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Press Releases
March 31, 2026Ranking Member Huffman Blasts Trump Cabinet’s Illegal Gutting of Endangered Species Protections to Benefit Big Oil Donors
— Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement after the Trump administration's Endangered Species Committee voted to exempt all oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from Endangered Species Act protections: "The grotesque pay-to-play pageantry that unfolded today was, thankfully, so clearly illegal that it will not stand. But that should not temper the disgust and outrage of every American who cares about the environment … Continue Reading
March 30, 2026
Ranking Member Huffman Statement After Federal Court Strikes Down Trump's Illegal Attacks on America’s Endangered Species
Today, Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement after a federal court struck down a series of Trump administration rollbacks that weakened the Endangered Species Act, restoring the law to its pre-Trump status: "The Endangered Species Act kept the bald eagle, the manatee, and the gray wolf from disappearing forever, and today a federal court restored it to full strength after striking down Donald Trump's illegal attempts to gut it. Americans love this law — and a … Continue Reading
March 25, 2026
Natural Resources Democrats Force Vote to Subpoena Donald Trump Jr. Over $670 Million Taxpayer-Funded Deal
At today's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the critical minerals supply chain, Subcommittee Ranking Member Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.) forced a vote to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. to testify under oath about his financial stake in Vulcan Elements and how he potentially benefited from insider influence after his father, President Trump, funneled over $670 million taxpayer dollars into the company. Vulcan Elements, a rare earth startup, received a $620 million Pentagon loan three mon… Continue Reading
Media Advisories
April 02, 2025House Natural Resources Committee Leaders to Host Issues Forum on Trump-Musk Attacks Targeting NOAA
- TODAY at 1 p.m. ET, House Natural Resources Committee leaders will host an issues forum to discuss the escalating attacks on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) by the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE. The attacks jeopardize everything from disaster warnings and public safety to the stability of coastal economies and America’s ability to respond to the climate crisis. WHO MEMBERSRep. Seth MagazinerRep. Jared Huffman, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Memb… Continue Reading
September 13, 2024
Committee Democrats to Host Roundtable on Holding Big Oil Accountable
*** DUE TO OPPOSITION FROM THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE MAJORITY, THE ROUNDTABLE HAS BEEN MOVED TO HC-6 IN THE CAPITOL. IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE WILL BE VERY LIMITED AND RSVPS ARE REQUIRED. THE EVENT WILL ALSO BE LIVESTREAMED. PLEASE SEE THE UPDATED ADVISORY BELOW. *** WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. ET, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Democrats will host a roundtable discussion with expert panelists titled, “Holding Big Oil Accountable for Extortion, Collusion, … Continue Reading
February 06, 2024
TODAY: Ranking Member Grijalva to Join Senator Markey, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez at Press Conference on 5-Year Anniversary of Green New Deal Resolution
(February 6, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) will hold a press conference with youth, labor, environmental justice, and public health leaders on TODAY, Tuesday, February 6th at 12:00 PM to celebrate the five-year anniversary of the introduction of the Green New Deal resolution. The Green New Deal galvanized a climate action movement and catapulted the issue of climate and environmental justice to the top of the national agenda. Senato… Continue Reading
Opinion Pieces
March 22, 2024As Big Oil’s Mess in Our Oceans Grows, Their Bonding Requirements Should Too
Big Oil uses our ocean waters and coastlines as their own personal junkyard. For decades, oil and gas companies have been leaving behind their old, out-of-use equipment and infrastructure, forcing unnecessary risk and cleanup costs on American taxpayers. There’s no question it’s a problem, but until now, we didn’t know just how bad the problem was. At our request, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a nonpartisan government watchdog, recently took a closer look at the issue, and the fin… Continue Reading
May 12, 2023
Gutting the National Environmental Policy Act is a Political Vendetta, Not Permitting Reform
At the end of March, House Republicans passed H.R. 1, a shameless giveaway of handouts and loopholes to the oil, gas, and mining industries, fittingly dubbed the Polluters Over People Act. While oil companies’ record-breaking profits make it clear that they’re not an industry under duress, Republicans continue to push legislation to gut our most fundamental environmental and public health laws, namely the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to line industry pockets. But … Continue Reading
January 11, 2023
House Dems fight for Arizonans. Republicans fight each other.
Making history isn’t always a good thing. Last week, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives seemed determined to prove that point. For the first time in more than a century, the Republican-controlled House failed not once, not twice, but 14 times to take the most basic first step of a new Congress—electing a Speaker of the House. The Republican party’s infighting has inspired entertaining social media memes, but if you’re hoping for them to do anything more tha… Continue Reading
Letters
April 18, 2024Prior to Deepwater Horizon Anniversary, Top Committee Democrats Urge Full Environmental Review of Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling
Prior to the 14th anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), and Committee Vice Ranking Member Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) today sent a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) urging the agency to immedia… Continue Reading
March 11, 2024
Grijalva, Huffman Co-Lead Bipartisan Letter Urging Whole-of-Government Approach to IUU Fishing, Forced Labor
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) today sent a bipartisan letter signed by a total of 26 Members to President Joe Biden urging the administration to use its existing authorities, including the new authorities that Congress provided in the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), to implement a whole-of-government approach to combating illegal, unreported, and … Continue Reading
December 07, 2023
Ranking Members Grijalva and Krishnamoorthi Support Actions to Combat Illegal Trade of Highly Endangered Pangolins in People’s Republic of China, Including Sanctions
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) today sent a letter to President Joe Biden commending the administration’s actions to take a stand against the illegal trade of pangolins and pangolin products in the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC). READ the full letter to President Biden. As the lawmakers po… Continue Reading
Reports
September 14, 2022Hearing Report: The Role of Public Relations Firms in Preventing Action on Climate Change
The Hearing Report presents select findings and redacted documents from the Committee's investigation into PR firms' work with fossil fuel companies. For decades, the fossil fuel industry denied or downplayed climate change and its role in causing it. As climate denial has become less accepted by the general public, the industry has worked with PR firms to execute subtler and more sophisticated campaigns to mislead the public and block climate change policy proposals. The Hearing Report details … Continue Reading
December 18, 2020
Repairing the Trump Administration's Damage to US Indigenous Communities and Charting a Better Way Forward
October 28, 2020
Dirty Deals: Four Years of the Trump Administration Putting Polluter Profits Over People
This report outlines the major damage the Trump administration has inflicted on the environment, economy, and energy supply of the United States and takes a closer look at the tactics they've used to perpetrate that destruction. Special attention is given to the federal agencies under the Committee's jurisdiction, including the Department of the Interior (DOI), the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The report is not an exhaustive list of … Continue Reading
Videos
March 17, 2026Federal Lands Legislative Hearing | March 18, 2026
March 04, 2026
Full Committee Markup | March 5, 2026
March 04, 2026
Water, Wildlife, & Fisheries Oversight Hearing | March 4, 2026
March 04, 2026