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Hastings Blasts Lame Duck Democrats’ Attempt to Push Through Massive Omnibus Package

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement following reports of a potential omnibus lands, wildlife and waterways package being developed in the U.S. Senate: “Somewhere in the Senate, Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer are secretly constructing a Frankenstein omnibus of bills from three separate Committees.  Democrat leaders are…

Hastings Floor Statement on the Claims Resolution Act of 2010

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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…

Ranking Member Hastings Proposes Creation of Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent the following letter to Members of the House Republican Conference of the 112th Congress proposing the creation of an Energy and Natural Resources Committee by consolidating the energy portfolio from the Energy and Commerce Committee to the Natural Resources Committee. In asking his colleagues to consider the…

Hastings Outlines Natural Resources Committee Priorities

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House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) outlined the following broad priorities for the Republican Majority on the Natural Resources Committee.  Hastings is seeking to become Chairman of the Committee in the 112th Congress. “Now is the time for Republicans to get to work and prove that we have truly listened to the American people. “Like all committees, one…

Hastings’ WAPA Bill Increases Transparency, Eliminates Taxpayer Bailouts

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Today, the House Natural Resources Water and Power Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 6107, the American Taxpayer and Western Area Power Administration Firm Power Customer Protection and Government Accountability Act of 2010. The bill, sponsored by Ranking Committee Republican Doc Hastings (WA-04), would eliminate the taxpayer bailout provision included in the “stimulus bill” that gave…

Republicans Stress the Importance of Protecting and Expanding Low-Cost, Carbon-Free Hydropower

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Today, during a Natural Resources Water and Power Subcommittee hearing on “Investment in Small Hydropower: Prospects for Expanding Low Impact and Affordable Hydropower Generation in the West,” Republicans highlighted the necessity of protecting existing hydropower resources and making it an essential part of an all-of-the-above energy plan. Hydropower is a clean, renewable, non-emitting…

7 Members Send Letter to Chairman Rahall and Chairwoman Napolitano Requesting Oversight Hearing on Council on Environmental Quality's Principles and Guidelines on Water Resources

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Dear Chairman Rahall and Chairwoman Napolitano: In light of the direct relationship between job growth, public safety and the construction and use of traditional federal water and flood management infrastructure, we urge you to hold an oversight hearing on a troubling and recently proposed Obama Administration initiative that may hinder current and future water supply, navigation and…

Rural America Solutions Group Co-Chairs Call for Committee Hearings on Federal Power Grab of Clean Water Act

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Today, Co-Chairs of the Rural America Solutions Group Frank Lucas (R-OK), Sam Graves (R-MO) and Doc Hastings (R-WA) sent a letter to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar, Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall asking for hearings on H.R. 5088,…

FOX News: Drug Cartel Activity Threatens Texas Water Supplies, Lawmaker Says

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Drug Cartel Activity Threatens Texas Water Supplies, Lawmaker Says June 21, 2010 FOXNews.com Joshua Rhett Miller Drug cartel activity along the Mexican border presents serious security threats to the area's water supply system, particularly on federally-owned lands in southern Texas, a U.S. lawmaker says. Members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power held a…