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Washington, D.C. – Rep. Kristi Noem today sent a letter to President Obama to seek his assistance in building a stronger bipartisan coalition in the U.S. House for a Farm Bill. Read more »

August 16, 2012 - Washington—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Representatives Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) today announced the U.S. Forest Service will resume its nighttime firefighting program to battle out-of-control wildfires in Southern California. Previously, the Forest Service restricted aerial firefighting operations to daylight hours only. Read more »

It’s no secret that things in Washington, D.C. are a mess. What’s less commonly understood is that, while the gridlock between Republicans and Democrats grabs headlines, for Montana the bigger conflicts arise between rural and urban interests. Read more »

ANCHORAGE, AK – Alaskan Congressman Don Youngtoday challenged Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 Administrator Dennis McLerran’s claim that the federal agency had received “well over 90 percent” support for the agency’s Draft Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – The House today reauthorized critical livestock disaster assistance programs for drought-stricken producers in South Dakota and across the nation. Rep. Kristi Noem joined a bipartisan majority of her colleagues in voting to reauthorize these programs by a vote of 223-197. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Montana's Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today voted for H.R. 6233 the Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act, which reauthorizes disaster assistance programs that expired at the end of the 2011 fiscal year. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) supported a plan passed by the House today to extend lapsed disaster relief for ranchers recovering from devastating wildfires in eastern Oregon. Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. - Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, helped pass legislation in the House of Representatives to limit onerous EPA fuel storage regulations for small agriculture producers that are too costly and unnecessary. The Rehberg-sponsored Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship (FUELS) Act passed the House this week. The bill would modify the over-burdensome regulations in the Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) program. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Youngspoke on the House floor last night in support of H.R. 1171, the Marine Debris Act Amendments of 2012 – a bipartisan bill that ultimately passed the House by voice vote. This important piece of legislation will appropriate $4.9 million annually to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for marine debris reduction activities through FY 2015. Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC—Within the Clean Air Act’s Accidental Release section, there is a broad and confusing provision known as the “General Duty Clause.” This clause states that facilities using or possessing chemicals—such as oil and gas producers, refineries, chemical manufacturers and others—have a “general duty” to identify hazards which may result from a chemical release and to take “necessary steps” to prevent such releases. Read more »