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WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Cory Gardner (R-CO) has introduced a bill that would make it easier for mutual ditch and irrigation companies to do business by reforming an outdated provision in the tax code. This change will help farmers and ranchers retain stock in these companies and result in better maintained water infrastructure. Read more »

Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) spoke on the House Floor today in support of a bill to protect American jobs and U.S. energy production from the Obama Administration's War on Coal. Read more »

COLO. – Known as a champion for agriculture, Congressman Cory Gardner (R-CO) was honored to earn the “Friend of Farm Bureau” Award this week, which is given out by the American Farm Bureau. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Tomorrow, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ) will be putting forth two amendments to the Stop the War on Coal Act (H.R. 3409) that are aimed at protecting rural Arizona’s four coal-fired power plants: Navajo Generating Station (NGS) near Page, Coronado Generating Station (CGS) near St. Johns, the Cholla Power Plant near Joseph City, and the Apache Generating Station (AGS) near Willcox. Read more »

WASHINGTON– Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act [H.R. 6060], which modifies the Department of Interior’s Recovery and Implementation Program. This legislation, authored by Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01), will help protect and recover four endangered fish species while ensuring that water resources from the Colorado River continue to supply vital water and power resources to homes and businesses. Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, the House of Representatives passed HR 1461, the Mescalero Apache Tribe Leasing Authorization Act introduced by Congressman Steve Pearce. The legislation authorizes the Mescalero Apache Tribe to lease, contract, or transfer adjudicated water rights. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 18, 2012 - House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) sent a letter yesterday to Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar urging the Administration to comply with outstanding requests for documents regarding the Obama Administration’s decision to institute a 20-year ban on uranium development on one million acres of federal land in Arizona. The Department has yet to comply with the initial request for information, sent on May 23, 2012. Yesterday’s letter asks that the outstanding information be provided to the Committee no later than October 1, 2012. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Scott Tipton’s (CO-03) legislation to create rural jobs and affordable electricity by streamlining the regulatory process for the development of small hydropower projects will receive a hearing in the Senate Energy and Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power on Wednesday, September 19. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) today voted in favor of H.R. 6213, the No More Solyndras Act. The bill would prohibit the Department of Energy (DOE) from issuing new loan guarantees through a failed stimulus program. DOE lost hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars through loan guarantees to high-risk companies with political-ties to the Obama Administration that later went bankrupt, including Solyndra in California, Beacon Power in Massachusetts, and Abound Solar in Colorado. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) today announced that the House has passed a plan with bipartisan support to provide an additional $800 million for wildfire fighting to the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior for 2012 and 2013. Read more »