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Oversight
Salazar to seek funding for drilling inspectors
Interior chief says he will request a fivefold increase, noting currently 62 inspectors are responsible for nearly 4,000 drilling activities in the Gulf of Mexico.
Oversight
Salazar: Oil drilling hiatus may be shorter
Interior chief left open the possibility that a six-month moratorium on deep-water oil and gas drilling may not last that long.
Oversight
Salazar: MMS has 'turned the ship'
Interior chief says department will have zero tolerance for ethical lapses at Minerals Management Service.
Oversight
Alaska senator urges restraint on spill reaction
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski hopes exploratory drilling qill still begin this summer off the coast of her home state.
Oversight
FAA reauthorization should fly through in June, says lawmaker
Some controversial items in House bill include language making it easier for FedEx workers to unionize.
Oversight
House Dems raise fears about another BP project
Lawmakers fear the Deepwater Horizon oil spill could foreshadow a larger tragedy at the Atlantis rig, which is operating in deeper waters off the Gulf coast.
Oversight
Obama to establish commission on oil spill as blame game heats up
BP and federal officials come under fire for not having a stronger plan to prevent and respond to a disaster.
Oversight
Interior chief says department shares responsibility for cleanup
Ken Salazar says efforts are underway to change culture at Minerals Management Service in wake of oil spill.
Oversight
Obama halts new offshore drilling but defends plan
Coastal state Democrats call on the president to reconsider drilling strategy in light of Gulf Coast accident and oil spill.
Oversight
Senate approves FAA bill but fight with House looms
The Senate’s version avoids contentious language, including a provision making it easier for FedEx workers to unionize.
Defense
Senators seek clean FAA bill
Extraneous provisions could erode bipartisan support for the measure, Commerce Committee leaders say.
Oversight
Mississippi governor seeks to help block EPA move
Haley Barbour is drafting a letter to governors asking them to support effort to block agency from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
Oversight
Democrats slam effort to block EPA from regulating emissions
Agency’s recent finding that greenhouse gas pollution endangers public health and welfare is the independent work of scientists and "should stand on its own," Democrats say.
Oversight
Interior Department tightens leasing rules
Changes include additional environmental analysis.
Oversight
EPA: Video takedown order was about ethics, not content
Employees are not allowed to use their position and work at EPA to lend credibility to their personal opinions, officials say.
Oversight
Yucca Mountain funding nears its demise
The Energy Department is slated to keep the project open on paper for a year while developing an alternative plan for storing nuclear waste.
Oversight
Answers sought on Minn. flight delay
Lawmakers contact Transportation, FAA officials over plane with 47 passengers that was left on the tarmac for several hours overnight.
Oversight
Republican senators put holds on two Interior deputies
GOP lawmakers are concerned about the nominees' stances on endangered species rules and Utah land use policies.
Oversight
Obama's pick for EPA deputy suddenly withdraws name
Jon Cannon says the scrutiny surrounding former foundation was a "distraction" to the agency.
