Press Releases
Gov Watchdog Report Finds Federal Government Failing to Make Coal Companies Clean Up Their Mines
Washington, D.C. - A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, requested by Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Reps. Donald Beyer (D-Va.), Morgan McGarvey (D-Ky.), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), found that states are already paying to clean up coal mines that operators left behind, and the federal government is failing to stop it. Of 5,247 coal mining permits nationwide, fewer than half have produced coal since 2000, and only 35 percent ar… Continue Reading
11.11.26
Huffman, Colleagues Demand Answers on Trump Admin Effort to Gut Endangered Wildlife Protections
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Don Beyer (D-Va.), and Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) led 37 other Democratic lawmakers in demanding answers from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on the Trump administration’s attempts to gut core Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections by reinterpreting what the agencies consider “… Continue Reading
11.10.26
Huffman Puts Trump Admin, Corporate Donors on Notice to Preserve Records
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) sent letters to 36 federal agencies and private companies ordering them to preserve documents, communications, and other records tied to the Committee’s investigations of the Trump administration. “For two years, this administration has stonewalled us and kept the American people in the dark while Democrats have fought tirelessly to daylight and stop their corruption. Those days of obstruction are… Continue Reading
11.06.26
Huffman: CFTC Must Respect Tribal Sovereignty, Not Serve as Industry’s Legal Defense Team
Washington, D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement regarding the Commodity Future Trading Commission’s attempt to challenge a federal court’s injunction protecting tribal sovereignty of the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe in Humboldt, CA.“Tribal sovereignty is not optional, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) doesn’t get to disregard it simply because it inconveniences an industry they regulate. Tribal nations have the r… Continue Reading
11.06.26
Huffman on Trump Arch Approval: “We’re a Nation of Laws, Not Kings or Kangaroo Commissions”
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement after the National Capital Planning Commission approved the final design of President Trump’s proposed monumental arch. Huffman testified before the commission yesterday, urging members to reject the project.“Two days after voters told Donald Trump exactly what they think of him, his hand-picked minions masquerading as commissioners signed off on a 250-foot monumen… Continue Reading
11.04.26
Huffman: Democrats Will Use the Gavel to Follow the Money, Bring Down Costs, Protect Our Public Lands and Waters
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement after Democrats won majorities in both the House and Senate in the midterm elections:“Last night, Americans across the country sent a message loud and clear: America belongs to all of us, not just the billionaires and special interests who have been getting the red carpet treatment while working families struggle to make ends meet.“The American people were fed up w… Continue Reading
11.04.26
Huffman, Hoyle Warn Changes to U.S. Positions on Wildlife Trade Could Increase Wildlife Trafficking, Zoonotic Disease Risks
Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Ranking Member Val Hoyle (D-Ore.) demanded answers from the U.S. Department of State and Interior regarding U.S. engagement in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). CITES is an international treaty that regulates the lawful trade in endangered species and combats illegal wildlife trafficking. The U.… Continue Reading
10.29.26
Huffman Warns Loophole Could Let Trump Take D.C. Golf Course, Urges Appropriators to Put Guardrails on NPS Funds
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) urged House and Senate Appropriators to establish strict funding guardrails for the Trump administration’s $500 million request for National Park Service construction, warning that he could abuse a loophole in federal law to transfer the East Potomac Park golf course to himself after taxpayers foot the bill for the most expensive part of his proposed golf course upgrade. In a letter to appropriat… Continue Reading
10.15.26
Gov Watchdog Finds National Security Gaps in Mining of Critical Minerals on America’s Public Lands
Washington, D.C. - As the United States races to reduce its reliance on foreign countries for critical minerals, the federal government has been handing out exclusive rights to mine America’s public lands without checking whether the people and companies receiving those rights meet the requirements to hold them, even allowing companies with ties to our adversaries to mine our public lands according to two new Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports released today by Ranking Member Jared H… Continue Reading
10.08.26
Gov Watchdog Finds Geothermal Developers Lack Permitting Tools Oil and Gas Companies Already Have
Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report showing that companies trying to build geothermal power on public lands lack basic permitting tools that oil and gas companies already have and face confusing rules with no way to see where their permits stand, even as demand for geothermal development has grown more than fortyfold since 2020.The watchdog report, requested by U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif… Continue Reading
10.01.26
