House Resources Committee

The current Resources Committee holds legislative and oversight authority over a wide range of environmental matters.  The Committee is comprised of five subcommittees: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, Subcommittee on Water and Power, and Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.  These subcommittees oversee subjects like national parks and public lands, forests created from the public domain, water resources, oceans policy, environmental policy, energy legislation, and mining policies and programs.

Key subcommittees under the Resources Committee:

• Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee
• Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans Subcommittee
• Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee
• National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands Subcommittee
• Water and Power Subcommittee

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Leadership

	Nick Rahall (D-WV) is the Chairman of the House Resources Committee. Since Rahall's election to Congress in 1976, he has been a strong advocate for protecting West Virginia's waterways. In addition to creating the largest network of federally protected rivers in the eastern U.S., Rahall has championed reform of outdated mining regulations and the clean up of abandoned mines.  Historically receiving moderate scores from LCV, Rahall experienced a surge in his numbers in the last few sessions of Congress and earned a LCV score of 87% for the 109th Congress.
	Don Young (R-AK) is the Ranking Member of the House Resources Committee. Young has been notoriously bad on the environment, earning a LCV Score of 0% in the 109th Congress. He has pushed heavily to open the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling and was recently quoted as saying "wait ’til I start the rumor that we’re going to drill in the North Pole. I’ll have everybody that believes in Santa Claus and Christmas all upset and they’ll concentrate all their efforts on the North Pole, stopping us from doing that, and I’ll open ANWR.”