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… Read more »
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… Read more »
Dear Acting Administrator Gruenspecht:
On Thursday, January 26, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) recalled its latest available data for oil and gas production on federal lands (Table 1.14 of the Annual Energy Review 2010). According to the agency's announcement, this was necessary because the data "were incorrectly extracted from another agency's data." We write to you today,… Read more »
Today, the House Natural Resources Committee passed H.R. 3409, the Coal Miner Employment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection Act with a bipartisan vote of 26-18. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Bill Johnson (OH-06), prevents the Obama Administration’s unnecessary and rushed rewrite of a coal mining regulation that took over five years of environmental analysis and careful… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Republicans are committed to putting Americans back to work by enacting policies that embrace America’s abundant natural resources to help create jobs and grow our economy.
Meet Freshman Committee Member Jeff Duncan from South Carolina’s Third Congressional District. Congressman Duncan suggests that by opening up a small portion of ANWR, we have huge… Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a oversight field hearing in Steubenville, Ohio entitled, “Natural Gas--America’s New Energy Opportunity: Creating Jobs, Energy and Community Growth.” Members of the Committee heard testimony from witnesses expressing their desire for continued production of the abundant natural gas in the local Utica and Marcellus shale for job… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today regarding President Obama’s energy speech:
"American families and small businesses are once again suffering from rapidly rising gasoline prices and the Obama Administration’s policies are making it worse. Since President Obama took office, the price of gasoline has increased a… Read more »
Dear Mr. Secretary:
On April 25, 2011, we wrote the Department of the Interior ("Department") to request documents about White House edits to the Executive Summary of the final report entitled "Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf' ("ISM Report"). On the same date, we wrote separately to the Department's Office of Inspector General ("OlG")… Read more »
Dear Mr. Kemkar:
On April 25, 2011, we wrote the Department of the Interior ("Department") to request documents about White House edits to the Executive Summary of the final report entitled "Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf' ("ISM Report"). On the same date, we wrote separately to the Department's Office of Inspector General ("OIG")… Read more »
Ripped from the Headlines...
Higher gasoline prices could stall recovery, Obama’s re-election, Boston Herald, 2/21/12
“By summer, some analysts said, you could be paying $4 for a gallon of gas, almost as high as the record set in the summer of 2008. A price that high could cripple the still-fragile recovery…The average price for a gallon of regular gas in the Midwest was $3.41 last… Read more »
