House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on the Obama Administration’s Columbia River salmon recovery biological opinion (BiOp) plan that was released today. Hastings is an outspoken defender of the Northwest’s hydropower dams as clean, renewable sources of low-cost energy. The district that Hastings represents in Congress… Read more »
On September 16th, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold its first hearing on the CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534) – a bill that throws up the following bureaucratic roadblocks on the path to American energy production and job creation:
Roadblock #1: Creating Yet Another New Federal Government Office (Sec. 101). This provision creates a detour on the path toward energy production by… Read more »
The fight to end to the man-made California drought and bring water back to the San Joaquin Valley will continue this Thursday as Sean Hannity of FOX News is set to broadcast from a fallowed field on the Westside of Fresno County.
Just last year, before the Bureau of Reclamation cut off the water, the San Joaquin Valley was ripe with fruits and vegetables. Now it sits… Read more »
Forest Fire Funds Aid D.C. Festivals
Stephen Dinan
Washington Times
September 11, 2009
Even with forest fires raging out West, the U.S. Forest Service this week announced it will spend nearly $2.8 million in forest-fire-fighting money in Washington -- a city with no national forests and where the last major fire was probably lit by British troops in 1814.
The D.C. aid is going to… Read more »
In today’s Washington Times, Stephen Dinan reports that the U.S. Forest Service will spend $2.8 million in forest-fire-fighting money in Washington D.C. – a city with no national forests. Click here to read the article: Forest Fire Funds Aid D.C. Festivals
As the West continues to battle catastrophic wildfires that have taken lives, homes and businesses, it is outrageous that the Forest… Read more »
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.
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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 »
