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 the Secretary of the Interior to move forward with offshore lease sales… Read more »

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 economic growth. “Gasoline prices are rising and we have near… Read more »

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 floor speech “There has been bipartisan agreement across this country,… Read more »

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 claimed that Americans don’t care about process. It was a self-comforting… Read more »

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 consume and ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my… Read more »

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 tragedy, Congress is voting this week on legislation, the CLEAR… Read more »

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 that elicits opposition. Let me be clear: the objections that I will… Read more »

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 and text of the speech follow: Click here to watch the floor… Read more »

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 sponsored by Mr. Abercrombie. At the outset of this debate, it is… Read more »

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, Americans were encouraged when President Obama mentioned offshore… Read more »