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Chairman Hastings' Statement at Conference Committee Meeting on Highway Bill
Op-Eds and Speeches May 8, 2012
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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement today at the Conference Committee meeting on the Highway bill: “The federal government’s slow, cumbersome bureaucracy is consistently getting in the way of job creation and economic growth. Nowhere is this more ev...
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Witnesses: President’s Ocean Zoning Threatens Alaska’s Economy
Press Release Apr 3, 2012
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Today, the Natural Resources Committee held an oversight field hearing in Anchorage, Alaska on, “Alaska’s Sovereignty In Peril: The National Ocean Policy’s Goal to Federalize Alaska.” The hearing focused on how President Obama’s plan to mandate ocean zoning through implementation of the National Ocean Policy threatens ...
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Governors Express Ocean Policy Concerns with President Obama
Blog Mar 14, 2012
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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 burea...
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Video Blog: Natural Resources Committee Jobs Watch - Rep. Southerland
Blog Mar 6, 2012
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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. The Committee continues its Jobs Watch series this week with Freshman Committee Member Steve Southerland from Flo...
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Examining the Financial Impacts of Endangered Species Act Lawsuits and Settlements
Resourceful Information Mar 6, 2012
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Today, the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight hearing on the FY 2013 budget requests for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. As part of Chairman Doc Hastings’ ongoing efforts to review the Endangered Species Act ...
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Secretary Salazar Confirms Costs of ESA Litigation & Settlements are Unknown
Press Release Feb 15, 2012
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Today during a Full Committee hearing on the President’s FY 2013 budget, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar agreed that reforms to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) are needed to make it less lawsuit driven and admitted that he doesn’t currently know how much the Department spends on ESA-related litigation costs. The Nat...
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Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed in EnergyGuardian: Ocean policy reaches far beyond the sea
Op-Eds and Speeches Jan 20, 2012
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Guest Opinion: Ocean policy reaches far beyond the sea By House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings Energy Guardian January 20, 2012 If there’s one accomplishment President Obama can take credit for during his first term in office, it’s expanding the size and reach of the federal government. While this m...
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Obama Administration Moves Forward with Plan to Zone the Ocean
Press Release Jan 12, 2012
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Today President Obama’s National Ocean Council, created by an Executive Order in 2010, released a draft action plan to move forward with the Administration’s goal of imposing new mandatory “ocean zoning.” This initiative could place huge portions of the ocean off limits to all types of recreational, commercial and agri...
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