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WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives has passed by voice vote Congressman Cynthia Lummis’ (R-Wyo) amendment to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), legislation passed in 1980 to reimburse individuals who otherwise could not afford to legally pursue claims against the government. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Small Business Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, under the chairmanship of Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO), today held a hearing on the impact of foreign sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures on small family farms and agriculture exports. SPS measures are non-tariff food requirements from foreign nations intended to protect the health and safety of their populations and environments. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. —A staunch advocate of a balanced all-of-the-above American energy plan, Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO) has cosponsored a measure (H.R. 6154) introduced by Reps. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Mike Thompson (D-CA), that would encourage the development of renewable energy resources on public lands by streamlining the permitting process. Read more »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis joined 252 members of the U.S. House in passing a replacement for President Obama’s weak offshore drilling plan proposed this past June. Read more »

(Click Here to Watch the Floor Speech) (Remarks Delivered on the House Floor, July 24, 2012) “Thank you Mr. Chairman, and thanks Natural Resources Committee for their hard work on this issue.” “As my good friend, Jeff Landry, the Congressman from Louisiana reminds us, ‘DRILLING=JOBS.’” “And Republicans have a job plan for creation in… Read more »

Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) today voted to replace President Obama’s restrictive energy plan on America’s outer continental shelf with a more robust plan to access American energy supplies. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Montana's Congressman, Denny Rehberg, this week introduced legislation with Rep. Lee Terry to expedite work on the Keystone Pipeline, which would create 1,200 private sector jobs in Montana. H.R. 6164 permits work to begin on the northern portion of the pipeline, while environmental assessment continues in Nebraska. In March, the Obama Administration approved work on southern portions of the privately funded infrastructure project, but nothing north of Nebraska. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Congressmen Paul Gosar (R-AZ) announced he has cosponsored the Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act (H.R.3308)introduced by fellow freshman Congressman Mike Pompeo (R-KS). H.R. 3308 will reduce government interference in the energy sector by repealing all energy tax credits. Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. – Last week, Congressman Cory Gardner (R-CO) was stunned by objections from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to legislation that would increase state control over forest management decisions in high-risk areas, like those infected by the bark-beetle epidemic. Specifically, the legislation that BLM objects to would allow governors and state officials the ability to more efficiently remove beetle-killed trees that lead to unhealthy forests and add fuel to wildfires. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today urged House leadership to make passage of the 2012 farm bill a priority prior to the August District Work Period. Last week, the House Agriculture Committee passed their version of the farm bill, H.R. 6083, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARMM) Act, with strong bipartisan support, approving the measure 35-11. With the current farm bill expiring at the end of September, the new measure contains much-needed disaster relief for Montana producers. Read more »