FOX News' Sean Hannity broadcast his show live last night from the San Joaquin Valley, site of California's man-made drought. Hannity was joined by members of Congress, celebrities, Gov. Schwarzenegger, and thousands of struggling farmers.
This crisis will soon affect all Americans because the valley produces a massive amount of our country’s food supply. However, Democrats in… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) issued the following statement today regarding reports that the Obama Administration may not complete a new Outer Continental Shelf lease plan until 2012:
“Yesterday, during Secretary Salazar’s testimony before the House Natural Resources Committee, Republicans repeatedly asked him for specific details on his… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) and other Republican committee members issued the following statements after the second hearing on the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (H.R. 3534). This bill would establish more roadblocks on the road to American energy production and job creation.
“Before we know it, the American… Read more »
Vice President Biden is in Iraq – where he recently urged “Iraq to offer more generous terms at its next auction for oil concessions in the oil-rich country.”
As one Senior American official noted “even one other deal would mean 50 to 60 billion dollars in additional investment in Iraq, 600 million dollars in additional annual revenue, and tens of thousands of additional jobs.”
Does… Read more »
Today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar testified before the House Natural Resources Committee on the Democrats’ Roadblock to Energy Bill (H.R. 3534). Below are excerpts of questions and answers between Secretary Salazar and members of the committee on key issues including H.R. 3534, oil and natural gas production, the man-made California drought, and renewable energy. Watch the… Read more »
Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE), a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, today expressed his serious concerns with the Democrats' Roadblock to Energy bill (H.R. 3534) on the House Floor. He said, "This bill creates new levels of bureaucracy, which inevitably will slow new development of American sources of energy."
"More roadblocks to energy development, means less energy for… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Full Committee hearing on The Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (H.R. 3534):
“The specific topic of today’s hearing is H.R. 3534. Under the schedule set by Chairman Rahall, Secretary Salazar is just the first of many witnesses that the… Read more »
Check out Minority Leader John Boehner’s remarks on Chairman Rahall’s Energy Roadblock Bill:
“Middle-class families and small businesses are struggling and our economy is shedding jobs, yet Democrats continue to push job-killing legislation that would hamstring environmentally-safe energy production and undermine job creation. Instead of pursuing an ‘all-of-the-above’ strategy to… Read more »
Today, September 16th, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold its first hearing on the CLEAR Act – a bill that throws up tax and fee roadblocks on the path to American energy production and job creation.
Read Editions #1 and #2 of the Democrats’ Roadblock to Energy bill.
Roadblock #7: Increasing fees on wind and solar energy production (Sec. 503). Under this provision, wind… Read more »
On September 16th, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold its first hearing on the CLEAR Act – a bill that throws up countless roadblocks on the path to American energy production and job creation.
Click here to read Edition #1 of the Democrats’ Roadblock to Energy bill.
Roadblock #4: Blocking all energy production, including wind and solar, on public land (Sec. 101).… Read more »
