House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after House Republicans unveiled “A Pledge to America,” a new governing agenda built by listening to the American people that offers immediate solutions to create jobs, cut spending, reform Congress, and keep our nation secure.
“The principles outlined in ‘A Pledge to America’ draw a… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its June unemployment report:
“Today’s job report confirms what Republicans have been saying for months—temporary government jobs are not a catalyst for economic recovery. It’s ironic that the Obama Administration is calling this the… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the May unemployment rate was 9.7%:
“While any job growth is important during these difficult economic times, we need policies that will actually create permanent jobs and not just temporary, government positions. The President’s… Read more »
A National Journal Congressional Connection/Society for Human Resource Management Poll released today reveals telling results about what the public believes Congress’ priorities should be over the coming months. Jobs and energy topped the priority list for the one thousand people surveyed—81% want Congress to address the job situation and 67% believe Congress should attend to the nation’s energy needs. Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the Department of Interior’s announcement that the Bureau of Land Management has finalized rules, first announced by Secretary Salazar last January, that will establish more government hurdles to onshore oil and natural gas production on federal lands:
“These new regulations… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings released the following statement regarding the 2010 Annual Energy Outlook Report by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) that, at Ranking Member Hastings’ request, included an increased focus on the “The Importance of Shale Gas and other Low Permeability Natural Gas Reservoirs”:
“Last year, I became increasingly… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent for April:
“During these tough economic times, job growth shouldn’t be taken lightly, yet a climbing jobless rate is of far greater concern. When the unemployment rate climbs to 9.9 percent,… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after today’s announcement that the Administration will allow the private investment and development of the Cape Wind Energy Project in the Federal waters off the Massachusetts coast:
“For an Administration that has constantly dragged its feet on American energy development, today’s… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released the followings statement regarding today’s cancelation of 91,000 acres of oil and natural gas leases in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. These and future lease sales were recently suspended by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at the behest of environmental groups until the agency can study… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) along with all of his Republican colleagues on the Committee today sent a letter to Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall requesting a Full Committee hearing on President Obama’s offshore drilling announcement from March 31. The President’s plan will lock up a majority of the Outer Continental Shelf from oil… Read more »
