WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Vice-Chairman for Indian Affairs and Oceans Don Young (AK-At Large), Chairman Emeritus Rob Bishop (UT-01), Chairman Emeritus Steve Pearce (NM-02), Chief Infrastructure and Forestry Officer Bruce Westerman (AR-04), Chief Defense and Interior Officer Chris Stewart (UT-02), Western Caucus members Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Aumua Amata Radewagen (AS-At Large), Tom Emmer (MN-06), Paul Cook (CA-08), Doug Lamborn (CO-05) and Tom McClintock (CA-04) released statements after the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 3990, the National Monument Creation and Protection Act, legislation that modernizes the Antiquities Act of 1906. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (LA-01), Western Caucus Executive Vice-Chairman Scott Tipton (CO-03), Chairman Emeritus Steve Pearce (NM-02), House Science, Space and Technology Chairman Lamar Smith (TX-21), and Western Caucus members… Read more »
Washington, D.C.– This morning - Thursday, October 5, 2017 at approximately 10:00 AM in HVC 110 Studio B of the House Recording Studio - Members of the Congressional Western Caucus will discuss the continued threat of catastrophic wildfires facing the nation this year and in years to come. Speakers will also be presenting pending and future legislative solutions to the crisis in the form of improved forest management and better funding allocation practices. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Executive Vice-Chairman Scott Tipton (CO-03), Chairman Emeritus Rob Bishop (UT-01), Chief Infrastructure and Forestry Officer Bruce Westerman (AR-04), Western Caucus members Greg Gianforte (MT-AT Large), Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Andy Biggs (AZ-05) and Tom Emmer (MN-06) and Vice-Chairman for Policy and Appropriations Mark Amodei (NV-02) released the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management and the Department of the Interior announced they are cancelling the proposed 10-million-acre mineral withdrawal in six Western states, and that the agencies are initiating action to overturn restrictive Sage Grouse regulations implemented by the Obama Administration: Read more »
Today, 17 Congressional Western Caucus Members released statements applauding Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney’s October 4, 2017 letter to Speaker Paul Ryan requesting that Congress pass forestry management reform and disaster relief packages. Read more »
Today, Congressional Western Caucus members released the following statements calling for bipartisan forestry reforms and active management in order to prevent catastrophic wildfires like those currently plaguing the nation: Read more »
The de facto Sage-Grouse listing and proposed 10 million-acre mineral withdrawal from the Obama Administration is the greatest threat to the livelihoods of Western communities,” said Chairman Gosar. “Removing or modifying overly restrictive ‘sagebrush focal areas,’ increasing livestock grazing, removing ‘hard triggers,’ allowing for new mineral leasing and working with local stakeholders are all commonsense activities when discussing an issue that impacts 11 western states and 67 million acres of total land. Today’s report from the Sage-Grouse Review Team is a step in the right direction. I am hopeful that these recommendations will result in substantive actions that unwind the political and job-killing Sage-Grouse policies implemented by the Obama Administration that have wreaked havoc on the West. Read more »
After eight years of regulatory misadventure and self-imposed economic slumber our nation—thanks to President Trump—is once again setting a course for sensible energy policy,” said Chairman Gosar. “It was clear that the Agreement represented a wealth transfer from the United States to other signatory countries—nearly two hundred of them who wouldn’t have had to alter their energy and emission habits in the slightest in order to benefit from sterilized U.S. energy and resource sectors. U.S. compliance would have come with a nearly trillion dollar price tag. Now that President Trump’s State Department has formally issued notice of withdrawal to the United Nations, we are well on our way to renewed energy supremacy and a policy playbook that for once does not intentionally cripple our companies and the families that rely on them. The message is clear: No more giving other nations a helping hand at the expense of the American worker. Read more »
The Obama Administration’s ONRR 2017 Valuation Rule was another misguided attack on affordable energy that would have caused significant harm to tribal, rural and Western economies. This burdensome new regulation would have bankrupt small businesses, discouraged responsible energy production and hit the pocketbooks of hard-working American families,” said Chairman Gosar. “Furthermore, the Obama-era Valuation Rule would have imposed unnecessary and costly new reporting requirements that would have siphoned important revenues from local community coffers and the U.S. Treasury, creating a problem where there wasn’t one and having the exact opposite effect of what the regulation intended. I applaud Secretary Zinke’s leadership and am grateful he took action to provide certainty for job creators and to protect good-paying careers that are the backbone of many of our communities. Read more »
Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Executive Vice-Chairman Scott Tipton (CO-03), Western Caucus members Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Ken Buck (CO-04), Greg Gianforte (MT-At Large) and Kevin Cramer (ND-At Large), and Executive Director of the American Stewards for Liberty Margaret Byfield released the following statements after 22 Members of Congress signed and sent a letter to President Trump requesting the Administration implement an Executive Order and three policies that will improve coordination between the federal government and local communities: Read more »
