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WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Cory Gardner (R-CO) is pushing back on the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed rules for hydraulic fracturing, saying that they represent a clear violation of state water laws. In a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Gardner urges him not to let the BLM duplicate existing state regulations or encroach on state water authority. Read more »

Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) along with other members of the House Committee on Ways and Means met with Members of the European Parliament Committee on International Trade to directly discuss trade issues, including the possibility of a transatlantic U.S.-European Union (EU) trade agreement. During the meeting, Smith stressed the importance of addressing agriculture trade barriers as part of any trade agreement with the EU. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Kristi Noem today was joined by South Dakota’s delegation, other upstream representatives, senators and governors in sending a letter to President Obama, Assistant Secretary of the Army Jo-Ellen Darcy and FEMA Administrator William Fugate expressing strong opposition to ongoing efforts to obtain an emergency declaration to increase water releases from the Missouri River to aid navigation on the Mississippi River. Because of drought-induced low water levels, efforts are underway to convince the Administration to unlawfully increase water releases from the Missouri River system of dams and reservoirs specifically to aid navigation on the Mississippi River. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 30, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s proposal to list the Lesser Prairie Chicken as threatened under the Endangered Species Act: Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On October 26, 2011 the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Paul Gosar’s (R-AZ) major job legislation, H.R. 1904 with bipartisan support. The Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011, facilitates a land exchange that will bring into federal stewardship 5,500 acres of high-priority conservation lands in exchange for 2,600 acres of national forest system. This exchange would then allow the largest copper mine in the country to proceed. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) and Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) today announced that they will be introducing a concurrent resolution in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax is not in the economic interest of the United States. Vitter and Pompeo are actively reaching out to colleagues of both parties to support the resolution. Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Scott Tipton (CO-03) joined 54 of his House colleagues in a letter to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas and Ranking Member Collin Peterson to request the continuation of specialty crop research and pest management programs that impact almost half of the U.S. agriculture economy, including many Colorado farmers. The letter asks for the continuation of current specialty crop programs in any extension of the Farm Bill. Read more »

WASHINGTON– Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01) along with Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Steve Pearce (NM-02) today urged the House to consider energy development as a way to increase revenues without having to increase taxes on hard working Americans. Read more »

Washington, D.C.– Idaho's Congressional Delegation has released statements in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s final critical habitat designation for the southern Selkirk Mountains population of woodland caribou. Read more »

WASHINGTON– Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01) along with Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Steve Pearce (NM-02) today urged the House to consider energy development as a way to increase revenues without having to increase taxes on hard working Americans. Read more »