Last week, a bipartisan coalition introduced H.R. 3794, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act. As support continues to grow for this legislation, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a legislative hearing on the bill today. Robert Lovingood, National Association of Counties: "While federal lands come with opportunities that contribute to our local economy, these opportunities also add pressure to local infrastructure and services, including roads, bridges, emergency search a...
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Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after the Democrat-led House Committee on Natural Resources rammed through three partisan bills that attack American energy and national security: "Democrats continue to put the interests of well-funded environmental extremists above the interests of the American people. H.R. 1373, a million-acre land grab, is an attack on my district and opposed by the people in my district. This bill will kill jobs, harm loc...
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50 Members of Congress and stakeholders throughout the country sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump urging him to take to take action to protect our national security interests by combating our foreign dependence on uranium.
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Members of the Western Caucus released the following statements after sending a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and letter urging further investigation of an Obama administration scandal-plagued land grab in northern Minnesota:
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Members of the Congressional Western Caucus released statements in response to House passage of H.R. 3055, legislation that attempts to fund the Commerce-Justice-Science, Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, and Transportation-Housing and Urban Development appropriations bills for fiscal year 2020
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Members of the Senate and Congressional Western Caucus released statements praising action by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to replace the Clean Power Plan (CPP) with the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule.
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Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA) has proposed an amendment #90 to the first House minibus appropriations bill (H.R. 2740) that would block funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to finalize an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska. The proposed amendment represents the second time federal policymakers have attempted to side-step regular order for consideration of the proposed mine under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) – which is often referred to as the ‘Magna Carta of environmental law’. Previously, the Obama Administration’s EPA took the unprecedented step of issuing a preemptive veto for the project before project sponsors had even submitted an application or otherwise provided details regarding the proposed mine.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, members of the Western Caucus and local stakeholders released statements calling out House Natural Resources Democrats on their Antiquities Act and land grab hearing.
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