House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME Act, H.R. 1404):
“I’m pleased that members from both sides of the aisle came together today to support a good piece of legislation that resolves some of the accounting… Read more »
President Obama’s proposed “Cap and Trade” program is expected to create a nearly $2 trillion national energy tax that will cost American families up to $3,100 per year. As Congress continues to consider this taxing proposal, it’s important to keep in mind how some Democrats are already struggling to deliver on their green energy promises.
Today, the LA Times ran the following story… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today delivered remarks on the House floor urging Members to vote NO on the Previous Question on the Rule for the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act so that the House can vote to restore Americans’ Second Amendment rights on federal lands that were struck down last Thursday by Washington, D.C.-based federal judge).
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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today following passage of the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act:
“After using every legislative trick in their procedural playbook, Democrat leaders finally managed today to pass a $10 billion, 1200-page bill without fair and open Congressional review. The appalling lack of… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) will participate in Newsweek’s Executive Forum entitled “Energy Policy: Perspectives for a New Policy and Administration” from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM in the Mansfield Room of the United States Capitol. Hastings will deliver the following remarks regarding America’s energy challenges, specifically highlighting the… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Republicans today delivered remarks on the House floor calling on Democrat leaders to allow amendments to the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act, including an amendment to protect Americans’ Second Amendment rights on public lands. Full video of the remarks follow:
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-05)
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Dear Colleague:
The House Rules Committee has blocked any amendment from being offered to the Omnibus Public Lands bill, including an amendment to protect Americans’ Second Amendment gun rights when on federal park lands and refuges.
Last Thursday, a federal judge struck down existing federal regulations that expressly protected Americans’ ability to carry firearms on public lands if in… Read more »
H.R. 146 OPPOSED BY: ACLU, Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences, Competitive Enterprise Institute, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and National Center for Public Policy Research
Dear Colleague,
Below is a letter from an unusual collection of organizations, but they speak in one voice in opposition to H.R. 146, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009.… Read more »
Dear Colleague:
Last week, House and Senate leaders added the Altmire amendment to the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act to prevent the federal government from banning hunting and fishing on certain parts of federal land. At the time this amendment was added, the right of Americans to carry concealed firearms on park lands and wildlife refuges, in accordance with State law, was already… Read more »
Republican members of the House Natural Resources Committee announced today that they will propose 12 amendments to the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act when it is taken up by the House Rules Committee on Tuesday.
“For over two months, the legislative process surrounding the Omnibus Lands Management Bill has been a game of political ping-pong between Democrat leaders in the House and… Read more »
