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Chairman Hastings: President Embarks on Political Tour as His Failed Energy Policies Drive Up Gasoline Prices

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At a hearing today on the impacts of rising gasoline prices, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings took the opportunity to address President Obama’s political multi-state energy tour that kicks off today. Feeling pressure from gasoline prices that are the highest ever recorded in the month of March, President Obama will undoubtedly try to claim credit for supporting oil…

Witnesses Express Concern Over Obama Administration's Increased Taxes, Fees and Regulations that Will Reduce American Energy Production

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Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing to examine the job and economic impacts of the President’s FY 2013 Budget and Legislative Proposals for the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service’s Energy and Minerals Programs. “An effective energy and mineral program within the BLM and Forest Service is imperative…

Energy Information Administration: Federal Energy Production Declining on President Obama's Watch

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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement after the Energy Information Administration, the non-partisan data collection branch of the Department of Energy, released updated data on federal energy production. The data shows President Obama’s anti-energy policies are starting to take effect as total fossil fuel production (oil, natural gas and…

Washington Post: U.S. oil resources: President Obama's 'non sequitur facts'

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U.S. oil resources: President Obama’s ‘non sequitur facts’ Washington Post By Glenn Kessler Thursday, March 15, 2012 "As a country that has 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, but uses 20 percent of the world's oil - I'm going to repeat that - we've got 2 percent of the world oil reserves; we use 20 percent. What that means is, as much as we're doing to increase oil production,…

Governors Express Ocean Policy Concerns with President Obama

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This week, Governors from 7 states penned a letter to President Obama addressing multiple offshore energy issues. In particular, they expressed concern with proposed coastal and marine spatial planning, one facet of the President’s National Ocean Policy. The Governors urged the President to carefully consider the bureaucratic hurdles and negative impacts on energy development that could…

Gulf Locals and Energy Experts Express Concern Over Decreased Gulf of Mexico Offshore Drilling Activity on Jobs, Economy

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Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the Fiscal Year 2013 budget for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). During the hearing, Committee Members heard testimony from Gulf of Mexico business leaders and energy experts who expressed deep concern over the slowdown in offshore…

Obama Administration's Coal Mining Regulation will be Over-budget, Overdue, and Cost Thousands of Jobs and Energy Security

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Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) Fiscal Year 2013 Budget and received testimony from OSM Director Joe Pizarchik on the status of the Obama Administration’s actions to initiate rewrite coal mining regulations. Direct analysis by contractors hired to conduct the rewrite showed…

5 Energy Questions for President Obama

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This afternoon President Obama will hold a press conference to discuss, among other issues, rising gas prices. Here are five questions President Obama should answer regarding his Administration’s energy policy: Gas prices have doubled since you took office and the average price of gas has already surpassed $4 in some areas. Will you now support a bipartisan plan passed by the House…

Subcommittee to Examine Obama Administration's Effort to Write New Coal Mining Regulation and the Ultimate Cost to Taxpayers

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Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold an oversight hearing on the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s (OSM) Fiscal Year 2013 budget. The hearing will also be an opportunity to focus on the Obama Administration’s actions to initiate a rewrite of coal mining regulations that direct analysis by contractors hired to conduced the rewrite say could…

Chairman Hastings Delivers the Weekly Republican Address

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In this week's Republican Address, Chairman Doc Hastings explains how President Obama has consistently blocked American energy production. Gasoline prices are on the rise again and the Obama Administration has given no impression that they're serious about lowering our energy costs and creating much-needed American jobs. House Republicans are working to open more American energy…