Wall Street Journal September 22, 2010 Editorial On Sunday Federal spill-response chief Thad Allen declared BP's ruptured well "effectively dead." Now if only Gulf residents weren't stuck coping with the disaster the government created after the accident—namely, the federal drilling moratorium. The White House has been struggling to justify this ban,…

Hastings’ WAPA Bill Increases Transparency, Eliminates Taxpayer Bailouts

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Today, the House Natural Resources Water and Power Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 6107, the American Taxpayer and Western Area Power Administration Firm Power Customer Protection and Government Accountability Act of 2010. The bill, sponsored by Ranking Committee Republican Doc Hastings (WA-04), would eliminate the taxpayer bailout provision included in the “stimulus bill” that gave…

Republicans Request Full Committee Hearing on Dangerous Federal Lands Near Southern Border

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Today, all 20 Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee sent a letter to Chairman Nick Rahall (D-WV) highlighting the recent violence and increase of criminal activities on public lands near the U.S.-Mexico border.  The letter cites many media accounts of violence, crime and other illegal activities and asks for a Full Committee hearing to examine potential causes and…