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Washington, D.C. – Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Co-Chair of the Congressional Hydropower Caucus, advocated for her forthcoming bill, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2012, at an Energy & Power Subcommittee hearing today. The Congresswoman’s bill would facilitate the development of small hydropower and conduit projects, and direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to study the feasibility of a streamlined two-year permitting process. Read more »

Rep. Kristi Noem today applauded U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’sannouncement that the Postal Service would not be closing rural post offices, but implementing other cost-saving measures instead: “This is encouraging news for South Dakota. When I met with postal officials late last year, I reiterated how important the Postal Service was to… Read more »

Apparently, an offshore oil find that would more than double America’s current proven oil reserves still wouldn’t be enough for the Obama Administration to stop playing politics with America’s energy security. Channeling his best auctioneer chant, Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) gave Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Tommy Beaudreau a chance to say how much oil would… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Youngapplauded today’s announcement from the U.S Postal Service (USPS) that it will keep thousands of rural post offices open. Specifically, instead of closing post offices, the new plan allows rural communities to keep their post offices open with reduced hours. Read more »

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement today at the Conference Committee meeting on the Highway bill. Read more »

WASHINGTON– House Natural Resources National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) praised the Department of Interior for approving 3600 newnatural gas wells in Uintah County, Utah. Read more »

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Department of the Interior, after years of delay, finally approved nearly 4,000 natural gas wells near Vernal, Utah. Read more »

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Co-Chair of the Congressional Hydropower Caucus, will speak in support of her forthcoming bill, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2012, at an Energy & Power Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, May 9 Read more »

WASHINGTON–House Natural Resources National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) issued the following response to the Department of Interior’s release of new regulations pertaining to hydraulic fracking on public lands. Read more »

The Obama Administration today announced new regulations on hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands. Tribal leaders, State officials and energy job creators have already testified at numerous Natural Resources Committee hearings explaining how new federal regulations will cost jobs, slow energy production and cause economic harm. Read more »