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WASHINGTON—Illustrating the urgent need to address ongoing criminal activity occurring on federally owned and managed land located along the U.S. border, Congressman Bishop (R-UT) recently delivered the following remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Rick Berg condemned President Obama for waging a “personal campaign” against Senate John Hoeven’s proposal to grant Congress authority to approve the permit for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held a legislative hearing on four bills. At the hearing, Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) took the opportunity to question Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Michael Pool about the recent discovery of credit card abuse and possible time-card fraud by Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employees in the West. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –During today’s House Natural Resources Committee hearing on the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) FY 2013 funding request, Alaskan Congressman Don Young used his time to ask CEQ Chair Nancy Sutley about her agency’s funding sources as well as the Obama Administration’s National Ocean Policy. Read more »

Washington, DC (March 7, 2012) Today, Congressman Steve Pearce voted in favor of H.R. 2842, The Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2011. The legislation passed the House of Representatives today. Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC –Congressman Paul Gosar D.D.S (R-AZ), issued the following statement on the House floor today in support of the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2011 (H.R. 2842), a bill he put forth alongside Congressman Tipton to spur rural economic development and increase expand production of clean, renewable hydropower by removing bureaucratic over regulation. Read more »

Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) today told C-SPAN viewers that more domestic energy production is the long term key to lowering energy costs in America. Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, the Congressional Western Caucus held a bicameral hearing entitled “Washington Barriers to Prosperity and Property Rights in the West.” U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S. (R-AZ) and Mohave County Supervisor Buster Johnson participated in the hearing denouncing the Obama Administration’s numerous efforts to stifle the use of natural resources for job creation throughout Arizona. Read more »

(LONE TREE, CO) - U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement regarding President Barack Obama's energy speech today in Florida. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Representative Kristi Noem (R-SD) joined two of her colleagues on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor questioning the agency’s decision-making process as they revise labor regulations for youth hired as farm workers. Read more »