Shortly after being named energy advisor to the Romney campaign in March 2012 , Hamm donated $ 985,000 to the pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future . On the eve of the Republican National Convention , Hamm was credited in a report with being among oil and energy executives consulted in a plan to devolve permitting on Federal lands to the state where the land is located . Romney 's proposal , which was launched the same week as two industry fundraisers netted $ 10 million for the campaign , was seen as going beyond roots in the Sagebrush Rebellion of the 1970s and 1980s , as well as the sometimes controversial permitting policies of the George W. Bush Administration in the 2000s
Republican National Convention
2012 Republican National Convention
Harold Hamm