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Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed on FOX Nation: Joint Committee Should Look to Job-Creating American Energy, Not Tax Increases for Revenue

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Joint Committee Should Look to Job-Creating American Energy, Not Tax Increases for Revenue FOX Nation September 6, 2011 By: Chairman Doc Hastings This fall, Washington D.C. will once again attempt to tackle our Nation’s $14 trillion debt that is threatening our economic competitiveness, costing jobs and putting our children’s future at risk. While the Budget Control Act passed by…

Chairman Hastings’ Statement on August Job Numbers

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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor released the August jobs report. “There’s no question that the failed policies of the Obama Administration are slowing economic recovery and preventing Americans from getting back to work. Mounds of red tape, burdensome regulations, and threats of tax…

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources to Explore Benefits and Current Status of Categorical Exclusions in Energy Production on Federal Lands

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On Friday, September 9th, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold an oversight hearing on "Impacts to Onshore Jobs, Revenue, and Energy: Review and Status of Sec. 390 Categorical Exclusions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005." Categorical exclusions are a common sense way to improve the government process of approving energy production, while at the same time ensuring…

Chairman Hastings Memorandum to Committee Members Recalling Several Bills

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To: Members, Committee on Natural Resources From: The Honorable Doc Hastings, Chairman Subject: Recall of bills Pursuant to Committee on Natural Resources Rule 6(e), I hereby give notice of my intent to recall the listed bills from the following Subcommittees: Read the entire memorandum HERE.

Full Committee Oversight Hearings to Examine Job Creation Opportunities From American Energy Production

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During September, the Natural Resources Committee will hold two Full Committee oversight hearings on harnessing American energy resources to create new American jobs. Both hearings will explore opportunities for job creation through new and expanded energy and mineral production and also review Obama Administration regulations and policies that have locked-up America’ s vast natural…

Delays By Obama Administration in Oil Shale Production Hinder Job Creation, Economic Growth

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Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight field hearing in Grand Junction, Colorado entitled “American Jobs and Energy Security: Domestic Oil Shale, the Status of Research, Regulation and Roadblocks.” U.S. oil shale has the potential to create hundreds of thousands of American jobs, lower energy costs and strengthen our national security by reducing our…

Chairman Hastings Letter to Secretary Salazar Reiterating Request for Full Compliance with the Committee's Investigation into the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium

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Dear Mr. Secretary: The Committee is in receipt of the August I, 20 II letter from the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs relating to the status of several formal document and information requests the Committee has made to the DOI and its bureaus during the 112th Congress. Although the August 1st letter discusses the requests collectively,…

Chairmen Hastings and Lamborn Letter to Secretary Salazar Reiterating Request for Full Compliance with the Committee's Investigation into the Rewrite of the 2008 Stream Buffer Zone Rule

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Dear Mr. Secretary: The Committee is in receipt of the August 1, 2011 letter from the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs relating to the status of several formal document and information requests the Committee has made to DOI and its bureaus during the 112th Congress. Although the August 1st letter discusses the requests collectively,…

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources to Hold Field Hearing on Domestic Oil Shale Research, Regulation and Roadblocks

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On Wednesday, August 24th, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold an oversight hearing entitled ­­­­­­­ “American Jobs and Energy Security: Domestic Oil Shale the Status of Research, Regulation and Roadblocks.” This hearing will be held at the Grand Junction Civic Center 250 N 5th Street, Grand Junction, Colorado. “Oil shale on federal lands…

Reps. Lamborn and Tipton Op-Ed in The Denver Post: Energy in the West key to economic recovery

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Energy in the West key to economic recovery The Denver Post August 5, 2011 By: Reps. Doug Lamborn and Scott Tipton As many Colorado families continue to lose jobs, homes, or even hope for a brighter future, they may not realize that one key to our nation's economic recovery lies right beneath them. Colorado and our Western neighbors are home to vast energy reserves that, if tapped…