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Natural Resources Committee adopts authorization and oversight plan after heated debate over agency shakeups, NOAA and DOGE involvement
Summary
The committee approved its two‑year authorization and oversight plan after extended debate and dozens of proposed amendments about agency workforce reductions, access to agency data by private actors ("DOGE"), NOAA funding and fisheries, inspector general firings, and oversight of Puerto Rico's PROMESA board.
The House Committee on Natural Resources approved its authorization and oversight plan for the 119th Congress after an extended markup marked by partisan back‑and‑forth over the committee's priorities and how aggressively it should scrutinize recent executive actions affecting federal agencies.
Chair Westerman framed the plan as a roadmap to "strengthen America's environment and economy, unlocking our energy and mineral resources, promoting access to our public lands, stewarding wildlife and fisheries, and tackling drought in the West." Ranking Member Huffman sharply criticized the majority's approach, calling the proposal "not a real oversight plan" and saying it "looks the other way" on recent actions that committee…
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