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Hastings Announces Natural Resources Subcommittee Chairs
Press Release Dec 29, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman-elect Doc Hastings (WA-04) today named subcommittee chairmen for the 112th Congress. He also announced the establishment a new Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution delegates to Congress the power to regulate trade...
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Hastings Statement on Interior Department’s new Wilderness Policy
Press Release Dec 23, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman-elect Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s Secretarial Order to allow the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to designate areas as “Wild Lands” – essentially giving the Administration the ability establish de fact...
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Reid-Boxer Omnibus Filled with a Hundred Bills, Billions of Dollars in New Spending
Resourceful Information Dec 18, 2010
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senator Barbara Boxer are moving forward with their plan to pass a massive land, wildlife and water omnibus package in the final days of the lame-duck Congress. This colossal bill will cost billions of dollars and include over a hundred measures that will create new spending p...
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Hastings: ‘Reid-Boxer Omnibus needs to be blocked, shelved or defeated'
Press Release Dec 17, 2010
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Natural Resources Committee Chairman-elect Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced intentions to pass a public lands and waterways omnibus bill crafted by himself and Senator Barbara Boxer during the final days of the lame-duck Democrat Congress: “One...
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Committee on Public Lands is created, Dec. 17, 1805
Blog Dec 17, 2010
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Committee on public lands is created, Dec. 17, 1805 December 17, 2010 Politico Andrew Glass On this day in 1805, the House created a Committee on Public Lands to help manage the vast, newly acquired territory of the Louisiana Purchase. The acquisition in 1803 from Napoleonic France covered all or part of 14 current U.S...
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Arizona Daily Star: Another Deadly Shooting on Federal Lands Along the Southern Border
In Case You Missed It Dec 15, 2010
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today that Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry was shot and killed Tuesday night by bandits near Rio Rico, Arizona. Sources have confirmed that the shooting occurred on federal lands in the Coronado National Forest. This is the latest violent crime to occur on federal are...
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Hastings’ Statement on Energy Jurisdiction Decision
Press Release Dec 9, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman-elect Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the decision to not consolidate energy jurisdiction into one Committee – from Energy and Commerce to Natural Resources: “The transition from the minority to the majority offered a unique opportunity to consi...
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Hastings Selected as Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee
Press Release Dec 8, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Republican Conference selected him to serve as Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee in the 112th Congress: “I’m honored to have been selected as Chairman and will work hard with my Republican colleagu...
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Rasmussen Reports: Most Say Continuing Offshore Ban Will Hurt Economy
In Case You Missed It Dec 6, 2010
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NOTE: 54% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the new seven-year ban will increase gas prices 54% predict that it will be bad for the economy Most Say Continuing Offshore Ban Will Hurt Economy December 6, 2010 Rasmussen Reports The Obama administration announced last week that it is continuing the ban on offshore oil and gas...
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Hastings Statement on November Unemployment Report
Press Release Dec 3, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Department of Labor reported that unemployment rose to 9.8 percent in November: “For sixteen straight months over 9.5 percent of Americans have been jobless. There is no excuse for so many Americans to be lo...
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Hastings Blasts Lame Duck Democrats’ Attempt to Push Through Massive Omnibus Package
Press Release Dec 2, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement following reports of a potential omnibus lands, wildlife and waterways package being developed in the U.S. Senate: “Somewhere in the Senate, Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer are secretly constructing a Frankenstein omnibu...
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New Obama Drilling Plan Has Americans Seeing Red
Resourceful Information Dec 1, 2010
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Today, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar doubled down on the Obama Administration’s previous offshore drilling moratorium announced in March 2010, by placing EVEN MORE of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off limits to energy development. As the maps below illustrate, the Obama Administration has moved our country backwar...
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Hastings: Administration Taking Wrong Approach to U.S. Offshore Energy & Energy Jobs
Press Release Dec 1, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s announcement that they are placing the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Coast off-limits to new offshore drilling in the next five-year plan: “The Administration is taking t...
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Hastings Floor Statement on the Claims Resolution Act of 2010
Floor Statements Nov 29, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following remarks on the House floor today regarding the Senate Amendments to HR 4783, Claims Resolution Act of 2010: “The process by which Congress conducts the American people’s business matters. For a long time, Beltway insiders clai...
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CQ Weekly: A Burst of Energy For Natural Resources?
In Case You Missed It Nov 29, 2010
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A Burst of Energy For Natural Resources? By Margaret Kriz Hobson, CQ Staff CQ Weekly November 28, 2010 Doc Hastings, a 69-year-old former paper executive from Washington state, has kept a low profile during his 16 years in the House, working on the lesser-known Rules and ethics committees and earning a reputation as a ...
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Ranking Member Hastings' Op-Ed in Politico: One energy panel better for nation
Op-Eds and Speeches Nov 22, 2010
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One energy panel better for nation Rep. Doc Hastings November 22, 2010 Change is never easy. This is especially true when it comes to the way Congress operates. I fully understood this reality when I proposed that House Republicans consider consolidating energy jurisdiction into a House Energy and Natural Resources Co...
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Interior Department Presentation Shows No Gulf Lease Sales Planned Until 2012
Press Release Nov 18, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding news reports that the Department of the Interior has postponed the planned lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico until 2012. “These are exactly the type of irrational decisions by the Obama Administration that h...
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Ranking Member Hastings Proposes Creation of Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Press Release Nov 18, 2010
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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent the following letter to Members of the House Republican Conference of the 112th Congress proposing the creation of an Energy and Natural Resources Committee by consolidating the energy portfolio from the Energy and Commerce Committee to the Natu...
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