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Hastings: President’s Energy and Climate Change Policies Will Destroy Jobs, Strangle Economic Growth and Hinder Recovery

| Posted in Press Release

House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after joining members of the American Energy Solution Group in a press conference to oppose the President’s job-killing energy policies and express concerns (see letter) with his upcoming trip to the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen: “Earlier this morning, President Obama…

McClintock Statement on Democrats’ Proposed Southern California Field Hearing on Water Crisis

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Water and Power Subcommittee Ranking Member Tom McClintock (R-CA) released the following statement today regarding Subcommittee Chairwoman Grace Napolitano’s (D-CA) recent announcement to hold a Southern California field hearing on the state’s water crisis: “I welcome Chairwoman Napolitano’s public focus on the California water crisis. It is important that the Water and Power…

Hastings Calls on Administration to Replace Summits, Endless Rhetoric & Fuzzy Math with Proven Job Creation Policies

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Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the Department of Labor’s November unemployment report: “Yesterday, we witnessed the White House ‘jobs summit’- a high profile event that unfortunately looked more like a shiny object meant to distract the American people from the Administration’s failed stimulus and…

If Energy Officials Want to Attend Today's White House Event, They'll Have to Crash It

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As the White House’s “jobs-but-not-job-creation-summit” kicks off, I wanted to point out a few recent articles that clearly demonstrate why the President made a serious mistake by not inviting officials from American energy companies to attend today’s event and offer their ideas. After all, the oil and natural gas industry supports 9.2 million American jobs and adds more than $1…

Administration Canceled RIK Program in September – But Quietly Publishes Report Confirming RIK Made $106 Million for Federal Government Last Year

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The Department of the Interior just released the FY 2008 Royalty-In-Kind (RIK Report), which showed that the federal government made $106 million by taking oil and natural gas royalty in-kind. This report comes on the heels of Secretary Ken Salazar’s September announcement that the Department of the Interior would end the RIK program, despite five years of taxpayer benefits from this…

Republicans Propose A Dozen Bright Ideas to President Obama for All-of-the-Above American Energy Job Creation

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Tomorrow, President Obama will host a Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth at the White House where he promised he will “consider all good ideas to encourage and accelerate job creation.” However, it appears that the White House neglected to invite a wide range of officials from America’s all-of-the-above energy sectors to attend this event. Since a diverse group of American energy…

Hastings’ Statement on Molalla River Wild and Scenic Bill

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Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following floor speech on H.R. 2781, a bill to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon as components of the Wild and Scenic River Systems. As with all wild and scenic rivers, this designation could prevent full recreation use and economic development on this land, as well as potentially…

FOX News: Environmentalists Accused of Using Tax Dollars to Sue Government

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Click here to watch the video HOST: “Every year, the government hands out millions to various green organizations to support their efforts to protect the environment, but what looks like a great idea may have a thornier side. Critics say the same environmentalists receiving the help are bleeding the government dry with mountains of…