Last week, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) sent five letters to outgoing Biden administration agency officials to ensure they comply with all record retention requirements and avoid last-minute partisan rulemaking in advance of the incoming Trump administration. The letters were sent to the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the U.S. Forest Service (USFS... Read More »

Last night, the D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act passed the Senate with unanimous support. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "In the final few hours of the 118th congress, the American taxpayer scored one more win with the passage of this legislation. Now the National Park Service can ... Read More »

This week, House Committee on Natural Resource Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) led a letter to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on issues related to investigations into the alleged misconduct at Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU). In pa... Read More »

Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development Chairman Burgess Owens (R-Utah) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) led a letter to Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (... Read More »

Last week, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent a letter to the Director of the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) Howard Cantor requesting information about the office's revenue collection activities. In part, the members wrote: "There are concerns that ONRR is abusing its collection processes ... Read More »

Today, House Committee on Natural Resource Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Director Martha Willams on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) misuse of Ameri... Read More »

Today, the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives with unanimous support. The bill now heads to the president's desk to be signed into law. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: “Today, Congress delivered a major win for Americans who like to get outsid... Read More »

House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement: "House Republicans have worked on permitting reform for years because we know the detrimental impact the broken and litigious permitting process has on our country. Senators Manchin and Barrasso’s bill, which only passed out of committee and not the full Senate, addressed some reforms but needed ... Read More »

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed 11 House Committee on Natural Resources bills with significant bipartisan support. The bills honor American history, support farmers, enhance outdoor recreational opportunities and more. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "Even as we approach the final days of the 118... Read More »

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced the withdrawal of their proposed Biological Integrity, Diversity, and Environmental Health (BIDEH) rule. “Today's announcement proves something we knew from the beginning, the BIDEH Rule was a terrible idea and should have never been proposed in the first place. I would like to thank Congressman Bentz for his work to fight this disastrous... Read More »

This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced a proposal to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "Over the course of its 50-year run, the ESA has failed to achieve its basic goals of species recovery. The proposed... Read More »

This week, New York City (NYC) Mayor Eric Adams announced his intention to close the migrant shelter on National Park Service (NPS) Land at Floyd Bennett Field next month. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "Since the moment we first learned of this misguided and disastrous plan to house migrants on national park servi... Read More »

Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the violent pro-Hamas protests at Columbus Circle outside Union Station in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 2024. Subcommittee Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) issued the following statement in response: “With its troubling history of disorder and violence, it's confounding that the National Park Service would grant ANSWER Coaliti... Read More »

Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) led a letter to Executive Director of The People's Forum Manolo De Los Santos as part of an ongoing investigation into the pro-Hamas riots at Union Station on July 24, 2024. The People’s Forum and their partner organization, ANSWER Coalition, o... Read More »

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed ten House Committee on Natural Resources bills to support critical mineral development, reauthorize successful conservation programs, recognize important sites of American history and more. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: “The bills we passed this week represent th... Read More »