Skip to Content

News List

In Today’s Economy, America Can’t Afford S. 22

| Posted in Dear Colleagues

In Today’s Economy, America Can’t Afford S. 22 Senate Lands Bill Costs $10 Billion, Pushes Energy Jobs for Americans Overseas Dear Colleague: With our nation’s economy struggling and hundreds of thousands of Americans losing their jobs, I urge you to oppose S. 22, the Senate’s Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009. There are many parts of this super-sized bill that I believe…

House Republicans Seek Transparency on how Bureau of Reclamation will Spend $1 Billion in Stimulus Funds

| Posted in Tax Dollar Tracker

H.R.1 / Bureau of Reclamation Funding – “For an additional amount for `Water and Related Resources', $1,000,000,000.” (P.L. 111-5, Title IV) Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) and 8 House Republicans sent the attached letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar requesting a…

Hastings and House Republicans Call Upon Salazar to Allow Central Gulf Oil and Gas Lease to Occur as Scheduled

| Posted in Press Release

House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) and other House Republicans issued the following statements after delivering the attached letter to Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar regarding their support for the upcoming Central Gulf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 208 to occur as scheduled on March 18, 2009. “When many Americans are worried about rising unemployment rates…

Ranking Member Hastings' Op-Ed on Human Events: Dems' Climate Change Power Grab Hidden in Spending Bill

| Posted in Op-Eds and Speeches

Dems' Climate Change Power Grab Hidden in Spending Bill Rep. Doc Hastings Human Events March 4, 2009 Using a massive $410 billion spending bill as a cloak, Democrat leaders in Congress have been caught attempting to create almost limitless new federal powers to regulate climate change without any public notice, public comment, or public debate. The provision slipped into this bill…

Overturning ESA Rule Will Hinder Job Creating Projects While Doing Little to Recover Endangered Species

| Posted in Press Release

House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings released the following statement regarding the Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service about a project’s potential impact on endangered plants and wildlife: “Our country is in the midst of a terrible economic recession and…

Hastings: Administration’s Budget Will Increase Energy Costs for All Americans

| Posted in Press Release

House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings released the following statement today regarding the Administration’s fiscal year 2010 budget proposal: “Under this budget proposal, Americans will be paying more to fill up their gas tanks, families will be paying more to heat their homes, businesses will be paying more to keep the lights on and farmers will be paying more to…

Updates to Mining Law Must be Reasonable, Responsible and Protect American Jobs

| Posted in Press Release

The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a hearing today on H.R. 699, the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2009. While updates do need to be made to the Mining Law, the royalty structure in H.R. 699 could seriously impede domestic mineral production and harm our nation’s economy. “We must be honest that the jobs of American workers are at risk…

Statement from Congressman Hastings on US Energy Production and President Obama’s Address to the Joint Session of Congress

| Posted in Press Release

House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings released the following statement regarding President Obama’s Address to the Joint Session of Congress: “I share President Obama’s belief that our nation will overcome today’s challenges, and come out of this recession with a stronger economy and a brighter future. President Obama noted that we import more oil than ever…