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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Montana's Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today signed a bipartisan discharge petition to bring H.R. 6083, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act to the House Floor for a vote. After sending a letter to House leadership urging passage of the Farm Bill, this action constitutes the strongest effort available to a member of the House of Representatives to force action on pending legislation. It is just the latest example of Rehberg putting the interests of Montana head of partisanship. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson today joined colleagues in requesting a meeting with Majority Leader Eric Cantor to discuss the importance of allowing a five-year Farm Bill to be brought to the House floor so members can have a vote. Without congressional action, the 2008 Farm Bill and its authorized programs will expire at the end of this month. Simpson continues to urge his colleagues in the House of Representatives to bring a full reauthorization to the House floor for a vote. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) today expressed profound disappointment with the Nevada State Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) after receiving the agency news release announcing the exclusion of more than a quarter of a million acres in the Ely District from its most recent oil and gas competitive lease sale. The presence of the sage hen habitat is cited by the BLM as the basis for excluding two thirds of what was to be a 376,618 acre lease offering. Read more »

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Berg today attended a “Farm Bill Now” rally on the United States Capitol grounds. Members of Congress joined with national agriculture organizations and members of the farming community to help raise public awareness of the need for Congress to pass a new, comprehensive farm bill before the current program expires on September 30th. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Montana's Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today praised House-passage of H.R. 3397, the Cabin Fee Act, which he co-sponsored. If passed by the Senate, this legislation would establish a fair and predictable yearly lease system for cabin owners on National Forest land who have been saddled with massive fee increases. The Cabin Fee Act would institute a tiered system of fees, and also reduce the cost of overseeing the cabin system by eliminating the time-consuming and costly appraisal process mandated by a law passed in 2000. Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Lee Terry (R-NE) today released the following statement after the TransCanada Corporation submitted a Supplemental Environmental Report (SER) to the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) for the preferred alternative route for theKeystone XL Pipeline in Nebraska. Read more »

Prescott, AZ—U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ) will be hosting a public hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed regulations on the Coronado Generating Station on Friday, September 7th in St. Johns. Read more »

In South Dakota, we are blessed with water resources for drinking, boating, fishing and farming. In a drought year like this one, we’re reminded of just how critical water is, but we’re also not too far removed from having seen its destructive power. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Reps. Kristi Noem, Rick Berg (R-ND) and Denny Rehberg (R-MT) today sent a letter to U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica and Ranking Member Nick Rahall requesting a federal hearing to review the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to charge fees for stored water in the Missouri River upper basin state reservoirs. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Reps. Rick Berg, Kristi Noem (R – SD) and Denny Rehberg (R-MT) today sent a letter to U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica and Ranking Member Nick Rahall requesting a federal hearing to review the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to charge fees for stored water in the Missouri River upper basin state reservoirs. Read more »