WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Interior Appropriations Ranking Member David Joyce (OH-14) led 13 Members in sending a letter to U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Moore and Interior Secretary Haaland to demand an overdue report to Congress on 10-year contracting for aerial wildfire operators, as directed by the Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Vice Chair Pete Stauber (MN-08), and Vice Chair Bruce Westerman (AR-04) issued the following statements in response to the Biden Administration’s action to revoke existing mineral leases for the Twin Metals mine in Minnesota’s Superior National Forest:
“The Biden Administration is yet again talking out of both sides of… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) issued the following joint statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement that it will consider a case focused on the scope of the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS):
“We are heartened the Supreme Court will hear this crucially important case for… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Senate Western Caucus Chairman Steve Daines (MT) sent a letter urging Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to consider the “Western Conservation Principles” document developed by Members of the Congressional and Senate Western Caucuses as the Department develops the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife hosted a hearing on H. Res. 641, a resolution commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD). The bipartisan resolution, led by Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02), Vice Chair Bruce Westerman (AR-04), and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Congressional Western Caucus and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Republicans hosted a joint forum on rising American energy prices titled, “Holding the Biden Administration Accountable for Skyrocketing Prices & Failing Energy Policies.” The forum, hosted by Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Vice Chair & Ranking Member of the Oversight and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Rep. Russ Fulcher (ID-01), and Rep. Mike Simpson (ID-02) hosted a Congressional Western Caucus virtual forum titled, “Celebrating the Benefits of Domestic Mining in the Gem State.” The forum highlights the Idaho Cobalt Operations project in the Salmon-Challis National Forest, managed by Jervois Mining Ltd., which will be the first… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Western Caucus and House Natural Resources Republicans hosted a joint forum on the economic, national defense, and energy security benefits of mining in northern Minnesota and the development of the Twin Metals mine.
“This isn’t just about Minnesota, it’s about the whole country,” said Chairman Dan Newhouse… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Rep. Mike Simpson (ID-02), and Vice Chair Bruce Westerman (AR-04) led 19 Members in a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland regarding the Administration’s decision to update the greater sage-grouse land management plans coupled with their proposed mineral withdrawal of 10 million acres of federal lands in Idaho,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Matt Rosendale (MT-AL) introduced the Science-Based Grizzly Bear Management Act, a bill that would delist the grizzly bear from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) and Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE) and return management of the fully-recovered species to the states. Montana Governor Greg Gianforte recently petitioned to the U.S. Fish and… Read more »
