Western Caucus Applauds Efforts to Unwind Obama Admin's Sage Grouse Land Grab
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Today, members of the Congressional Western Caucus released statements after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released an Environmental Impact Statement and related plan amendments that incorporate greater state and local input related to sage grouse conservation efforts. EPA Acts to End Coal Country Nightmare
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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. Caucus Kicks Off Bipartisan Endangered Species Act Modernization Package
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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. President Trump Pardons Hammonds
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Today, Members of the Congressional Western Caucus including Chairman Paul Gosar (AZ-04), House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01), House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden (OR-02), Chief Rules Officer Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Western Caucus Member Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) issued statements following the announcement of President Trump's decision to issue full pardons for Dwight and Steven Hammond of Oregon. House Passes Bill to Protect Pacific Northwest Fisheries
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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: Trump: 'I will be CANCELLING the Superior National Forest Mineral Withdrawal'
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Today, Members of the Congressional Western Caucus including Chairman Paul Gosar (AZ-04), Chief Infrastructure and Forestry Officer Bruce Westerman (AR-04) and Members Tom Emmer (MN-06) and Kevin Cramer (ND-At Large) released statements after President Trump announced at a rally last night in Duluth, Minnesota that he would be cancelling the Obama Administration's political mineral withdrawal in the Superior National Forest. Western Caucus Members Lead Charge on Oil and Gas Permitting Reform in the House
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Today, Members of the Congressional Western Caucus including Chairman Paul Gosar (AZ-04), Chairman Emeritus Steve Pearce (NM-02), House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) and Reps. John Curtis (UT-03), Liz Cheney (WY-At Large), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Kevin Cramer (ND-At Large) and Bill Johnson (OH-06) released statements following the introduction of bills by Pearce, Curtis and Cheney which would institute efficiency and streamlining reforms to oil and gas permitting. In Case You Missed It: Rep. Johnson's Amendment to Farm Bill Modernizing ESA Habitat Requirements Passes House
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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Member Mike Johnson (LA-04) released statements after his Amendment #94 to H.R. 2 - which would incentivize private conservation efforts to rehabilitate endangered species - passed the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives by unanimous voice vote last Friday In Case You Missed It: Rep. Banks' WOTUS Repeal Amendment Passes House Floor
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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. Job Creators & Western Caucus to Omnibus Negotiators: Job-Killing 2015 Ozone Rule Must Be Fixed Now
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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. Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
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