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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) today announced he has urged the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to extend their comment period for their draft proposal for sage-grouse management. Read more »

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) will deliver the Republican Address to the Nation following the State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 28, 2014. Now in her fifth term representing Washington’s Fifth District, McMorris Rodgers hails from a farming family with deep roots in Eastern Washington, where she grew up working with her parents and brother at their orchard and fruit stand in Ket... Read more »

Bakersfield, CA - Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21), Congressman Kevin McCarthy (CA-23), and Congressman Devin Nunes (CA-22) are developing emergency drought legislation to provide necessary water supplies throughout the state and the Central Valley. The three Congressmen were joined by Speaker of the House John Boehner Wednesday afternoon to announce their legislative proposal to provide immediate relief from the ongoing drought in California. Read more »

DURANGO, CO—Today, Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO) issued the following statement on Interior Secretary Sally Jewell’s visit to Craig, CO as she weighs potential endangered species listings for the Greater Sage Grouse and Gunnison Sage Grouse. Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC—On Thursday, South Carolina Congressman Jeff Duncan reintroduced The Energy Exploration and Production to Achieve National Demand (EXPAND) Act. Duncan’s legislation (HR 3895) is an all-of-the-above energy plan that creates a market based energy strategy for the United States. Read more »

WASHINGTON— The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014. The budget resolution passed by both the House and Senate in early December established an agreement to work toward a bipartisan appropriations bill that would fund the operations of the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2014. Congressman Bishop (UT-01) joined with the entire Utah congressional delegation in support of the measure, which passed with 359 votes. Read more »

WASHINGTON—Rep. Scott Tipton voted against consolidated appropriations legislation in the House that excluded funding for the Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes (PILT) program on which many Western counties rely to provide essential services. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Steve Daines today secured a commitment from the United States Forest Service that funds allocated to Montana counties through the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program will not be subjected to sequester cuts in 2014. Read more »

WASHINGTON—Today, during a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) decision-making process, Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO) shined light on numerous concerns with the proposed ESA listing of the sage grouse. Read more »

Washington, DC- A new study released today takes a deep dive into what energy exploration off the Atlantic coast would mean for South Carolina. The study’s findings: more jobs, more investment, and more revenue. If the federal government would allow South Carolina to pursue energy exploration off its coast the state could expect over 35,500 jobs, $2.7 billion in annual economic activity, and potentially $3.7 billion in cumulative state revenue by 2035. Read more »