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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 »

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Lee Terry (R-NE) today released the following letter sent to the President congratulating him on his reelection but requesting that they work together to approve and support the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline: Read more »

WASHINGTON– Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01) joined with Congressman Jason Chaffetz (UT-03), Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) to issue a letter to the President addressing a recent proposal put for by the Outdoor Industries Association that requested the establishment of a new 1.4 million acre national monument in the state of Utah. Read more »

Washington, D.C., Nov 16 - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today decried the decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement costly and unnecessary air pollution controls at the AEPCO Apache Generating Station near Benson, the APS Cholla Power Plant near Joseph City, and the SRP Coronado Generating Station near St. Johns. The move by the EPA would require the installation of more than $500 million in equipment to regulate “regional haze,” or visibility at national parks and wilderness areas. These upgrades will do little to actually improve visibility. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Steve Scalise today released the following statement after the Department of Justice announced that it had reached a criminal settlement agreement with BP for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – In response to a letter sent to President Obama by outdoor retailers, Utah lawmakers Congressmen Jason Chaffetz and Rob Bishop, and Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee, sent a letter to the President opposing the idea of creating a national monument in Utah under the Antiquities Act. Read more »

Washington, D.C.– Congressman Steve Scalise today released the following statement after the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed plan for oil shale and oil sands leasing on Western lands. BLM published its proposal today, which will block off an additional 1.6 million acres of federal lands from leasing. Read more »