LaMalfa Applauds Interior Proposal to Restore Multiple-Use Land Management

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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statement supporting the U.S. Department of the Interior’s proposal to overturn the Biden Administration’s onerous conservation and landscape health rule.   “The Biden Administration’s conservation and landscape health rule was a disaster for rural economies across Western America,” said…

House Passes Maloy Legislation to Overturn Glen Canyon Restrictions

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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Members celebrated passage of H.J. Res. 60. This Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution, introduced by Executive Vice Chair Celeste Maloy (UT-02), overturns a Biden Administration rule banning the use of off-road vehicles and ATVs on 24 miles of road in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (NRA), home to Lake Powell in Utah and Arizona. The…

Newhouse, Hageman Request BLM Withdraw Western Solar Plan

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Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Representative Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) led nine additional Western Caucus members on a letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting the agency withdraw their proposed updated Western Solar Plan.   “The proposed Western Solar Plan is another Biden-Harris Administration policy that is detrimental to communities across the…

Newhouse Blasts BLM’s Western Solar Plan

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) released the following statement on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed updated Western Solar Plan. “Time and again the Biden-Harris Administration has created ways to undermine the multiple-use mandate for public lands and push unreliable intermittent renewable energy over traditional sources,” said…

Newhouse, Wyoming Delegation Blast Biden Administration's Latest Land Grab

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Representative Harriet Hageman (WY-AL), Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Senate Western Caucus Chair Emeritus John Barrasso (R-WY) released the following statements on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed Rock Springs Field Office resource management plan (RMP) and final…

Newhouse, Simpson Applaud Passage of Interior Appropriations Bill

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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Chairman Mike Simpson (ID-02) issued the following statements applauding passage of H.R. 8998, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2025. The legislation passed by a bipartisan…

Forum Highlights the Abuses of the Antiquities Act and its Impacts on Landowners

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Western Caucus hosted a forum titled, “Abuses of the Antiquities Act and Impacts on Landowners.” The forum was led by Vice Chair Celeste Maloy (UT-02) and included Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), and Representatives Cliff Bentz (OR-02) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01). “In its latest resource management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante…

Hageman, Western Caucus Members Demand Answers on Western Solar Plan

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Today, Representative Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) was joined by Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and six Caucus Members in expressing concerns over the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed revamp of the 2012 Western Solar Plan.   “President Biden is continuing his war on the American West with this latest attempt to prop up unreliable energy to the detriment of the…

House Passes Rep. Curtis Legislation to Overturn Illegal Conservation and Landscape Health Rule

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Today, Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Representative John Curtis (UT-03) released the following statements after passage of H.R. 3397, the Western Economic Security Today (WEST) Act. This bill will repeal the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Conservation and Landscape Health final rule and was introduced by Rep. Curtis. The legislation passed by a bipartisan vote of 212…

What They Are Saying: Industry Leaders Respond to the Biden Administration Locking Up America’s Public Lands

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Industry leaders and associations representing rural America released statements denouncing the Biden Administration’s recent Conservation and Landscape Health final rule from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). National Mining Association President & CEO Rich Nolan: “This rule flies in the face of the government’s legal obligation to manage public lands for…

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