WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, the House Natural Resources Committee approved H.R. 3, the “Northern Route Approval Act” by a bipartisan vote of 24-17. This legislation would remove roadblocks to allow for the approval and construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline energy project. The bill was approved last week by the Energy and Commerce Committee with bipartisan support. Read more »
Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) today announced the re-introduction of his "Small Lands Tracts Conveyance Act" (H.R. 1633) to accelerate the process for transferring small parcels of federal land to local communities. Read more »
Washington, D.C. (April 23, 2013) – Last week, Senator Durbin (D-IL) and Congressman Holt (D-NJ) introduced a bill that would designate 9.1 million acres in Utah as wilderness . These 9.1 million acres, referred to as the ill-named Red Rock Wilderness Act, would designate large swaths of land as wilderness without the support of the people that actually live there. While we admire the Senator from Illinois and the Congressman from New Jersey for their efforts to involve themselves in the local land-use planning process, it is not their job to step on the people of Utah in the process. This bill does not have the support of any members of Utah’s Congressional delegation, the governor, or locally elected officials. Nevertheless, Eastern Democrats introduce this bill year after year, and it has become yet another example of Eastern Democrats viewing the West as their playground without any regard for the people who live there. Read more »
In 1973, I would guess that most car owners could recite their license plate number from memory. When the oil embargo struck, Americans faced a shortage of gasoline, leading to hour-long lines at gas stations where drivers could only fill up on certain days based on the last number of their license plate. Read more »
Washington, D.C. – TodayCongressman Kevin Cramer participated in a hearing for a bill designed to improve the permitting process for livestock grazing on public lands. The Grazing Improvement Act, cosponsored by Cramer, will grant greater economic certainty to ranchers and landowners by extending the longevity of grazing permits and decreasing the wait period for permit renewals. Read more »
Washington, D.C. (April 16, 2013) – Thursday, May 2, 2013, Congressional Western Caucus Co-Chairmen Steve Pearce (R-NM) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), along with the Colorado Members of the Congressional Western Caucus will hold a hearing entitled “Seeking State Solutions: Forest Health, Wildfires, and Habitat Protection” in Denver, CO. Read more »
Washington, D.C. – TodayCongressman Kevin Cramer discussed the economic value of approving the Keystone XL pipeline at a hearing on the Northern Route Approval Act. The bill, co-sponsored by Congressman Cramer, would eliminate the need for Presidential approval and allow completion of the Keystone XL pipeline on its many merits including the final environmental impact study conducted by the Secretary of State. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Daines today testified before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environment Regulation on the Montana Land Sovereignty Act, a bill recently introduced by Daines to prevent the President from designating new national monuments in Montana without Congressional approval and local input. Read more »
Washington, DC- Congressman Kevin Cramer (R-ND) submitted testimony in support of the Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2013, which was heard by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. The Act would create a state permit process for combustion coal residuals (also referred to as CCRs, coal ash, or fly ash) and set minimal federal standards for the states to follow. Read more »
Washington, D.C. (April 11, 2013) – President Obama released his budget Wednesday, which included $1.1 trillion in new tax revenues over the next 10 years, an additional $8.2 trillion in debt during the same period, and countless new bureaucratic hurdles for small businesses to leap through. Congressional Western Caucus Co-Chairs Steve Pearce (R-NM) and Cynthia Lummis (R-NM) released the following statements in response to the President’s budget: Read more »
