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Hastings Praises Senate Passage of Amendment to Restore Americans’ Second Amendment Rights on Public Lands

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Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings released the following statement regarding passage of Senator Coburn’s amendment to restore Americans’ Second Amendment rights on public lands: “As I’ve said repeatedly, Congress now has the responsibility of correcting the Administration’s refusal to restore Americans’ Second Amendment rights on public lands.  …

Republicans Call on Administration to Take Action to Put Offshore Drilling Plan Back In Place

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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…

Hastings Applauds the Administration on Common Sense Decision to Retain Special Polar Bear Rule

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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…

Will Administration Grab Vast New Climate Change Powers and Open Door to Endless Lawsuits?

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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…

Republicans Stand Up for Rural America, Oppose Efforts to Lock Up Over 24 Million Acres of Public Access Land

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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…

Hastings Highlights Differences Between Republicans’ All-of-the-Above Energy Plan and Democrats’ High-Priced-Gourmet Energy Agenda

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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’…

Washington Post: The Bias Against Oil And Gas

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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…