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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Rick Berg today announced that he has sent a letter to House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner (R – Ohio), House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R – Virginia) and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R – California) to call for the prompt consideration of the House Farm Bill. Read more »

With over 900 wildfires burning throughout the United States, especially in Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico, Congressman Gosar is pleased to announce that on Friday, July 20 the House Natural Resource Committee will take up his Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012 (H.R. 5744). Read more »

As firefighters contain the historic wildfires in southeast Oregon, I wanted to take a moment to update you on the situation. I’d first like to offer thanks to the local citizens who banded together to protect their homes, ranches, and livelihoods by initially taking on these fires with limited resources. Read more »

FORT COLLINS, COLO. – Congressman Cory Gardner is calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to consider Larimer County’s request for additional disaster aid in the aftermath of the High Park Fire. Read more »

(Washington, DC)- Today, Congressman Steve Pearce voted in favor of H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012. The legislation, which preserves access to hunt and fish on federal lands, passed the House of Representatives today with bi-partisan support. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the middle of a swing through four counties in Eastern Oregon, Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) offered the following comments. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Youngreleased the following statement today praising the State of Alaska for its rejection of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) extension of the North American Emission Control Area (ECA) into the southeastern and southern coasts of Alaska. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4402, the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2012 by a bipartisan vote of 256 to 160. Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) introduced the legislation, which is his second bill to pass the House since he was elected in September 2011. He released the following statement. Read more »

Even as gas prices decline, we must not relent in our pursuit of free market energy solutions. Gas prices will continue to spike every few months as long as we refuse to increase supply to meet our energy needs. Moreover, $3.40 per gallon of gasoline – or even $3 per gallon – is too much. We must not let Obama off the hook for continuing to lock up over 90% of our energy resources. Read more »

Rep. Kristi Noem offered an amendment during Farm Bill debate to permanently establish an Office of Tribal Relations in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure the Secretary is advised on policy impacting Native Americans and Tribal access to USDA programs. This would not cost the federal government any additional money. Instead, it directs USDA to manage its… Read more »