I have seen a group of people who have been on the government dole for the longest period of time fighting to get off it and that is Native Americans.

Drilling Equals Jobs

It is time for some updating.

H.R. 2842 is important legislation that will restore commonsense to Federal regulations, and ultimately lead to the expansion of clean hydropower production.

These types of nonsensical regulations create man-made shortages, which in turn lead to higher unemployment, and increased water, energy, and food prices.

trust is a series of promises kept, and call me a skeptic, but I see the bureaucratic mess becoming even more entangled

Chairman McClintock should be commended for his commitment to bringing legislation before this Committee to address this failure of Federal policy.

It is simply the failure of the Federal policies to facilitate an environment that is conducive to this type of development.

These concerns range from the ability to develop domestic sources of energy, timber salvage and harvesting, grazing, hunting, fishing, and family recreation.

This law needs to be changed, but until it is, the western states at highest risk for federal abuse need exemptions.

In a district like mine dominated by Federally administrated lands, these burdens disproportionately stifle economic productivity, leading to some of the highest unemployment rates in the country.

Due to the prevalence of this public land, the way these lands are administered by the federal government has a direct impact on almost every person residing in my district.