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On Tuesday, the House of Representatives is expected to consider a bill introduced by Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO-05), H.R. 1965, the Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act of 2013. This legislation would protect and expand onshore American energy production and create new American jobs by streamlining government red-tape and regulations. Lamborn introduced this bill in May and has been… Read more »

WASHINGTON– Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01), Chairman of the House Natural Resources Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee, and Congressman Jason Chaffetz (UT-03) today responded to the Bureau of Land Management’s announcement that it will defer an additional 99,960 acres of land in Southern Utah from its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) today encouraged Nevadans to make their voices heard by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) during two important public comment periods. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Steve Scalise today issued the following statement after the EPA proposed 2014 renewable fuel volume requirements. Read more »

Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) issued the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency proposed scaling back the amount of renewable fuels blended into gasoline for 2014: Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) questioned Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy at a Science Committee hearing onStrengthening Transparency and Accountability at the EPA. Neugebauer pressed McCarthy for answers on rulemaking for new power plants under the Clean Air Act. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Jason Chaffetz (UT-03) and Rob Bishop (UT-01), Chairman of the House Natural Resources Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee, responded today to the Bureau of Land Management’s announcement that it will defer an additional 99,960 acres of land in Southern Utah from its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, the House Natural Resources Committee passed Rep. Scott Tipton’s (R-CO) Water Rights Protection Act (H.R.3189) with bipartisan support, clearing the effort to protect privately-held water rights from federal takings for a vote in the House of Representatives. Read more »

U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) and Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) today led a meeting with top officials at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—including Deputy Commissioner Mike Taylor—to voice continued concerns about draft water quality rules that could put many farmers out of business in the Northwest and nationwide. The FDA agreed to work to address concerns of growers, and to provide an additional opportunity for farmers to give input prior to the rules being finalized. Read more »

Congressman Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has released a bi-partisan letter asking House Ways and Means Committee Chairman David Camp, R-Mich., to allow the wind production tax credit (PTC) to expire at the end of 2013 under current law and not to include an extension of the PTC in tax reform or tax extenders legislation. Read more »