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.
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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.
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For Immediate Release Date: July 31, 2017 Contact: Tanner Hanson Tanner.Hanson@mail.house.gov 42 Members of Congress Call on EPA to Scrap Obama-era CERCLA Rule Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Vice-Chairman for Policy and Appropriations Mark Amodei (NV-02),Western Western Caucus Members Congressman Trent Franks (AZ-08) and Congressman Andy Biggs (AZ-05), and the National Mining Association released the following statements after 42 Members of Congress s...
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Minnesota Mining Bill Rejecting Obama Administration Overreach Moves Forward For Immediate Release Date: July 27, 2017 Contact: Tanner Hanson Tanner.Hanson@mail.house.gov Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Chief Infrastructure and Forestry Officer Rep. Bruce Westerman (AR-04), Western Caucus member Rep. Tom Emmer (MN-06) and Chairman of Jobs for Minnesotans Nancy Norr released the following statements after a successful hearing in the House Committee on N...
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For Immediate Release Date: July 31, 2017 Contact: Tanner Hanson Tanner.Hanson@mail.house.gov Western Caucus Members Praise Budget Committee Resolution Rejecting Auction of PMA Transmission Assets Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Chief Rules Officer Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Western Caucus member Rep. Kurt Schrader (OR-05) and the American Public Power Association (APPA) released the following statements praising the House Budget Committee’s decision not to...
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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Executive Vice-Chairman Scott Tipton (CO-03), Chairman Emeritus Steve Pearce (NM-02), Chairman Emeritus Rob Bishop (UT-01), and Western Caucus Members David Valadao (CA-21), Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Kevin Cramer (ND-AL) and Liz Cheney (WY-AL) released the following statements after the Trump Administration announced a proposed rule to rescind a duplicative and job-killing Obama Administration Bureau of Land Management (BLM)...
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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Chairman Emeritus Steve Pearce (NM-02), Chief Forestry Officer Bruce Westerman (AR-04), and Western Caucus Members Markwayne Mullin (OK-02), Bill Flores (TX-17), Trent Franks (AZ-08), Jason Smith (MO-08), Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-05), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) released the following statements after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 2910, the Promoting Interagency Coordinat...
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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Executive Vice-Chairman Scott Tipton (CO-3), and Western Caucus Members Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), Andy Biggs (AZ-05), Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-05), Mike Johnson (LA-04), Blake Farenthold (TX-27), Randy Weber (TX-14), Jason Smith (MO-08), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statements after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 806, the Ozone Standards Implementation A...
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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Executive Vice-Chairman Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-03), Chairman Emeritus Rep. Rob Bishop (UT-01), Chairman Emeritus Rep. Steve Pearce (NM-02), and Western Caucus members Rep. Liz Cheney (WY-At Large) and Rep. Kevin Cramer (ND-At Large) released the following statements after Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke took action to ensure American energy dominance by directing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to hold quarterly ...
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For Immediate Release Date:6/30/17 Contact: Jeff Small Jeff.small@mail.house.gov 26 Bipartisan Members Urge Zinke and Perdue to Rescind 425,000-acre Mineral Withdrawal and Renew Leases in Minnesota Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Chief Infrastructure and Forestry Officer Rep. Bruce Westerman (AR-04), Western Caucus members Rep. Tom Emmer (MN-06) and Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), and Rep. Rick Nolan (MN-08) released the following statements after sending a bipa...
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