“But, in light of the recent news that Iran has constructed a second nuclear facility, it’s critical that the Administration also view its current energy policy through the prism of national security…When our country has its own rich oil and natural gas resources, we should not have to even think about unpredictable threats from mad men, tyrants and dictators who control access to a… Read more »
On October 1, 2008 Congress lifted the decades long ban on offshore drilling on the U.S. Outer Contented Shelf (OCS). Unfortunately, one year later, Americans are still waiting for expanded oil and gas production.
Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee marked today’s anniversary by calling on the Obama Administration to end its defacto ban on offshore drilling and create… Read more »
Of the 136 cosponsors, not a single one is from Utah
On Thursday, October 1, 2009, the National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee will hold a hearing on America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009 (H.R. 1925), a bill to establish 9.5 million acres of wilderness land in Utah. This is the latest attempt by Democrats (NREPA, Omnibus Public Lands Act) to lock up… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today regarding the National Energy Tax legislation introduced by Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA):
“Since the House passed the National Energy Tax bill in June and sent it to the Senate, America’s unemployment rate has risen from 9.4 percent to 9.7… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) issued the following statement today regarding the announcement of a draft Klamath dam removal agreement that could potentially cost $450 million:
“Congress needs to ask some real hard questions on why federal taxpayers should be footing any of the bill to tear out dams owned by a private corporation. Paying for this… Read more »
On September 23rd, Austan Goolsbee, a member of the Council of Economic Advisers and Chief Economist for the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, told the Washington Post:
“It’s a tough spot to be an economic adviser now, because every time you see the president and chief of staff, their thing is kind of ‘What have you done today to create jobs?”
This week, House Republicans… Read more »
This morning, Senator Coburn introduced an amendment to the 2010 fiscal year Interior Appropriations bill that would ensure no funds are used to prohibit or restrict Homeland Security from securing our nation’s borders on public lands.
40 percent of America's southern border is on Department of Interior land and Republicans in the House have raised concerns that it is currently serving… Read more »
This week, the Grand Junction Sentinel published an editorial highlighting the negative impacts of the Democrats' Roadblock to Energy Bill H.R. 3534. The bill intended to streamline oil and gas leasing on federal lands creates a new level of bureaucracy and as the article says, "The legislation will make oil and gas leasing more costly to obtain and more difficult. That certainly won’t… Read more »
Will The Obama Administration’s Hypocrisy on Energy Policy Extend to OCS Drilling?
By Rep. Doc Hastings
Clean Skies
September 21, 2009
On issue after issue, the Obama Administration has quickly earned a reputation of saying one thing, but doing another. Some of the most glaring examples of the Administration’s hypocrisy can be found in the development of its so-called “comprehensive”… Read more »
