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Committee Advances Legislative Solutions for Tribal Lands, Health Care, Memorials and Hunting Rights

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Today, the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held a legislative hearing on six bills focused on various solutions related to Indian Country health care, land ownership and hunting and fishing rights. Subcommittee Chair Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) released the following statement in response: "Today’s hearing covered a wide range of topics and geographical areas, but one common theme runs thr...

Committee Announces Bipartisan Task Force Combatting Chinese Government's Influence in the Indo-Pacific

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Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced the formation of a bipartisan task force that will conduct oversight on issues facing the U.S. territories and Freely Associated States (FAS) in the Indo-Pacific region. "There is perhaps no greater threat to America’s national security and future prosperity than th...

Committee Investigates Cybersecurity Threats and Vulnerabilities at DOI

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Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to examine the ongoing cybersecurity threats facing the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the nexus to state-sponsored cyber actors, like the People's Republic of China. Subcommittee Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) released the following statement in response: "Federal agencies, including the Department of Interior, must ensur...

Committee Investigates Negative Impacts of Proposed Speed Reduction Rule

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WOW Subcommittee

Today, the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held an oversight hearing on the impacts of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) proposed changes to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule. Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) released the following statement in response: “Unfortunately, NOAA is promulgating policies that do very little fo...

Committee Members Investigate Haaland's Conflicts of Interest Following Chaco Canyon Announcement

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Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland, conducting oversight into her potential conflicts and compliance with ethics obligations. Given DOI's announcement late last week regarding the mineral withdrawal surrounding the Chaco Culture National Historical Park, these issues are particula...

Committee Members to Announce Bipartisan Task Force Combatting the Chinese Government's Influence **Media Advisory**

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On Wednesday, June 7, 2023, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) will hold a press conference announcing the formation of a new bipartisan task force to combat the People's Republic of China's rising influence in the Indo-Pacific region. U.S. Reps. Amata Radewagen (R-American Samoa) and Gregorio Sablan (D-Northern Mari...

Westerman Releases Statement Ahead of 2023 Fire Season

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Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement ahead of the 2023 wildfire year and in response to President Joe Biden’s recent meetings on wildfire preparedness: "Federal forests, particularly in the western U.S., make up the vast majority of the 80 million acres at high risk for wildfire and are in desperate need of large scale compreh...

Haaland's Mineral Withdrawal Deals Blow to Local Tribes, American Energy

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Today, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced a 20-year energy and mineral withdrawal within a 10-mile radius of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park "Clearly history is repeating itself as the Biden administration continues disregarding local communities and American interests in reckless pursuit of virtue signaling. Secretary Haaland herself testified under oath ea...

Westerman Celebrates Historic Permitting Reform Wins

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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which included much of U.S. Rep. Garret Graves' (R-La.) Building U.S. Infrastructure through Limited Delays and Efficient Reviews (BUILDER) Act. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "On top of cutting spending, clawing back Covid funds and sev...

Westerman Applauds Permitting Provisions in Fiscal Responsibility Act

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Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement about the permitting reform provisions included in the Fiscal Responsibility Act: "Burdensome regulations smother all sectors of the American economy while ultimately doing more harm to the environment than good. While science and technology advances make energy, mining and infrastructure d...

Committee Calls for Reduced Funding for Agencies After Failures to Testify

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Last week, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a series of three letters to House Committee on Appropriations leadership requesting a reduction in Fiscal Year 2024 funding for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Bureau of Reclamation. Westerman released the following statement in response: "Biden adm...

Committee Considers Budget Request, Lack of Results for Insular and Tribal Communities

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IP Subcommittee

Today, the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing on the president's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget request for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA). Subcommittee Chair Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement in response: "There are finite federal resources and agencies must be held accountable for their spending and...

Committee Investigates Administration's Efforts to Limit Access to Federal Lands

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Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to examine the Biden administration's ongoing efforts to limit access to federal lands and ignore the interests of local communities. Subcommittee Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) released the following statement in response: "Congress, not unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., has authority over lands and territories in the ...

Committee Republicans Conduct Oversight of Increased Budget Requests, Lack of Results

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Today, the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held an oversight hearing on the president's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget request for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs). Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) released the following st...

Committee Republicans Move Solutions to Increase Forest Management, Improve Wildland Firefighter Conditions and Address the Wildfire Crisis

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Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing on nine bills focused on forest management, wildland firefighter reforms and fire suppression policies. Subcommittee Chairman Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) issued the following statement in response: “If we want to truly confront the wildfire crisis, Congress needs to speed up the permitting bureaucracy that’s been slowing down forest mana...