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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Idaho First District Congressman Raul Labrador today released a letter sent on June 27th to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Director Daniel Ashe detailing serious flaws Mr. Labrador and other Pacific Northwestern Members of Congress have uncovered regarding the proposed designation of critical habitat for caribou in northern Idaho. Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. – Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, is asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reconsider proposed guidelines that would ban the purchase of fresh white potatoes through the Women, Infants, and Children program (WIC). Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Montana's Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar urging them to open all available public land, as well as land currently enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), for emergency grazing. Many of Montana’s fires are impacting ranch and farmlands used for grazing. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –The House of Representatives passed legislation last night similar to a bill introduced by Alaskan Congressman Don Young that will make it easier for Alaskan transportation workers to enroll, activate, or renew their Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) cards. Read more »

Washington, D.C., Jun 29 - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today introduced the Phantom Fuel Reform Act (H.R. 6047) to reform an outrageous Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation that millions of dollars each year to the cost of energy production. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Youngjoined the House of Representatives today in passing the conference report (H.R. 4348) on a new 28-month Highway Bill. This legislation is critically important because it will fund federal highway, transit and highway safety programs through the end of fiscal year 2014. The House overwhelmingly passed this bipartisan legislation by a vote of 373 to 52. Read more »

Washington, DC (June 29, 2012)—Congressman Steve Pearce released the following statement after a bipartisan House majority approved a two-year Transportation Reauthorization bill. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Montana's Congressman, Denny Rehberg, worked with the full House Appropriations Committee to support efforts to provide necessary federal resources to address wild fires in the west. As fires ignite and spread throughout the Western United States, the federal government has an important role to play in supporting firefighting, prevention and suppression. The bill passed the full committee this week. Read more »

WASHINGTON– Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01) announced today that the conference committee for the transportation bill has agreed upon final legislation. The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) will likely be voted on in the House tomorrow. Congressman Bishop served on the conference committee, which was charged with finding common ground between the House and Senate versions of the legislation. Read more »

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Obama Administration issued the 2012-2017 offshore lease plan that closes 85 percent of America’s offshore areas to energy production. Read more »