Hastings Calls on Administration to Move Forward with Other Delayed and Canceled Offshore Lease Sales
Press Release Dec 14, 2011
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Today the Obama Administration’s Interior Department conducted the first offshore lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico since the tragic explosion and oil spill that occurred nearly 20 months ago. With just 17 days left this year, the Administration narrowly avoided making 2011 the first year since 1953 without an offshore ...
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Video Blog: Natural Resources Committee Jobs Watch - Rep. Landry
Blog Dec 13, 2011
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House Natural Resources Committee Republicans are committed to putting Americans back to work by enacting policies that embrace America’s abundant natural resources to help create jobs and grow our economy. Meet Freshman Committee Member Jeff Landry from Louisiana’s Third Congressional District. Rep. Landry’s constitue...
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Video Blog: Natural Resources Committee Jobs Watch - Rep. Lamborn
Blog Dec 8, 2011
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House Natural Resources Committee Republicans are committed to putting Americans back to work by enacting policies that embrace America’s abundant natural resources to help create jobs and grow our economy. The Committee continues its Job Watch series this week with Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Chairman Do...
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New Study: Shale Natural Gas Key to American Job Creation, Economic Prosperity, Energy Security
Press Release Dec 6, 2011
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after IHS released a study confirming the importance of shale natural gas to job creation, the American economy and energy security. “The recent discoveries of the United States’ vast shale natural gas reserves are proof th...
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Excessive Endangered Species Act Litigation Threatens Species Recovery, Job Creation and Economic Growth
Press Release Dec 6, 2011
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Today, the Committee on Natural Resources held a full committee oversight hearing to examine how excessive Endangered Species Act (ESA) related litigation impacts species recovery, job creation and the economy. This was the first hearing in series that will be held by the Committee to take a fair look at the ways in wh...
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Chairman Hastings Statement on November Jobs Report
Press Release Dec 2, 2011
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on the November jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “At a time when the American people have suffered under at least a 9 percent unemployment rate for 33 months, any job creation is positive and a step i...
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Yesterday, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed several lands bills including H.R. 3400, the bipartisan, bicameral Recreation Not Red-Tape Act or RNR Act (Chairman Rob Bishop, R-Utah and Se......
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Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), praised the passage of H.R. 3400, the Recreation Not Red-Tape Act or RNR Act, a bipartisan, bic......
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Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed several lands bills including H.R. 788, the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act. Introduced by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), t......
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