Today, Members of the Congressional Western Caucus including Chairman Paul Gosar (AZ-04), Chief Rules Officer Dan Newhouse (WA-04), House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01), Vice-Chairman for Indian Affairs and Oceans Don Young (AK-At Large), Western Caucus Members Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) and Kurt Schrader (OR-05) along with numerous local and national stakeholders issued statements after the House passed H.R. 2083, the Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act, by a bipartisan vote of 288-116: Read more »
Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04) and Western Caucus Member Jim Banks (IN-03) released statements after Congressman Banks' Amendment #16 to H.R. 2 - which would repeal the 'Waters of the United States' rule issued by the Obama Administration - passed the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote of 238-173. Read more »
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. Read more »
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. Read more »
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. Read more »
Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), House Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden (OR-02), Executive Vice-Chairman Scott Tipton (CO-03), and Western Caucus Members Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Ralph Abraham (LA-05) and Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) issued statements after passage of H.R. 3043, the Hydropower Policy Modernization Act on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Read more »
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), Chairman Emeritus Steve Pearce (NM-02), Chief Forestry Officer Bruce Westerman (AR-04), GOP Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) and Western Caucus members Rep. Tom Emmer (MN-06), Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO-05),… Read more »
Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Chairman Emeritus Rep. Rob Bishop (UT-01) and Western Caucus members Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-04) and Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO-05) released the following statements after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 1654, the Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act, sponsored by Rep. Tom McClintock, by a… Read more »
