Letter to Secretary Salazar on the Vacated 2007-2012 Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Leasing Plan Read more »

Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings and Representatives Bill Cassidy, Don Young, John Fleming, Louie Gohmert, Rob Bishop, Doug Lamborn, Steve Scalise and Jason Chaffetz sent the attached letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar regarding the Administration’s inaction on a recent court decision that vacated the current 2007-2012 offshore oil and… Read more »

House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings released the following statement today regarding Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s decision to maintain the final 4(d) special rule for polar bears.  This ensures that the listing of the polar bear as a “threatened” species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is not used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from… Read more »

Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings called upon Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to maintain the final 4(d) special rule for polar bears, which states that the listing of the polar bear as a “threatened” species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) should not be used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from lawful activities, such as the… Read more »

Today, Republicans at the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands spoke out against the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA, H.R. 980), which would transfer approximately 24 million acres of lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming and Utah from public access lands to off-limits wilderness areas. “The premise underlying… Read more »

Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings joined House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence and other members of the American Energy Solutions Group in their Energy Summit. During this event, Ranking Member Hastings issued the following statement regarding the differences between Republicans’ all-of-the-above energy plan and Congressional Democrats’… Read more »

The Bias Against Oil And Gas By Robert J. Samuelson Washington Post May 4, 2009 Considering the brutal recession, you'd expect the Obama administration to be obsessed with creating jobs. And so it is, say the president and his supporters. The trouble is that there's one glaring exception to their claims: the oil and natural gas industries. The administration is biased against them… Read more »

Tomorrow, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will hold a hearing regarding the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA, H.R. 980) which would lock up American land, specifically moving approximately 24 million acres of lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming and Utah from public access lands to off-limits wilderness… Read more »

House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA -04) joined other House Republicans today in announcing a new group tasked with developing solutions to address the issues facing Rural America.  The Rural America Solutions Group will focus on solutions that create jobs and economic opportunities as well as address the unique challenges rural communities face.  Hastings… Read more »

Obama Stands in the Way of Our Energy Future By Congressman Doc Hastings Townhall April 29, 2009 In case you haven’t noticed, today marks President Obama’s 100th day in office. One thing that hasn’t changed over the past three months is the President’s ongoing practice of using empty rhetoric and straw-man arguments. Americans only had to hear the President’s recent Earth Day speech… Read more »