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Washington, DC – Today, the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an Oversight Hearing and a Legislative Hearing on a number of bills, including Congressman Kevin Cramer’s bill H.R. 767 that modifies the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Read more »

Washington, DC – Congressman Kevin Cramer met with representatives of Statoil, a Norwegian Energy Company with worldwide oil and gas operations. Statoil is a recent investor in the Bakken and Three Forks tight oil plays, operating multiple rigs in the Williston Basin. Statoil also has operations in the Marcellus and Eagle Ford plays. Meeting with the Congressman were Executive Vice President for North America Bill Maloney, Vice President of U.S. Government Affairs Jan Karlsen and Senior Director of Government Affairs Michael Olsen. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Kristi Noem announced today that she has joined a bipartisan group of House members in cosponsoring legislation to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline by taking the approval out of President Obama’s hands. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – March 12th 2013 – Today, Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) introduced H.R. 1097 Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2013. Read more »

WASHINGTON – Representative Lee Terry (R-NE) today made the following statement with bipartisan, bicameral leaders after introducing legislation in the House of Representatives that declares no Presidential permit shall be required to build the Keystone XL pipeline: Read more »

This week further information has been leaked about President Obama and his Council on Environmental Quality’s plans to instruct each federal agency to consider  “global climate change” before approving major federal projects.  Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01), Chairman of the Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee, which oversees the National… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Daines today announced that he has joined a bipartisan group of House members in introducing legislation to expeditiously move forward the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline by taking the approval out of President Obama’s hands. Read more »

Washington, D.C. (March 14, 2013) – After the-sky-is-falling proclamations from the Obama Administration that sequestration would harm National Parks, delay oil and gas permits, and cost jobs in the Department of the Interior, Senate Democrats this week introduced a FY13 spending bill that would impose further cuts to the Parks, severely curtail funds to fight wildfires, and reduce resource development dollars used for permitting. In both the FY13 Continuing Resolution (CR) and in the FY14 budget proposal, Senate Democrats prioritized new land acquisition over protecting and efficiently operating our current federal estate. Read more »

Washington, DC- Today, Congressman Kevin Cramer (R-ND) submitted into the Congressional Record, the recently released North Dakota Petroleum Council Economic Impact Study conducted by North Dakota State University’s Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics. The oil and gas industry contributed more than $30.4 billion to the economy of North Dakota and added nearly 60,000 jobs in the state in 2011. Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) joined other members of Congress yesterday to speak with Fish & Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe about the proposal to list the Lesser Prairie Chicken as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. Listing the Lesser Prairie Chicken as “threatened” would place significant restrictions on activities on both public and private land. Read more »