Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings and National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee Ranking Member Rob Bishop called upon Democrat Leaders to immediately hold a vote to restore Americans’ Second Amendment rights on public lands and wildlife refuges. Ranking Member Hastings has proposed an amendment to the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act to… Read more »
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, Republican members of the House Natural Resources Water and Power Subcommittee sent the attached letter to Chairwoman Grace Napolitano requesting a hearing on how the Bureau of… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings’ (WA-04) open remarks, as prepared for delivery, at today’s full committee hearing on H.R. 31, the “Lumbee Recognition Act,” and H.R. 1385, the “Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009”:
Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding a hearing on H.R. 31 and H.R. 1385. There are a number of new… Read more »
On Thursday, March 19th, the Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will hold an oversight hearing entitled “Restoring the Federal Public Lands Workforce” to examine “issues related to the morale and effectiveness” of federal employees.
While most Americans would hope that federal employees are happy in their jobs, it’s hard to understand why Democrats… Read more »
The Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee held a hearing today on “Leasing and Development of Oil and Gas Resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS),” examining the misconception that oil and gas companies are sitting idle on oil and gas leases. At the hearing, Subcommittee Ranking Member Doug Lamborn (CO-05) raised serious concerns over the Administration’s budget proposal that… Read more »
On Tuesday, March 17th, the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Leasing and Development of Oil and Gas Resources on the Outer Continental Shelf.” Subcommittee Members are expected to discuss a provision in President Obama’s budget to charge a new fee for non-producing leases in the Gulf of Mexico.
In advance of this hearing, Americans deserve to know… Read more »
Public lands bill falls short in House, embarrassing Democratic leaders
McClatchy Newspapers
Michael Doyle
3/11/09
Democratic leaders suffered an embarrassing defeat Wednesday as the House failed to pass a public lands bill.
The 1,248-page bill, which included provisions ranging from new Pacific Northwest scenic trails to Everglades National Park additions, secured a solid House… Read more »
