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WASHINGTON D.C. – As President Obama becomes more determined to tap the nation’s emergency oil reserves, Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) is asking him to couple that policy with a long-term solution to counter market instability and rising gas prices. Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC –Congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S (R-AZ) released the following statement today upon the announcement that a contractor has been chosen to begin forest-thinning efforts as a part of the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI). Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today introduced H.R. 5791, the Emergency Water Supply Restoration Act which would ensure that state and local authorities are able to promptly make reasonable and necessary repairs to restore water supplies and infrastructure during a declared state of emergency. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Aiming to increase energy development by Alaska Native Corporations and American’s tribes, the House Natural Resources Committee today passed Alaskan Congressman Don Young’s legislation, H.R. 3973, the Native American Energy Act. Read more »

The House Natural Resources Committee today passed a trio of energy bills sponsored by Colorado Republicans to help increase domestic energy production. All three bills passed with bipartisan support. The bills will expand onshore energy production, lower gasoline prices and create new American jobs. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2012 - In the spirit of the House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative effort, the House Natural Resources Committee today passed three bills, with bipartisan support, to expand onshore energy production, lower gasoline prices and create new American jobs. Read more »

WASHINGTON– Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01), Chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, responded to comments made today by U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Ken Salazar that the DOI “want[s] companies to develop the tens of millions of acres they’ve already leased but have left sitting idle…”. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, as wildfires burn in Arizona, Congressman Paul Gosar D.D.S. (R-AZ) filed the “Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012” (H.R.5744), legislation intended to remove bureaucratic red tape that slows or restricts forest health projects. Read more »

Mesa, Arizona, May 14 - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today applauded the decision to uphold recreational shooting practices on the public lands included in the Sonoran Desert National Monument in Arizona. Read more »

Today, the House Subcommittees on Water and Power and National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands held a joint oversight field hearing in Montrose, Colorado entitled, “Logs in the Road: Eliminating Federal Red Tape and Excessive Litigation to Create Healthy Forests, Jobs and Abundant Water and Power Supplies.” Read more »