Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following floor statement (as submitted for the Congressional Record) regarding the Senate Omnibus Public Lands Management Act (S.22):
“Mr. Speaker, I oppose this motion to consider the Senate Omnibus ands bill by suspending the rules of the House.
Let us be very clear about what’s happening on… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today after the Senate Omnibus Public Lands Management Act (S.22) failed to receive the necessary 2/3 votes to pass under suspension:
“This vote was a rejection of Democrat leaders' attempt to abuse the suspension process to jam through an over 1,200 page bill costing $10 billion… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the possibility of a suspension vote by the House of Representatives tomorrow (Wednesday) on the Senate Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (S.22):
“A 1,200 page piece of legislation that costs over $10 billion and contains over 170 bills deserves careful… Read more »
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… 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, 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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
