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Chairman Hastings Delivers Speech on the Magnuson-Stevens Act
Op-Eds and Speeches Apr 24, 2014
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following speech today at the University of Washington, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, Symposium on the Magnuson-Stevens Act: “Thank you for having me here today to discuss the Magnuson-Stevens Act and our current efforts in Congress t...
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Hastings Calls on Senate to Act on Healthy Forest Management and Jobs Bill
Op-Eds and Speeches Apr 23, 2014
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following speech today at the Western Regional Forest Resources Association Spring Meeting in Pasco, WA. In the speech, Chairman Hastings talked about the House bill (H.R. 1526) that would put tens of thousands of Americans back to work, prov...
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Chairman Hastings’ Statement at Conference Committee Meeting on WRRDA
Op-Eds and Speeches Nov 20, 2013
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement today at the Conference Committee meeting on the Water Resources Reform & Development Act (WRRDA): “Thank you Madam Chairman. I’m pleased to be here as we open this conference committee on this important legislatio...
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Chairman Hastings Op-Ed in The Hill: Time to Unlock our Offshore Energy Resources
Op-Eds and Speeches Jun 26, 2013
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Time to Unlock our Offshore Energy Resources By: House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings The Hill June 26, 2013 Remember when gas prices were under $2 a gallon? It wasn’t that long ago. In fact, the price of a gallon of gas was just $1.89 when President Obama took office in January 2009. Prices have ne...
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Chairman Hastings' Keynote Speech before the Family Farm Alliance Annual Conference
Op-Eds and Speeches Feb 22, 2013
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Thank you for that warm welcome and introduction, Mike (LaPlant). For those of you who don’t know, Mike is the President of the Washington State Farm Bureau and a Director of the Quincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District. Mike is not only a constituent from Ephrata, Washington, but a friend. And I want to thank you at ...
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Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed in Politico: Barack Obama's campaign against coal
Op-Eds and Speeches Sep 12, 2012
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Barack Obama’s campaign against coal By: Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings Politico Wednesday, September 12, 2012 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 sta...
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Chairman Hastings' Statement at Conference Committee Meeting on Highway Bill
Op-Eds and Speeches May 8, 2012
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement today at the Conference Committee meeting on the Highway bill: “The federal government’s slow, cumbersome bureaucracy is consistently getting in the way of job creation and economic growth. Nowhere is this more ev...
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Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed in The Hill: U.S. needs Brazilian approach to energy policy
Op-Eds and Speeches Jan 24, 2012
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U.S. needs Brazilian approach to energy policy By House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings The Hill January 24, 2012 Earlier this month I had the opportunity to accompany Speaker John Boehner and a bipartisan group of members of Congress on a trip to Latin America. In addition to discussing trade and ec...
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Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed in EnergyGuardian: Ocean policy reaches far beyond the sea
Op-Eds and Speeches Jan 20, 2012
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Guest Opinion: Ocean policy reaches far beyond the sea By House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings Energy Guardian January 20, 2012 If there’s one accomplishment President Obama can take credit for during his first term in office, it’s expanding the size and reach of the federal government. While this m...
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Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed in Roll Call: Don't Overlook Energy's Potential
Op-Eds and Speeches Sep 19, 2011
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Hastings: Don’t Overlook Energy’s Potential By Rep. Doc Hastings Special to Roll Call Sept. 16, 2011, 10:12 a.m. Earlier this month, President Barack Obama spoke to a joint session of Congress about our country’s job crisis. House Republicans are ready and willing to work with the president on common-sense policies to...
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Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed on The Daily Caller: America can do "big things" in energy
Op-Eds and Speeches Jul 12, 2011
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America can do ‘big things’ in energy Tuesday, July 12, 2011 The Daily Caller Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings In President Obama’s latest State of the Union Address, he proclaimed that in America, “We do big things.” Yet nothing about this administration’s energy policy (or lack thereof) is “big.” Sq...
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