Vice Chair Stauber's CRA Resolution to Nullify Biden's Mining Ban Passes Senate

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate adopted H. J. Res. 140, a Congressional Review Act resolution sponsored by Congressional Western Caucus Vice Chair Pete Stauber (MN-08), on a vote of 50-49. Following passage, Western Caucus Chair Celeste Maloy (UT-02) made this statement: “With the Senate's action today, the Republican Majority has sent twenty-three resolutions to…

Western Caucus Chair Maloy's Statement on USDA-Interior Memorandum of Understanding on Grazing

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chair Celeste Maloy (UT-02) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)  and Department of the Interior (DOI) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) about grazing on federal lands. "This memorandum will create a simpler permit application process that cuts…

Maloy, Wittman Applaud House Passage of Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Western Caucus Chair Celeste Maloy (UT-02) and Representative Rob Wittman (VA-01) released the following statements after today's 215-202 vote in the House of Representatives to pass H.R. 556, the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025. “The House just sent a clear message; hunters and anglers won’t be left…

Western Caucus Members Deliver: House Unanimously Passes Five Sponsored Bills

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, the House passed five bills championed by our Members:  H.R. 4386, the America the Beautiful Motorcycle Fairness Act - Rep. Tim Walberg (MI-05) H.R. 755, the Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025 - Rep. Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) H.R. 1945, the America’s National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark…

Chair Maloy Introduces Resolution to Restore Local Voices in Grand Staircase-Escalante Management

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Western Caucus Chair Celeste Maloy (UT-02) today introduced a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to reject the Biden administration's 2025 Resource Management Plan (RMP) for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, returning management of the monument to the 2020 RMP that was developed with the…

LaMalfa Applauds Interior Proposal to Restore Multiple-Use Land Management

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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statement supporting the U.S. Department of the Interior’s proposal to overturn the Biden Administration’s onerous conservation and landscape health rule.   “The Biden Administration’s conservation and landscape health rule was a disaster for rural economies across Western America,” said…

House Passes Maloy Legislation to Overturn Glen Canyon Restrictions

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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Members celebrated passage of H.J. Res. 60. This Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution, introduced by Executive Vice Chair Celeste Maloy (UT-02), overturns a Biden Administration rule banning the use of off-road vehicles and ATVs on 24 miles of road in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (NRA), home to Lake Powell in Utah and Arizona. The…

Newhouse, Hageman Request BLM Withdraw Western Solar Plan

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Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Representative Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) led nine additional Western Caucus members on a letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting the agency withdraw their proposed updated Western Solar Plan.   “The proposed Western Solar Plan is another Biden-Harris Administration policy that is detrimental to communities across the…

Newhouse Blasts BLM’s Western Solar Plan

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) released the following statement on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed updated Western Solar Plan. “Time and again the Biden-Harris Administration has created ways to undermine the multiple-use mandate for public lands and push unreliable intermittent renewable energy over traditional sources,” said…

Newhouse, Wyoming Delegation Blast Biden Administration's Latest Land Grab

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Representative Harriet Hageman (WY-AL), Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Senate Western Caucus Chair Emeritus John Barrasso (R-WY) released the following statements on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed Rock Springs Field Office resource management plan (RMP) and final…

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