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Hastings Selected as Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee
Press Release Nov 28, 2012
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman 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 113th Congress: “I’m honored to have been selected by my Republican Colleagues to continue to serve as Chairman of ...
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It's Déjà vu All Over Again for Obama Adminstration's Offshore Lease Sale
Press Release Nov 28, 2012
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For those paying attention to the Obama Administration’s offshore lease sale held last December, today’s lease sale might seem like “déjà vu all over again.” Today, the Obama Administration will take this saying to heart in a shamelessly transparent attempt to appear interested in developing America’s offshore oil and ...
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Obama Administration American Energy Roadblocks Part 7: Oil Shale
Press Release Nov 2, 2012
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Oil shale is one of the most promising new sources of American-made energy. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the U.S. holds more than half of the world’s oil shale resources. The largest known deposits of oil shale are located in a 16,000-square mile area in the Green River formation in Colorado, Utah a...
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Chairman Hastings Statement on October Jobs Report
Press Release Nov 2, 2012
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the October unemployment numbers: “President Obama’s leadership during the last four years has created a struggling economy with 23 million unemployed or underemployed Amer...
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Obama Administration American Energy Roadblocks Part 6: Renewable Energy
Press Release Nov 1, 2012
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While President Obama likes to talk about the job creation and economic potential of renewable energy development on federal lands, his Administration has imposed unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles and duplicative regulatory requirements that have made the development of wind, solar, hydropower and geothermal energy mor...
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Obama Administration American Energy Roadblocks Part 5: Onshore Oil & Natural Gas
Press Release Oct 31, 2012
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Oil and natural gas production on federal lands is one of the best opportunities for job creation and economic growth, yet too often it has been blocked and delayed by Obama Administration policies. Locking up lands to energy production and imposing duplicative, burdensome regulations have caused federal energy produc...
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Obama Administration American Energy Roadblocks Part 4: Alaska
Press Release Oct 26, 2012
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Alaska is home to some of the most abundant energy resources in this country. These resources, if responsibly harnessed, hold the potential to significantly strengthen American energy independence, create thousands of American jobs and generate billions of dollars in new revenue. Unfortunately, the Obama Administratio...
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President Obama Goes to Recycle Bin for Latest Offshore Lease Sale
Press Release Oct 25, 2012
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Less than two weeks from the Presidential election, the Obama Administration is once again desperately trying to pretend that they support increased American oil and natural gas production. Today’s offshore lease sale announcement in the Western Gulf of Mexico is simply a recycling of their failed energy policies. They...
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Obama Administration American Energy Roadblocks Part 3: War on Coal
Press Release Oct 25, 2012
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During President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, he declared one of his energy goals was to “bankrupt” the coal industry by making electricity prices “skyrocket.” That policy statement kick-started the President’s continuing war on coal miners, their families and the millions of Americans who rely on afford...
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Obama Administration American Energy Roadblocks Part 1: Offshore Drilling
Press Release Oct 23, 2012
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President Obama and his Administration have spent nearly the past four years putting the brakes on new offshore American energy production and job creation. When President Obama was sworn into office in January 2009, nearly all of our offshore areas were newly open to American energy production. This was the result of...
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Chairman Hastings Statement on September Jobs Report
Press Release Oct 5, 2012
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on the September jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “When there are 23 million unemployed or underemployed Americans, it’s always welcome news to see people getting back to work. Unfortunately, staggeringly hi...
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Bipartisan House Tells President Obama to Stop the War on Coal
Press Release Sep 21, 2012
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Today, the House of Representatives, by a bipartisan vote of 233-175 approved H.R. 3409, the Stop the War on Coal Act, a package of five bills that will help end the Obama Administration’s war on coal that threatens thousands of American jobs and could increase the price of energy on millions of American families and s...
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Chairman Hastings' Statement on President Obama's Chimney Rock Monument Designation
Press Release Sep 21, 2012
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released the following statement in response to President Obama’s announcement to use presidential powers granted under the 1906 Antiquities Act to designate Chimney Rock as a National Monument: “This is truly a face-saving action borne out of Presid...
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