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Congressman Kevin Cramer (R-ND) sits down with Robert Trayham from Comcast Newsmakers to discuss energy security in America and how economic success in North Dakota serves as a model for the nation. Read more »

Washington, D.C. (February 28, 2013) – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Director Dan Ashe sent a letter yesterday to a group of 15 Western Members of Congress who previously expressed concern with the potential listing of the lesser prairie chicken as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In the letter, Director Ashe stated that the public comment period would be re-opened to allow affected communities more time to comment on the widely supported conservation plan proposed by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA). Western Members of Congress released the following statements in response to the letter: Read more »

Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) delivered the keynote address at the annual convention of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration in Denver this week. The Denver-based group hosted thousands of mining executives and engineers at its annual meeting. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today after Shell Oil announced it would put a pause on offshore Alaska exploration in 2013: Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Daines today called on leaders of the House Agriculture Committee to quickly move forward consideration of a five-year Farm Bill. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Idaho First District Congressman Raúl Labrador today introduced Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter and Chairman Silas Whitman, from the Nez Perce Tribe, at the House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation oversight hearing about state forest management. The focus of the hearing was on the future success of these forest lands and how the states can sustainably manage their forests. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Walter Jones (NC-3) reintroduced H.R. 819 - the Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act. The bill is tentatively scheduled for a hearing before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation on March 14th. Congressman Jones introduced the bill in the last Congress and it passed the House of Representatives, but the Senate version failed to make it out of committee. Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Tipton (CO-03) has reintroduced his legislation to prevent catastrophic wildfire by restoring forests to a healthy natural state through more proactive, localized management. The Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act (H.R. 818), which received broad community support last year, has momentum out of the gate this Congress with key Western Members signing on as original co-sponsors. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), Gene Green (D-TX), Tom Reed (R-NY) and Jim Costa (D-CA) today announced an expanded, four-member leadership team for the Congressional Natural Gas Caucus, a bipartisan effort to educate Members of Congress and the American people about the importance of natural gas as a domestic energy resource, its role in meeting the nation's energy demand and in attaining energy security. Read more »

Washington - U.S. Representative K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas), chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, has asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for answers on how the U.S. Agriculture Department plans to implement its sequester cuts. Read more »