Washington, D.C. – Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), authors of HR 5892, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2012, applauded the House Energy & Power Subcommittee’s approval of their bill today. Their legislation 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. Read more »
WASHINGTON–In an effort to ensure the U.S. Border Patrol focuses all funding resources toward its core mission, Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT) introduced the Border Patrol Operations Enhancement Amendment to amend the Homeland Security Appropriations Act for 2013 [H.R. 5855]. The amendment was voted on and passed by the House late Wednesday night with bipartisan support. It will be included in the final appropriations bill expected to be voted on in the House later today.
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Congressman Doug Lamborn’s (CO-05) bill clarifying the legal status of the popular Manitou Incline hiking trail is scheduled for a vote in the House Natural Resources Committee this Thursday, June 7, 2012. The bill, H.R. 4073, faced no opposition in the legislative hearing in April and has the support of the Colorado Springs City Council, the Manitou Springs City Council and Mayor, the Colorado Springs Mayor, and the Manitou Pikes Railway Company. Read more »
WASHINGTON D.C. - Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and his Republican colleagues in the Colorado congressional delegation are taking the lead on the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, a package of domestic energy production bills being introduced today. Gardner is the lead sponsor of the legislation, which will be debated and voted on by the House later this month. Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today joined House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) and other House Republicans in introducing the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, a package of American energy production bills, including five from the Natural Resources Committee, that will create new American jobs by streamlining burdensome government red tape, modernizing energy production processes and planning for American’s energy future production. Read more »
Washington, D.C. –Representative Mike Coffman’s (CO-06) bill to create jobs and increase American-made energy, which recently passed out of the House Resource Committee with bipartisan support, will be included in a wider House comprehensive energy agenda. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Montana's Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today asked Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson to immediately end the invasive policy of using unmanned drones to monitor private farms and ranches. Rehberg cited privacy concerns, government overreach and possible violations of the Constitution in his strongly worded letter. Read more »
McCarthy on Tuesday made it clear that for Republicans, energy, the economy and jobs are inextricably tied together and that the GOP will make gas prices a central theme of its messaging throughout the summer. “This legislation has the potential to spur the economic growth that will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs and bring down gas prices from the ‘new normal’ of $3.50 per gallon, the current national average,” McCarthy said. Read more »
The House Energy Action Team will unveil the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, a package of domestic energy production bills, that will not only reduce energy costs that hard-working families and small businesses currently face, but also spur badly-needed economic growth and job creation. As part of a Republican energy agenda that embraces a true “all of the above” approach, this bill will drive a manufacturing renaissance that will be a catalyst to America’s overall economic recovery. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In November of last year, Representative Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) and Senators Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting additional funding for the fight against the mountain pine beetle infestation in the Black Hills National Forest (BHNF). Read more »
