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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read more »