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Washington - Rep. K. Michael Conway (R-TX), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, issued the following statement regarding the House version of the farm bill that was unveiled today: Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) has announced that on Saturday, July 14, he will host the 2012 Energy Summit & Fair at the University of North Texas’ Business Leadership Building. Local and state officials, as well as industry experts and businesses, will attend and speak at the summit and will highlight steps North Texans can take to become more energy efficient while saving on their energy costs. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Montana's Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today took steps to help those impacted by the Ash Creek Fire which continues to hold the dubious claim as the largest fire in the United States. Rehberg is organizing an informational meeting on Thursday, July 12 at 6:00 pm at the St. Labre School auditorium in Ashland. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Rick Berg released the following statement regarding the official introduction of a Farm Bill in the House, known as the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM). Read more »

COLO. – Congressman Cory Gardner (R-CO) is asking U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for greater assistance with the removal of beetle-kill trees from Colorado’s forests. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Idaho First District Congressman Raul Labrador today released a letter sent on June 27th to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Director Daniel Ashe detailing serious flaws Mr. Labrador and other Pacific Northwestern Members of Congress have uncovered regarding the proposed designation of critical habitat for caribou in northern Idaho. Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. – Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, is asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reconsider proposed guidelines that would ban the purchase of fresh white potatoes through the Women, Infants, and Children program (WIC). Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Montana's Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar urging them to open all available public land, as well as land currently enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), for emergency grazing. Many of Montana’s fires are impacting ranch and farmlands used for grazing. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –The House of Representatives passed legislation last night similar to a bill introduced by Alaskan Congressman Don Young that will make it easier for Alaskan transportation workers to enroll, activate, or renew their Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) cards. Read more »

Washington, D.C., Jun 29 - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today introduced the Phantom Fuel Reform Act (H.R. 6047) to reform an outrageous Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation that millions of dollars each year to the cost of energy production. Read more »