News List

WASHINGTON (November 13, 2013)—The U.S. Travel Association announced Wednesday that the Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act, H.R. 1354, has surpassed 100 co-sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives, split almost exactly between the two major political parties. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar (AZ-04) issued the following statement regarding his major jobs and conservation legislation, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 (H.R. 687), which was calendared but not voted on today: Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Senate Western Caucus Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) and Congressional Western Caucus co-chairs Stevan Pearce (R-NM) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined 27 other Caucus Members in calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop circumventing Congress in an effort to implement job-crushing policies that would essentially take over non-federal water in the United States. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Daines has called on the Natural Resources Committee to hold a hearing for his legislation that would grant Montana’s Little Shell Tribe with long-overdue federal recognition. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today Congressman Kevin Cramer reiterated to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack the need for immediate USDA action to resolve delays and inconsistent grain inspections caused by labor strikes in the Pacific Northwest. Read more »

Washington, DC (November 8, 2013) – Today, U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce commented on the ongoing Farm Bill Conference, where the House and Senate are working to resolve differences between their respective versions of the Farm Bill. Earlier this year, Pearce submitted an amendment which was attached to the Farm Bill which protects jobs by requiring a study of the economic impact and effectiveness of existing programs to protect the Lesser Prairie Chicken. Read more »

Every lawmaker representing Washington, Oregon, and Idaho urged the U.S. Energy Department to maintain an independent Bonneville Power Administration that puts Northwest power users first, in a bipartisan letter to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz sent today. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced that it will hold a public hearing in Dare County – requested by Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and Senators Richard Burr and Kay Hagan – regarding a proposed marine critical habitat designation for loggerhead sea turtles. The proposed rule would designate a significant area off the coast of North Carolina’s Outer Banks as critical for loggerhead turtles. Read more »

WASHINGTON— Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01), Chairman of the House Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee, today released a statement regarding President Barack Obama’s official nomination of Neil Kornze as Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Kornze has been serving as Interim Director since the departure of Director Mike Pool. Read more »

Washington, DC (November 7, 2013) – Today, U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce and Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham commended the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to allow ranchers to return cattle to grazing leases on one allotment in the state, and to partner with the New Mexico Range Improvement Task Force to review data to make a decision on the remaining allotments. Read more »