Today, Members of the Congressional Western Caucus released statements regarding this week’s full committee hearing and markup on the Caucus’ bipartisan Endangered Species Act modernization package in the House Natural Resources Committee, during which four of those bills passed the Committee. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, members of the Congressional Western Caucus released the following statements after 40 Members of the House sent a bipartisan letter to the Farm Bill Conference Committee urging them to include important forestry provisions in the final conference report Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, members of the Congressional Western Caucus released the following statements calling for full repeal of the Obama Administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule through the final conference report of the Farm Bill or through the passage of the Department of the Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act of 2019 Read more »
Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul Gosar (AZ-04), Chief Infrastructure and Forestry Officer Bruce Westerman (AR-04), and Chief Rules Officer Andy Biggs (AZ-05), and Western Caucus Members Frank Lucas (OK-03) and Tom Emmer (MN-06) released the following statements after the Trump Administration canceled the Obama Administration’s proposed land grab in Northern Minnesota. Read more »
Western Caucus released the following statements after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule to replace the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan. Read more »
Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after the National Park Service’s (NPS) decision to cancel solicitation contracts that would have imposed exorbitant fees on guides and outfitters that provide whitewater rafting trips within Grand Canyon National Park and instead decided to extend existing contracts for one year: Read more »
Recently, the Western Caucus unveiled a bipartisan package aimed at modernizing the Endangered Species Act (ESA) at a legislative forum and press conference. This impressive slate of nine bills has received endorsements from more than 115 organizations. Read more »
Today, the Western Caucus released statements after H.R. 6147, the Department of the Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act of 2019, passed the House of Representatives. Read more »
Western Caucus released a statement after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Fisheries published three proposed rules to improve & modernize the Endangered Species Act Read more »
Today, Members of the Congressional Western Caucus including Chairman Paul Gosar (AZ-04), Executive Vice Chairman Scott Tipton (CO-03), House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) Chief Infrastructure and Forestry Officer Bruce Westerman (AR-04), Chief Regulatory Reform Officer Andy Biggs (AZ-05), Chairman Emeritus Steve Pearce (NM-02), Vice-Chairman for Indian Affairs and Oceans Don Young (AK-At Large), House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden (OR-02) and Western Caucus Members Debbie Lesko (AZ-08), Mike Johnson (LA-04), Ralph Norman (SC-05), Greg Gianforte (MT-At Large), Markwayne Mullin (OK-02), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Kevin Cramer (ND-At Large), Ron Estes (KS-04), Roger Marshall (KS-01) and Doug Collins (GA-09) released statements after Members of Congress introduced a bipartisan slate of nine bills enjoying over 115 endorsing national and regional organizations - dubbed the "Western Caucus Endangered Species Act Modernization Package" - which delivers broad and long-overdue improvements to the underlying Act. Read more »
