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Chairman Hastings' Floor Statement on Bipartisan Plan to Expand Renewable Hydropower Production
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Mar 6, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of H.R. 2842, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2011 – a plan to create new American jobs and expand production of clean, renewable hydropower ... More

Chairman Hastings' Floor Statement on Legislation to End Man-Made Droughts in California
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Feb 29, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of H.R. 1837, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act. The bill would restore water supplies, provide job certainty to farmers and communities in California’s San Joaquin Valley ... More

Chairman Hastings: Republicans Have Action Plan to Create American Jobs, Expand American Energy Production & Lower Gas Prices
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Feb 15, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of H.R. 3408, a bill that includes the energy provisions of the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act. The bill expands access to both onshore and offshore American energy resources - creati... More

Chairman Hastings: Passage of H.R. 1904 Will Expand U.S. Minerals Production to Create Jobs, Strengthen Economy
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Oct 26, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings delivered the following statement (as prepared for delivery) on the House floor in support of H.R. 1904, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011. This bill will create thousands of jobs, generate billions in revenue and strengthen our nati... More

Rep. Young: H.R. 1231 Reverses President Obama’s Moratorium on New Offshore Drilling, Creates 1.2 Million American Jobs
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May 11, 2011 - Alaskan Congressman Don Young delivered the following statement (as prepared for delivery) on the House floor in support of H.R. 1231, the Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act: “Madame Chairman, Americans suffering from $4 gasoline must feel like their experiencing a sense of déjà vu. It was just three s... More

Chairman Hastings: Passage of H.R. 1230 Will Expand American Energy Production to Lower Prices and Create Jobs
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May 5, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings delivered the following statement (as prepared for delivery) on the House floor in support of H.R. 1230, the Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act. This bill will create thousands of jobs, generate millions in revenue and lower gasoline prices by requiring ... More

Hastings: Obama Administration Regulations are Costing American Jobs, Blocking American Energy Production
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Feb 10, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of H. Res. 72, a resolution directing certain committees, including the Natural Resources Committee, to review existing, pending and proposed federal regulations and their effect on jobs and eco... More

Hastings Speech: Obama Administration Re-Imposes Drilling Moratorium that was Lifted with Bipartisan Congressional Support
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Dec 1, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following one-minute speech on the House floor regarding today’s announcement by the Obama Administration to lock-up more areas of the Outer Continental Shelf to American energy development and job creation: Click here to watch the floo... More

Hastings Floor Statement on the Claims Resolution Act of 2010
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Nov 29, 2010 - 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... More

Hastings Floor Statement on The CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534), A Bill that Would Kill Jobs, Raise Taxes and Increase Spending
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Jul 30, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following statement on the House floor today regarding the Democrats’ CLEAR Act - a bill that would kill jobs, raise taxes and increase spending: Click here to watch the floor speech Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consu... More

Hastings: Democrats are Using the Oil Spill as an Excuse to Raise Taxes and Increase Spending
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Jul 29, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following statement on the House floor today regarding the Democrats’ CLEAR Act - a bill that would kill jobs, raise taxes and increase spending: Click here to watch the floor speech “Instead of directly addressing the Gulf oil spill tr... More

Ranking Member Hastings' Floor Speech on the Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act
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Jul 21, 2010 - Madam Speaker, included in this legislation are a great many important anti-crime, anti-violence provisions that will assist and support Indian tribes across this country. There is considerable bipartisan support for what this bill aims to do, and yet it is being brought before the House using a process and procedure t... More

Ranking Member Hastings' Floor Speech Regarding the "Obama Moratorium" on Offshore Drilling
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Mar 26, 2010 - Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered a floor speech highlighting the Obama Administration's refusal to move forward with the current five-year Outer Continental Shelf leasing plan, essentially creating an "Obama Moratorium" on new offshore energy production until 2012. Full video an... More

Hastings Floor Statement on Native Hawaiian Recognition Bill
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Feb 23, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following floor statement (as prepared for delivery) on H.R. 2314, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009: Click here to watch the video “Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 2314 and the Substitute text sponsore... More

Hastings: Budget Shows Administration has No Intention of Opening Up New Areas for Offshore Drilling
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Feb 3, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following floor speech today highlighting discrepancies between the President’s rhetoric supporting offshore drilling and his budget that shows declining revenue from new offshore leases: Click here to watch the video “Last week, Americ... More

Hastings Floor Statement on Bill to Create New $50 Million Park in the Virgin Islands
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Jan 27, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following floor statement on H.R. 3726, the Castle Nugent Historic Site Act , which creates a new $50 million park in St. Croix in the Virgin Islands: Click here to watch the video “Madame Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may cons... More

Hastings’ Statement on Molalla River Wild and Scenic Bill
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Nov 19, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following floor speech on H.R. 2781, a bill to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon as components of the Wild and Scenic River Systems. As with all wild and scenic rivers, this designation could prevent full recreati... More

Hastings Opposes Democrat Leaders’ Misplaced Priorities, Calls for Relief for San Joaquin Valley Farmers and Families
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Oct 15, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following speech regarding the Bay Area Regional Water Program Recycling Act of 2009 (H.R. 2442). While Ranking Member Hastings supports water recycling, he believes that Democrat Congressional leaders should use this bill to als... More

Ranking Member Hastings’ Floor Speech on the Democrats’ $700 Million Wild Horses Welfare Bill
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Jul 17, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) spoke on the House floor today against the Democrats’ misplaced priorities to hold a vote on a bill to create a new $700 million welfare program for wild horses at a time when 9.5 percent of Americans are unemployed and our federal deficit as grown t... More

House Passes Hastings’ Amendment to Expand the Use of Clean, Renewable Hydropower
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Jul 15, 2009 - Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed an amendment by House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) to ensure that the Bureau of Reclamation has the necessary resources to begin the installation of six new hydropower facilities in the West. The amendment was passed as part of th... More

Ranking Member Hastings’ Floor Speech on the Democrats’ National Energy Tax Legislation
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Jun 26, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) spoke on the House floor today urging Members to vote against the Democrats’ National Energy Tax that will decimate America’s economy. Full video and text of the speech follows: Click here to watch the floor speech “Madame Speaker, this bill was writ... More

Republicans Stand Up for Rural Americans on the House Floor In Opposition to Speaker Pelosi’s National Energy Tax
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Jun 26, 2009 - Today, as the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to vote on the Democrats’ National Energy Tax Bill (H.R.2454), Republicans stood up for Rural Americans who will be disproportionately affected by this legislation: Click here to watch “This bill will destroy the livelihoods of those who live and work in rural Americ... More

Ranking Member Hastings’ Floor Speech on Restoring Americans’ Second Amendment Rights
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May 20, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) spoke on the House floor today urging Members to restore Americans’ Second Amendment rights on federal lands. Full video and text of the speech, as prepared for delivery, follows: Click here to watch the floor speech “Mr. Speaker, since January, Hous... More

Hastings Speaks on House Floor to Expose Democrat Grab for Vast New Climate Change Powers Hidden in Spending Bill
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Feb 25, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) spoke on the House floor today against the rule for H.R. 1105, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, highlighting a secret Democrat policy rider (Sec. 429) that threatens job creation and economic growth across the country. Hastings yesterday attempted to ... More

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