Western Caucus Members Attend Field Tour in Montana

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Last week, Western Caucus Vice Chair Ryan Zinke (MT-01) hosted Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), seven additional Western Caucus Members and over 20 Congressional staff and stakeholders for a field tour focused on access to public lands, the urgent need to mitigate wildfire risk and challenges with the Endangered Species Act (ESA). “One of the main missions of the Congressional Western…

Chairman Newhouse Amendment Halts Rules Harmful to Rural and Western America

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Today, Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) offered an amendment to the Interior and Environment Appropriations bill to prevent the U.S. Forest Service’s draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the National Old-Growth Amendment from being finalized, and to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for particulate matter from going…

Western Caucus Members Fight to Nullify Old-Growth Forest Plan Proposal

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Executive Vice Chair Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), and Vice Chair Tom Tiffany (WI-07) introduced legislation to nullify President Biden’s Executive Order 14072 and prevent the U.S. Forest Service from finalizing the Old-Growth Amendment Plan’s draft Environmental Impact Statement. “Forest management activities…

Chairman Newhouse Leads Bill Protecting American Lands from Chinese Communist Party

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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) introduced the No American Land for Communist China Act to prevent the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from purchasing any land adjacent to federal land.   “The Chinese Communist Party is at our doorstep, and we best not let them in,” said Chairman Newhouse. “I have been closely watching the rise in cases of the CCP’s…

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…

Western Caucus Members Visit Lake Tahoe for Forestry Field Tour

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Last week, the Western Caucus Foundation hosted a Field Tour and Policy Discussion in Lake Tahoe with four Congressional Western Caucus Members, congressional staff, and stakeholders. Members attending included Representatives Kevin Kiley (CA-03), Cliff Bentz (OR-02), Jerry Carl (AL-02), and Tom McClintock (CA-05). In total, 22 Congressional offices and committees…

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…

Western Caucus Members Blast the Biden Administration’s Decision to Lock Up America’s Public Lands

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Western Caucus Members responded to the Biden Administration’s recent Conservation and Landscape Health final rule from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This rule violates the multiple-use mandate established by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and is a direct threat to rural America. "This devastating decision threatens the western way of life…

Chairman Newhouse, Chair Lummis Denounce Biden Administration’s Conservation and Landscape Health Final Rule

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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statements on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Conservation and Landscape Health final rule. This rule contradicts Congressional intent under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976 by elevating conservation as an eligible…

Western Caucus Members Demand the EPA Withdraw Pesticide, Herbicide Proposals

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Western Caucus Vice Chair Bruce Westerman (AR-04) and Rep. Jim Baird (IN-04) led a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan demanding the EPA withdraw the Vulnerable Species Pilot Project and Draft Herbicide Strategy Framework, renegotiate the Stipulated Settlement Agreement,…

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