Welcome to our new Natural Resources Republican Blog. We look forward to staying in touch with you here through frequent updates about what is going on in Congress and our committee regarding America’s natural resources. The new site was created to provide you with helpful information in an easy to navigate design. Now you can: Read up on Issues in the Spotlight Learn about… Read more »

Today, Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee launched a new website to better communicate information directly to the American people regarding their efforts in Congress.  Click here to view the website. “It’s important for the American people to have a modern, user-friendly way to access information about Republican Committee Members’ efforts to increase American… Read more »

Today, the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) will release a report on the numbers of jobs saved or created due to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  In advance of this report, below is a list of jobs that the Obama Administration could save or create – without having to spend $787 billion - by simply supporting commonsense all-of-the-above energy… Read more »

Today, the House Natural Resources Energy and Minerals Subcommittee held a hearing on “The American Conservation and Clean Energy Independence Act” (H.R. 2227), a bipartisan bill sponsored by Representatives Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) to expand offshore drilling on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).  Many Democrats continue to support policies that throw up… Read more »

Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (H.R. 3534).  Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee released this bill last night and will hold hearings on it on September 16th and 17th. “Yesterday, with unemployment nearing 10… Read more »

Tomorrow, the House Natural Resources Energy and Minerals Subcommittee will hold a hearing on “The American Conservation and Clean Energy Independence Act” (H.R. 2227), a bipartisan bill to expand offshore drilling by moving forward with the 2010-2015 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease plan.  The bill is sponsored by Representatives Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) and Tim Murphy (R-PA). Since… Read more »

Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the Department of Labor’s unemployment report that the U.S. economy lost nearly 216,000 jobs in August, raising the unemployment rate to 9.7 percent: “With each passing month, it’s becoming increasingly evident that the tax and spend policies of the Obama Administration… Read more »

Pump up the economy By Rep. Doc Hastings Washington Times September 2, 2009 Last year, amid worries of escalating energy costs, Congress and the president announced an end to the decades-long ban on offshore drilling on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). This bipartisan announcement opened the door to new American oil and gas production and the creation of new American jobs.… Read more »

According to a White House pool report, Vice President Joe Biden made the following statement yesterday at a political fundraiser: “Republican opponents ‘remain in a sort of catatonic state about what they’re going to do,’ Biden said. ‘Have you heard one concrete alternative put forth by the opposition’ on health care or energy independence?” Evidently Vice President Biden wasn’t paying… Read more »

Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s Office of Management & Budget (OMB) report that its 10-year budget deficit projection will increase from $7.1 trillion to roughly $9 trillion and the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) report that the federal budget deficit for 2009 will… Read more »