WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) hosted a forum titled, “The Importance of Hydropower for Rural Communities.” The forum featured Western Caucus Executive Vice Chair Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), and Western Caucus Members Russ Fulcher (ID-01), Cliff Bentz (OR-02), and Jim Baird (IN-04).
“It’s… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Industry leaders and associations representing rural America released statements in support of Chairman Newhouse’s introduction of H. Res. 339, a resolution expressing the sense of Congress that an “all of the above” energy plan is the most viable approach to American energy independence.
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) President Heather Reams: “Energy… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) led 30 Members of the Congressional Western Caucus in introducing a resolution expressing the sense of Congress that an “all of the above” energy plan is the most viable approach to American energy independence.
“In the United States, we produce energy cleaner and safer than anywhere else in the world, for traditional resources like… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and 29 Congressional Western Caucus Members urged their House colleagues to vote in support of H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, on the House floor. The legislation is a comprehensive solution to address the Biden Administration’s failed, anti-American energy policies.
“H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, will finally get… Read more »
Permitting Reform Makes the World a Safer Place
By Congressman Kevin Hern (OK-01)
Everyone’s talking about energy these days. Whether it’s the still-high price of gas or the many different alternative fuel sources celebrities are hawking – energy is on everyone’s minds. What it costs, how to access it, and what’s the newest thing.
Energy is as much a part of Oklahoma history as the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) hosted a forum titled, “Permitting Reform: Unleashing American Energy and the Path Forward.” The forum featured House Natural Resources Committee Chair and Western Caucus Vice Chair Bruce Westerman (AR-04) and Western Caucus Member Harriet Hageman (WY-AL).
“Time and again, I hear from my constituents in Central Washington—and in… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Congressional Western Caucus formally endorsed the House Republican energy package, H.R. 1, which reverses the energy crisis caused by the Biden Administration’s failed, anti-American energy policies.
“Time and time again, the Biden Administration has hampered American energy production while simultaneously begging our adversaries to increase their… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce hosted a field hearing in Midland, Texas, on the benefits, opportunities, and challenges to expanding American energy from the local energy community perspective. Congressional Western Caucus Vice Chairs John Curtis (UT-03) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) and Western Caucus Members Cathy McMorris Rodgers… Read more »
The Voice for Rural America is Louder Than Ever
By Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04)
Over the last two years, Americans have watched as the Biden Administration and Democrats in Congress recklessly spent trillions of dollars and led our country into a recession, punished the agriculture industry with unclear and ever-changing federal regulations, and tied the hands of our energy producers… Read more »
BRANDED: Protecting engines of energy and economic reliability
By Reps. Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Cliff Bentz (OR-02)
Hydropower is the oldest source of renewable energy in the United States and accounts for nearly a third of total U.S. renewable electricity generation. Hydroelectric dams play a critical role in the resiliency of the West’s electrical grid, the preservation of our… Read more »
