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WASHINGTON, D.C. –Rep. Kristi Noem today introducedlegislationto provide a dependable safety net for livestock owners in South Dakota and across the United States Read more »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today introduced legislation focused on strengthening the economy and creating jobs in the West. The Western Economic Security Today (WEST) Act incorporates several pieces of legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that ARE awaiting action in the U.S. Senate Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, SenateWestern Caucus Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY), Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Steve Pearce (R-NM), and Members of the Senate and Congressional Western Caucuses held a bicameral hearing entitled “The Western Economy—Perspectives of Job Creators in the West.” Read more »

Washington, DC (April 23, 2012) Today, Congressman Steve Pearce called on the Obama Administration to not punish New Mexico for the mistakes other states have made regarding the listing of the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard. The listing would be detrimental to New Mexico’s agriculture and energy sectors, which create thousands of jobs in the state, and bring in millions of dollars in revenue to fund schools and other government programs in New Mexico. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Subcommittee on Energy and Minerals Resources will hold two field hearings in Colorado during the first week of May. Read more »

WASHINGTON– Upon learning of President Obama’s designation of a nearly 15,000 acre national monument located within Fort Ord, a former military base in California, National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop issued the following statement. Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC—Tuesday, April 24, 2012, SenateWestern Caucus Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY), Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Steve Pearce (R-NM), and Members of the Senate and Congressional Western Caucuses will hold a bicameral hearing entitled “The Western Economy—Perspectives of Job Creators in the West.” Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Youngvoted today for H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012 a bill that includes, among other things, Rep. Young’s provisionthat would allow for the importation of polar bear trophies that were hunted and harvested legally in Canada before the polar bear was listed as “threatened” in 2008. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Youngvoted today for H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012 a bill that includes, among other things, Rep. Young’s provisionthat would allow for the importation of polar bear trophies that were hunted and harvested legally in Canada before the polar bear was listed as “threatened” in 2008. Read more »

(WASHINGTON, D.C.)- Congressman Raúl Labrador (ID-01) voted in favor of H.R. 4089, “Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012,” today. The legislation, sponsored by Congressman Jeff Miller (FL-01), passed by with a bipartisan vote of 274 to 146. Read more »