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Washington, D.C. – Rep. Kristi Noem issued the following statement after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rejected requests to increase water releases from the Missouri River to aid in navigation of the Mississippi River. In a letter, Assistant Secretary of the Army Jo-Ellen Darcy stated that the Corps would take action to help address the navigation issues on the Mississippi River but that increased water releases from the Missouri River would be beyond its authority. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 5, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today announced the 26 Republicans expected to serve on the Committee in the 113th Congress. The list has been recommended by the Republican Steering Committee and is expected to be officially adopted in January by the Republican Conference and the House. One Member will be rejoining the Committee and four newly-elected Members will join the Committee. During the 112th Congress, there were 27 Republican and 21 Democrat seats on the Committee. For the 113th Congress, there will be 26 Republican and 21 Democrat seats. Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Representatives Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Peter Welch (D-VT) announced the roll out of a bipartisan caucus that will focus on promoting performance contracting in government buildings across the country and thereby provide guaranteed energy savings to American taxpayers. Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Cory Gardner (R-CO) is pointing to a newly released report on the exportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG), which shows a positive impact on the economy, as a basis for allowing the sale of more American made LNG overseas. Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Cory Gardner (R-CO) is pushing back on the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed rules for hydraulic fracturing, saying that they represent a clear violation of state water laws. In a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Gardner urges him not to let the BLM duplicate existing state regulations or encroach on state water authority. Read more »

Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) along with other members of the House Committee on Ways and Means met with Members of the European Parliament Committee on International Trade to directly discuss trade issues, including the possibility of a transatlantic U.S.-European Union (EU) trade agreement. During the meeting, Smith stressed the importance of addressing agriculture trade barriers as part of any trade agreement with the EU. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Kristi Noem today was joined by South Dakota’s delegation, other upstream representatives, senators and governors in sending a letter to President Obama, Assistant Secretary of the Army Jo-Ellen Darcy and FEMA Administrator William Fugate expressing strong opposition to ongoing efforts to obtain an emergency declaration to increase water releases from the Missouri River to aid navigation on the Mississippi River. Because of drought-induced low water levels, efforts are underway to convince the Administration to unlawfully increase water releases from the Missouri River system of dams and reservoirs specifically to aid navigation on the Mississippi River. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 30, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s proposal to list the Lesser Prairie Chicken as threatened under the Endangered Species Act: Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On October 26, 2011 the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Paul Gosar’s (R-AZ) major job legislation, H.R. 1904 with bipartisan support. The Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011, facilitates a land exchange that will bring into federal stewardship 5,500 acres of high-priority conservation lands in exchange for 2,600 acres of national forest system. This exchange would then allow the largest copper mine in the country to proceed. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) and Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) today announced that they will be introducing a concurrent resolution in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax is not in the economic interest of the United States. Vitter and Pompeo are actively reaching out to colleagues of both parties to support the resolution. Read more »