Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (CA-49) sent the attached letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to express their concerns about the Department of the Interior’s recent actions to limit the public comment process regarding offshore energy development on… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released the following statement about the Interior Department’s series of public meetings regarding energy development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The first of four meetings is being held today in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
“These public meetings will provide the American people with the perfect… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released the following statement regarding the Department of the Interior’s report regarding Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) energy resources:
“Since Secretary Salazar announced in February the unilateral extension of the OCS moratoria, the Department of the Interior has taken several steps to make it appear as… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released the following statement regarding the all-of-the above energy plan contained in the Republican budget alternative:
“It’s practically impossible for Americans to turn on their televisions without learning of another attempt by the federal government to tax massive amounts of their hard-earned money. Soon,… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) spoke at the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States meeting, warning of the negative consequences our country faces if we refuse to develop our own domestic energy resources. His remarks come the same day that House Republicans unveiled an alternative budget that includes an all-of-the-above energy… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following prepared remarks at the National Water Resources Association Annual Meeting, highlighting the Administration’s “cap-and-tax” plan and the need to recognize hydropower as a clean, renewable energy resource:
“I was recently appointed by my colleagues in the House to serve as the Ranking… Read more »
Ranking Member Doc Hastings, along with Representatives Devin Nunes, Tom McClintock, Kevin McCarthy, Ken Calvert and George Radanovich, hold a press conference to highlight the man-made California drought and policies that provide water for fish (like the three-inch smelt shown above), but not… Read more »
“This is still a pretty decent drought but nothing unusual…We were prepared, as usual, for the drought, but they have taken all the tools away from us." -- Mr. Tim Quinn, Executive Director, Association of California Water Agencies, Forbes, March 17, 2009
On Tuesday, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on what federal and California state agencies are doing to… Read more »
