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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 »

Washington, D.C., Mar 14 - Today, Congressman Doc Hastings (WA-04) introduced three pieces of legislation important to Washington state that provide recreational access, tourism and fishing opportunities. The bills will be referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources, where Hastings serves as Chairman. All three of Hastings’ bills passed the House of Representatives with broad, bipartisan support in the 112th Congress (2011-2012), but the Senate failed to take a vote on the bills. Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representative Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) today announced the introduction of legislation with Rep. Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) to protect public power ratepayers from cost increases by increasing the sources from which public power entities may purchase energy for future needs. The bill, H.R. 1038 – the Public Power Risk Management Act, will eliminate red tape inadvertently imposed on public power entities by the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill in 2010. Read more »

Washington, DC- Today Congressman Kevin Cramer co-sponsored legislation, introduced by Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), reversing federal agency penalties against fracking related truck drivers. In 2012 the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued regulatory guidance requiring oil and sand delivery trucks to log “waiting time” as “on duty” time. Some stakeholders argue that, due to this new agency position, more drivers will be needed to complete the same task, negatively affecting public safety and infrastructure due to increased traffic. Read more »

Washington, D.C. (March 13, 2013) – As the U.S. Forest Service prepares for the start of fire season, they received bad news from the Senate Democrats today- another round of cuts were proposed in the Senate. The most recently proposed cuts come just weeks after the agency’s budget was affected by the 5% across-the-board cuts known as the sequester, which already posed significant threats to the agency’s ability to successfully fight wildfires in the upcoming year. Read more »