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House Natural Resources hearing opens with partisan split over ESA reform, permitting and energy priorities
Summary
Chairman Westerman framed the committee's priorities around expanding domestic energy development and permitting reform, while Ranking Member Huffman criticized last week's budget reconciliation provisions and urged bipartisan work on forest management, water policy and tribal issues.
Chairman Westerman opened the House Natural Resources Committee's member-day hearing by outlining Republican priorities including reinstating onshore oil and gas lease sales, increasing timber harvesting on federal lands, streamlining permitting, and advancing the "ESA Amendments Act of 2025."
The chair said the committee's recent work included a budget reconciliation title that ‘‘generates more than 18 and a half billion…
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