Ranking Members Huffman, Meeks, Garcia, Pallone and Castro Demand Transparency on Trump Administration’s Venezuela Oil Deal
Washington, D.C. — Jared Huffman, Ranking Member of the Committee on Natural Resources; Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Frank Pallone, Jr., Ranking Member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce; and Joaquin Castro, Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, demanded answers from Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Def… Continue Reading
09.30.26
Ranking Member Huffman Statement on Senate Permitting Deal
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after the introduction of the Senate’s permitting reform package: "Passing a good permitting reform package will be one of my top priorities for the next Congress, so I'm very interested in these Senate negotiations. "From what I've seen, Senators Whitehouse and Heinrich have done some good work, but they've been negotiating from a position of weakness and the … Continue Reading
09.28.26
Huffman, Padilla, Schiff, California Colleagues Condemn Trump Administration Efforts to Repeal Roadless Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.), along with U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-02), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, led 38 members of the California congressional delegation in opposing the Trump Administration’s rescission of the Roadless Rule, a landmark U.S. Forest Service conservation policy adopted in 2001 that protects nearly 60 million acres of undeveloped National Forest System lands. It prohibits new road… Continue Reading
09.24.26
Huffman, Titus Lead Colleagues in Demanding Answers on Trump Admin Plans to Open Public Lands to AI Datacenters
Washington, D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Representative Dina Titus (D-Nev.), along with 14 House Democrats, sent a letter demanding answers from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on the Department's reported plans to hand over federal public lands for massive data center projects.The Bureau of Land Management is reportedly reviewing at least a dozen data center proposals at the President's direction, covering at least 17,600 acres across Ariz… Continue Reading
09.18.26
Huffman Statement on Trump Administration Plans to Put More Data Centers on Public Lands
Washington, D.C. — Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement after The Washington Sun reported that the Trump administration is considering far more data centers on public lands than previously known: “Donald Trump is selling out America’s public lands to the richest corporations in human history, and every American who loves these places should be furious. “We need to pump the brakes on the reckless AI buildout, and today… Continue Reading
09.18.26
Ranking Members Jared Huffman, Robert Garcia, and Gregory Meeks Demand Answers on Trump Administration’s Oil Deal with Alleged Money Launderer
Washington, D.C. — Rep. Jared Huffman, Ranking Member of the Committee on Natural Resources, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs demanded answers from Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney General Todd Blanche on how they sprung alleged white collar criminal Alejandro Betancourt to lead the Trump Administration’s unprecedented scheme to take an ownership stake i… Continue Reading
09.17.26
Huffman Leads 71 House Democrats in Demanding Trump Admin Reverse Illegal Cuts to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) led 71 other House Democrats in a letter to President Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum condemning the July 13 proclamations that stripped nearly three million acres of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments of protection and opened the door to mining, drilling and new mineral leasing on those lands.“This is an illegal attack on the integrity and legacy of the Antiquiti… Continue Reading
09.16.26
Huffman Demands Answers After Park Service Quietly Hires Contractors for Trump Golf Course
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) revealed during a committee hearing that the National Park Service awarded contracts on Sept. 10, with no notice to Congress, to begin work on Donald Trump’s planned takeover of the East Potomac Golf Course.“Democrats on this committee just learned that a couple of days ago, the Park Service hired a company to start working on the historic public golf course at East Potomac Park without any announ… Continue Reading
09.15.26
At Final Markup Before Midterms, Huffman Lays Out How Democrats Will Hold the Trump Administration Accountable
Washington, D.C. - Today, during the House Natural Resources Committee’s final markup before the November elections, Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) called out Committee Republicans for two years of enabling corruption in the Trump administration and laid out what Democrats will do with the powers of the majority next Congress: “Our Republican colleagues have had two years with President Trump in the White House and a majority in both houses of Congress. They have used that time to ha… Continue Reading
09.08.26
Huffman, Morelle Demand Gov Watchdog Investigate Whether Trump’s Freedom 250 Harvested Americans’ Data to Influence the Midterm Elections
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Joseph D. Morelle (D-N.Y.) sent an urgent request to the Government Accountability Office to investigate whether Freedom 250, Trump’s shadow organization that hijacked America’s 250th birthday, used federal resources to build a voter contact list for President Trump and his allies ahead of the midterms.“Based on our preliminary findings, Preside… Continue Reading
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