WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S (R-AZ) voted in favor of the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act (H.R. 4480). The act included seven bills that would address the high energy costs hurting American families by investing in domestic energy, and creating thousands of jobs. Furthermore, the legislative package removes the federal government’s economic roadblocks that hinder on-shore oil, natural gas and renewable energy production in an effort to utilize the country’s full energy production potential. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Idaho First District Congressman Raúl Labrador today introduced new legislation that if enacted would serve as a model to replace the expired Secure Rural Schools program in certain rural communities. Labrador’s legislation would authorize pilot programs, in partnership with states, to encourage local forest management in order to generate revenues required to fund local services. The concept was first brought to Mr. Labrador’s attention by a bi-partisan group of county commissioners in Idaho. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4480, the Strategic Energy Production Act of 2012. This legislation combined 6 pieces of standalone legislation to create a bill that will reduce energy costs for families and small businesses, spur economic growth, and create jobs for hard-working Americans. Read more »
Washington, D.C. – The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed HR, 5892, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2012 today. This bipartisan bill – authored by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) - would facilitate the development of small hydropower and conduit projects and direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to study the feasibility of a streamlined two-year permitting process. Their legislation now moves to the House floor. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 20, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of H.R. 4480, The Domestic Energy and Jobs Act – an all-of-the-above American energy plan, including five bipartisan Natural Resources Committee bills, that will create new American jobs by streamlining burdensome government red tape, modernizing energy production processes and planning for America’s energy future production. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House yesterday approved bipartisan legislation to protect Northwest residents’ $1 billion annual investment in endangered Columbia River salmon by voting to allow states and tribes to lethally remove predatory sea lions that consume thousands of endangered salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam. Read more »
As House Republicans begin consideration today of the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, a bill to increase onshore energy production, create jobs and cut government red tape, the Obama Administration is desperately trying to prove that it supports American energy by finally holding a President Bush-era Gulf of Mexico lease sale after repeated delays. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House today approved commonsense legislation that would boost certainty for ranchers dealing with grazing permits on federal land. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Montana's Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today joined members of the House of Representatives in voting to pass H.R. 2578, the Conservation and Economic Growth Act. The legislation incorporates 14 separate pieces of legislation designed to improve public lands and bolster economic activity, including two which Rehberg has cosponsored. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. –In an effort to boost Southeast Alaska’s struggling timber industry, create jobs in the region and finalize a longstanding land entitlement, the House of Representatives, led by Alaskan Congressman Don Young passed H.R. 2578, the Conservation and Economic Growth Act by a bipartisan vote of 232 to 188. Read more »
