Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) today recommended the appointment of Rep. Glenn 'GT' Thompson (R-PA) and Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) to serve as outside conferees to the House-Senate Highway Bill Conference Committee.
“I am proud to recommend Rep. Thompson and Rep. LaHood to represent the Committee on Natural Resources on the highway bill conference committee. These members will advocate… Read more »
Today, the Committee on Natural Resources released the Federal Footprint Map, which details the immense scale of federal land ownership and regulation in the United States. This interactive tool gathers data from federal agencies and will be used as an educational resource for Members of Congress and their staff, reporters, and the public. Chairman Bishop (R-UT)… Read more »
Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement in response to Rep. Cynthia Lummis’s (R-WY) retirement announcement yesterday evening.
“This is a sad announcement for our country and our Committee. The House needs more people like Cynthia Lummis, not fewer,” Bishop said.
“Rep. Lummis is a model public servant, who has empowered Americans… Read more »
Today, Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) responded to President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline.
“President Obama has put the final nail in the Keystone XL pipeline’s coffin, thereby nailing his legacy as the most anti-energy extremist President the nation has ever had. Tossing aside years of environmental process from his own State Department in favor of an agenda… Read more »
Today, Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released a discussion draft of legislation titled the “Protecting America’s Recreation and Conservation (PARC) Act,” which includes several substantive reforms to update the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), enacted in 1965.
“The LWCF’s current lopsided funding ratio makes limited funds available to establish recreation projects and facilities that… Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources discussed mining legislation to address the failed response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Animas spill three months ago and reform policies that currently impede abandoned mine cleanup nationally.
H.R. 3843 introduced by Subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn (CO-5), the “Locatable Minerals Claim Location and… Read more »
The Obama Administration has spent years invading broad parts of the economy from finance to health care, but less noticed is the takeover of, well, actual land. Witness the standoff over a 50-year-old public land program that has devolved into a watering hole for seizing private property.
The Land and Water Conservation Fund, whose Congressional authorization expired on Sept.… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resource Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in response to an editorial in the Wall Street Journal:
“One of the harshest things that a government can do is to take away a citizen’s land and home. The fact that for 50 years the Land and Water Conservation Fund has been misused to jeopardize private property rights, a… Read more »
House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in response to the White House’s memorandum on “Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources from Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment.”
“Memorandum, executive order…call it what you will. President Obama is throwing the principle of multiple-use of our nation’s federal land out… Read more »
OP-ED: Freeing Indians From Obama's Grip
Wall Street Journal
Chairman Rob Bishop
Poor access to health care, drug and alcohol abuse, teen suicide, and a lack of job opportunities plague Indian reservations across the country. With unemployment rates in a number of large Indian communities well over 50%, many tribes live in conditions… Read more »
