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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 »

Washington, D.C. (April 10, 2013) – Congressmen Steve Pearce and Cynthia Lummis, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Western Caucus, announced Wednesday that they would be introducing an educational component to the Western Caucus. Western Caucus University will cover a variety of issues that are critical to the West, such as energy development, modernizing the Endangered Species Act, and forest management best practices, among others. The first topic to be covered will be public lands, and the impact of federally owned land on the West. Co-Chairs Steve Pearce and Cynthia Lummis released the following statements regarding the launch: Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Cory Gardner (CO-04) is furious that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has improperly released private personal and business information to environmental groups. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Daines today introduced the Montana Land Sovereignty Act, which protects Montana lands from being unilaterally locked up by the President and ensures that Montanans have a voice in all new national monument designations. Read more »

Washington, DC- This week, a hearing regarding The Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2013, will be held by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The discussion draft will be considered at 10:30 a.m. in the Rayburn House Office Building on Thursday, April 11th. Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso and U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis, all R-Wyo., responded to a commitment made by Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar that his Department would not designate watersheds as Blueways without first receiving a letter of support from each state that is home to the watershed. Read more »

WASHINGTON –Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-03) issued this statement following the announcement that Harris Sherman, U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment, will be stepping down after four years. Read more »