Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Chief Regulatory Reform Officer Andy Biggs (AZ-05), Chief Defense and Interior Officer Chris Stewart (UT-02), Chief Infrastructure and Forestry Officer Bruce Westerman (AR-04) and Western Caucus Members Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Brian Babin (TX-36) as well as Executive Director of the Grand Canyon River Outfitters Association John Dillon released statements after the Department of Interior - in response to a Caucus-led request made last Friday by 20 Members of Congress - moved to delay implementation of planned National Park Service franchise fee hikes in order to give additional review to their impact.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Chief Regulatory Reform Officer Andy Biggs (AZ-05) and Executive Director of the Grand Canyon River Outfitters Association John Dillon released statements after 20 Members of Congress led an effort to ensure the National Park Service sets fair franchise fees for outfitter, guide and other service-providers within National Parks.
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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Chief Regulatory Reform Officer Andy Biggs (AZ-05), Western Caucus Member Tom Emmer (MN-06) and the American Exploration & Mining Association released statements after Members of the Western Caucus led an effort supported by 30 Members of Congress and endorsed by dozens of business representatives, elected officials and resource experts requesting that the final composition of the 'critical minerals' list include aggregates, copper, molybendum, gold, zinc, nickel, lead, silver and certain fertilizer compounds additional to the 35 originally put in the draft list.
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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), House GOP Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Greg Walden (OR-02), House Committee on Natural Resources Chair Rob Bishop (UT-01), Chief Rules Officer Dan Newhouse (WA-04), and Western Caucus Members Kurt Schrader (OR-05), Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Greg Gianforte (MT-At Large) issued statements after H.R. 3144 - legislation sponsored by Rep. McMorris Rodgers that protects the operations of the four Lower Snake River Dams in accordance with the best available science - passed the House floor by a vote of 225-189.
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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway (TX-11), House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01), Executive Vice-Chairman Scott Tipton (CO-03), Chief Rules Officer Dan Newhouse (WA-04), House GOP Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), members of the Agriculture Committee Roger Marshall (KS-01), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Rick Crawford (AR-01) and Caucus members Ron Estes (KS-04), Mike Johnson (LA-04), Kevin Cramer (ND-At Large) and Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) issued statements after Chairman Conaway and the House Committee on Agriculture revealed the text of the Farm Bill this afternoon.
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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Chief Rules Officer Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Western Caucus Member Kurt Schrader (OR-05), as well as the American Public Power Association and representatives for the National Rural Electric Power Association and the Mid-West Electric Consumers Association released the following statements after 59 Members of Congress sent a letter requesting that the House Budget Committee reject proposals for the sale of the transmission assets of three of the Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as well as proposed changes to pricing structures of the PMAs.
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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (TX-21), House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Chairman Ken Calvert (CA-42), and Western Caucus Members Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Louie Gohmert (TX-01), and Markwanye Mullin (OK-02) issued statements in support of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt.
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Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Petroleum Institute, the National Association of Manufacturers, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Chief Rules Officer Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Chief Infrastructure and Forestry Officer Bruce Westerman (AR-04), Chairman Emeritus Steve Pearce (NM-02), and Western Caucus Members Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Louie Gohmert (TX-01), Greg Gianforte (MT-At Large), Brian Babin (TX-36), Tom Emmer (MN-06), and Bob Gibbs (OH-07) released statements calling on appropriations negotiators and Congressional leadership to include language to address the job-killing 2015 Obama-era Ozone rule and other Western Caucus priorities in the fiscal year 2018 omnibus funding bill.
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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Executive Vice-Chairman Scott Tipton (CO-03), Chief Rules Officer Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Chief Infrastructure and Forestry Officer Bruce Westerman (AR-04), Chief Regulatory Reform Officer Andy Biggs (AZ-05), Chairmen Emeritus Steve Pearce (NM-02) and Rob Bishop (UT-01), and Western Caucus Members Ralph Norman (SC-05), Jeff Denham (CA-10), Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03), Liz Cheney (WY-AL), Markwayne Mullin (OK-02), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Mike Johnson (LA-04), Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Tom Emmer (MN-06), Brian Babin (TX-36) released statements calling on Congress to act immediately to roll back the Obama Administration's Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule after the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the nationwide stay that was in effect for the regulation.
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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Chief Regulatory Reform Officer Andy Biggs (AZ-05), Western Caucus Members Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Roger Marshall (KS-01), and Representative David B. McKinley (WV-01) released statements after 44 Members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Appropriations Committee urging appropriators to reject a land grab provision proposed by Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) that would skirt normal permitting processes to prevent a 56-million-ton California sand and gravel mine from opening.
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