This week, the Biden administration’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), along with the Department of Defense, National Aeronautics Administration, General Services Administration and Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, rescinded their proposed rulemaking that would have required federal contractors to register their greenhouse gas emissions with a foreign-based nonprofit. House Committee... Read More »
This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) announced the withdrawal of a pending regulation to impose new speed limits on smaller vessels along the Atlantic coast. "In the dying days of his administration, the Biden administration is finally taking action to withdraw their extremely misguided and burdensome vessel speed restriction. This heavy-handed proposal was flawed fro... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and U.S. Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) re-introduced the Fix our Forests Act. "As tragic wildfires rage in Los Angeles, we're working in Washington to help prevent these types of catastrophes in the future with the Fix Our Forests Act. It's time to take an all-hands-on-deck approach and use proven science to restore our f... Read More »
Yesterday, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a letter to President Joe Biden and U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland regarding their reckless decision to jeopardize American energy, economic and conservation interests by withdrawing 625 million acres of federal coastal waters from future oil and gas leasing. In part, the members wrote: "Yo... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) announced the subcommittee chairs for the 119th Congress. Full Committee Vice Chairman Rob Wittman (R-Va.) "As a lifelong outdoorsman, conservationist, and former marine scientist, I am deeply honored to serve as vice chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee and use my leadership role to advocate for a cleaner, ... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) announced the subcommittee vice chairs for the 119th Congress. Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Vice Chairman Nick Begich (R-Alaska) "I want to thank Chairman Bruce Westerman for the appointment and the opportunity to serve as Vice Chair of the Subcommittee for Energy and Mineral Resources. I consider this ap... Read More »
This week, the Republican Conference ratified a resolution confirming U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) as chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources for the 119th Congress. Chairman Westerman issued the following statement in response: "It's an honor to be re-elected to lead this committee in the 119th Congress. I look forward to building on our work in the 118th and continuing to prod... Read More »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) and Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) issued the following statement: “Our prayers are with the victims of the dangerous fires today in California. We must aggressively increase the pace and scale of our forest management to prevent these types of ca... Read More »
Today the U.S. Fish and Wildife Service (USFWS) announced their refusal to delist grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone (GYE) and Northern Continental Divide (NCDE) ecosystems and two related proposals. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "The only reasonable announcement by the USFWS today would have been a total de... Read More »
Today, U.S. President Joe Biden announced he will use the Antiquities Act of 1906 to designate two new national monuments totaling approximately one million acres of land in California. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "In the waning days of his failed administration, President Biden is again bending to the demands o... Read More »
Today, President Joe Biden announced a prohibition on oil and gas development in more than 600 million acres of federal waters along the Atlantic coast, the Pacific coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and portions of the northern Bering Sea. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "While the federal deficit grows, President B... Read More »
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 »
