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Today, Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) offered an amendment to the Interior and Environment Appropriations bill to prevent the U.S. Forest Service’s draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the National Old-Growth Amendment from being finalized, and to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for particulate matter from going into effec... Read More »

Enhancing the Livestock Indemnity Program to Protect the Panhandle Cattle Industry By Rep. Ronny Jackson (TX-13) Earlier this year, over 1.3 million acres were burned in the Texas Panhandle by the largest wildfire ever recorded in the State’s history. When the fires first broke out, my office and I worked diligently with the Texas Department of Emergency Management, fire departments, and local aut... Read More »

Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) released the following statement upon the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Brighter Enterprises et al. v Raimondo, which overturned the 1984 Chevron case that expanded the power of the federal bureaucracy. “This decision by the Supreme Court reiterates the Constitutional premise that Congress is tasked with making the... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Executive Vice Chair Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), and Vice Chair Tom Tiffany (WI-07) introduced legislation to nullify President Biden’s Executive Order 14072 and prevent the U.S. Forest Service from finalizing the Old-Growth Amendment Plan’s draft Environmental Impact Statement. “Forest management activities should be ... Read More »

Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) issued statements in opposition to the Biden Administration’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed National Old-Growth Amendment. “The action taken today by the Forest Service is the next step towards limiting timber harvesting at the expense of common-sense... Read More »

Today, Congressional Western Caucus Vice Chair Celeste Maloy (UT-02) and Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) introduced the Full Responsibility and Expedited Enforcement (FREE) Act. This legislation will implement a “permit by rule” approach to remove bureaucratic hurdles to permitting while expediting project approvals and implementation. “A large portion of my career has been spent helping Utahns w... Read More »

This piece was originally published in the Federal Newswire. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the United States’ greatest adversary, and we are currently engaged in a strategic competition. Unfortunately, from education to real estate and beyond, the CCP has sought to undermine our institutions and gain an upper hand in this competition. To head off this threat, one of the most important moves... Read More »

This piece was originally published in The Dickinson Press. For three and a half years now, the Biden Administration has been at war with American energy production as a political handout to their environmental base. This has threatened our energy security and has caused energy costs for Americans to skyrocket. These anti-energy policies have adverse consequences for rural communities across the c... Read More »

Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) introduced the No American Land for Communist China Act to prevent the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from purchasing any land adjacent to federal land. “The Chinese Communist Party is at our doorstep, and we best not let them in,” said Chairman Newhouse. “I have been closely watching the rise in cases of the CCP’s attempts at underm... Read More »

Today, Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Representatives Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) and John Duarte (CA-13) introduced Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions to overturn the Biden Administration’s recent rule updates to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). These changes from the current administration reverse critical reforms to the ESA implemented during previous administrations. “The B... Read More »

Today, Representative Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) was joined by Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and six Caucus Members in expressing concerns over the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed revamp of the 2012 Western Solar Plan. “President Biden is continuing his war on the American West with this latest attempt to prop up unreliable energy to the detriment of the nation,” said Rep. H... Read More »

Today, Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Vice Chairs Bruce Westerman (AR-04) and Ryan Zinke (MT-01), Representatives Matt Rosendale (MT-02) and Representative Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) released the following statements on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) resource management plans (RMP) for Montana and Wyoming. These RMPs remove millions of acres of Federal lands from consideration o... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Members of the Western Caucus and their staff attended an agriculture and water field tour in Bakersfield, California. The field tour was hosted by Rep. David Valadao (CA-22), with participation from Vice Chair Jay Obernolte (CA-23) and Reps. Burgess Owens (UT-04), Russ Fulcher (ID-01), and John Duarte (CA-13). Congressional Western Caucus Members participated in a wo... Read More »

This piece was originally published in the Bakersfield Californian. Kern County is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world, and the seventh largest oil-producing county in the nation. Thanks to a little help from nature and a whole lot of hard work, Kern County quite literally feeds and fuels the nation, and much of the world. While those of us who call the Central Valley home... Read More »

Hoy, el Presidente del Western Caucus, Dan Newhouse (WA-04), y Vicepresidente Mark Amodei (NV-02) emitieron las siguientes declaraciones tras la aprobación del H.R. 2925, la Ley de Claridad Regulatoria Minera. Este proyecto de ley corrige una decisión judicial perjudicial conocida como la "Decisión Rosemont", que amenaza el sistema minero de los Estados Unidos y crea más burocracia bajo la cual lo... Read More »