Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) Supporters of cap-and-trade often make bold claims about climate change legislation. Rapturous-sounding rhetoric such as “this legislation will create jobs by the millions, save money by the billions and unleash investment in clean energy by the trillions,” is common in the cap-and-trade… Read more »

Republican Views on H.R. 725, the "Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act" Read more »

Republican Views on H.R. 1065, the "White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act"  Read more »

Republican Views on H.R. 3254, the "Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement" Read more »

Republican Views on H.R. 3342, the "Aamodt Litigation Settlement" Read more »

Republican Views on H.R. 3644, the "Ocean, Coastal and Watershed Education Act" Read more »

On Friday, Sean Higgins with Investor's Business Weekly blogged about President Obama’s recent announcement on a new Green Jobs initiative. The new program will award $2.3 billion in tax credits to create just 17,000 green energy jobs. “Well, get out your calculator. $2.3 billion for 17,000 jobs equals $135,294 per job. (And that’s not including the eventual interest on this deficit… Read more »

Our view on alternative power: Cape Wind battles reflect lack of energy seriousness Approve project. NIMBY politics only feeds fossil fuel dependence. USA Today Editorial January 11, 2010 The steady winds that blow along the nation's coastlines are an untapped energy resource that could reduce the need for coal, oil and natural gas. In fact, one group proposed placing enough windmills… Read more »

In response to the Department of Labor’s report that 85,000 jobs were lost in December and the national employment rate remains at 10-percent, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today in advance of the President’s announcement of government funding to help create green jobs: “President Obama is responding to today’s… Read more »

House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding Secretary Ken Salazar’s announcement today that the Department of Interior will implement numerous new hurdles to the leasing and development of new oil and gas on federal lands: “Evidently creating new energy jobs was not one of President Obama’s New Year’s resolutions. If it… Read more »