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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Randy Neugebauer (TX-19) joined Members of the Congressional Western Caucus to praise the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision not to list the dunes sage brush lizard under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Read more »

Washington DC, Jun 13 - Today, Rep. K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) issued the following statement after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service withdrew its proposal to add the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard to the list of species protected under the Endangered Species Act. Read more »

COLO. – Congressman Cory Gardner (R-CO) is asking U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to issue a drought declaration for affected counties in Colorado. Current conditions mirror those of 2002 – the year the Hayman Fire devastated hundreds of thousands of acres of forests, and a year that cost Colorado farmers and ranchers millions of dollars in crop and livestock losses. Read more »

WASHINGTON – The Nebraska Congressional delegation today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson again requesting a written response to questions concerning EPA’s use of aerial surveillance. The delegation first wrote Jackson on May 29th requesting information on the flyovers, but EPA has not responded. Read more »

Spearheaded by Natural Resources Committee Member Rep. Paul Gosar (AZ-01), as well as Rep. Jim Matheson (UT-02) and Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Tim Johnson (D-SD), 166 Congressmen and Senators recently sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu expressing concerns over his memorandum to the Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs). Read more »

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, and Third District Congressman Jeff Duncan today all spoke out in support of legislation which will open the South Carolina coast to oil and gas drilling. Read more »

FORT COLLINS, COLO. – As the High Park Fire continues to spread through Larimer County, Congressman Cory Gardner (R-CO) and the entire Colorado House delegation is asking the United States Forest Service (USFS) for additional resources and assistance. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, chaired by Alaskan Congressman Don Young, held an oversight hearing today on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) rule on the Universal Service Fund and its impact on American Indians and Alaska Natives. Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. – Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today thanked the Interior Department for backing H.R. 4606, his legislation to allow the National Park Service (NPS) to issue a right-of-way permit for maintenance of a natural gas pipeline that crosses into Glacier National Park’s southern boundary for 3.5 miles. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Idaho First District Congressman Raúl R. Labrador today had his second bill successfully pass through the Natural Resources Committee. H.R. 4234, also known as the “Grazing Improvement Act of 2012”, passed by a bipartisan vote of 27--15. Read more »