WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and 15 of his colleagues asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to thoroughly assess the impact of its proposed Critical Habitat Designation for loggerhead sea turtles, which it issued on March 25, 2013, under the Endangered Species Act. In a letter to Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe, the bipartisan group expressed concern over the proposal to designate approximately 740 miles of shoreline, including 96 miles in North Carolina, as critical habitat for loggerhead turtles. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Daines today condemned the Bureau of Land Management’s refusal to extend comment periods for proposed Billings and Pompeys Pillar, Miles City, and Hi-Line Resource Management Plans (RMPs). Daines noted that the length of the comment periods, which end in June, is insufficient, given that the current plans fail to take into account sufficient input from area residents. Read more »
Today the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing entitled, “Defining Species Conservation Success: Tribal, State and Local Stewardship vs. Federal Courtroom Battles and Sue-and-Settle Practices.” Among the issues raised was the proven effectiveness and efficiency of state, tribal, and local conservation efforts, and the uncertainty created because the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has not been reauthorized in more than two decades. Read more »
Today Congressman Kevin Cramer and Ranking Member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee Collin Peterson hosted an agriculture roundtable with farm group leaders in the region. Cramer and Peterson provided an update on both the House and Senate versions of the 2013 Farm Bill, and heard input from agriculture organizations and individual producers. Read more »
Ruidoso, NM (May 30, 2013) – Today, U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce attended a town hall meeting to discuss fires and forest management. Pearce led the meeting with Bill Derr, former special agent in charge for the U.S. Forest Service’s California Region, who recently published a report for the Congressional Office on the Whitewhater-Baldy Complex and Little Bear fires in New Mexico. Read more »
Washington, May 28 - Congressman Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, sent a letter asking EPA to answer questions about their role in chemical safety management, specifically in implementing the Clean Air Act’s General Duty Clause. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Daines’ legislation to expand hydropower production in Montana today received its first hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives. Read more »
Washington, DC (May 23, 2013) - Today, U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce issued the following statement about the recent controversy over the US Forest Service’s decision to impound animals grazing in the Lincoln National Forest: Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Daines today joined the House of Representatives in passing the “Northern Route Approval Act,” legislation that moves forward the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline by taking the approval out of President Obama’s hands. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Representative Lee Terry (R-NE) today released the following statement after his legislation, The Northern Route Approval Act (H.R. 3) passed the U.S. House of Representatives with a bipartisan vote of 241-175-1: Read more »
