Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) announced the subcommittee rosters for the 117th Congress.
Full Committee
Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)
Vice Ranking Member Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
Insular Affairs
Ranking Member Jenniffer González-Colón (R-Puerto Rico)
Vice Ranking Member Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and House Science, Space and Technology Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) to send a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy… Read more »
Today, every Republican member of the House Committee on Natural Resources joined a letter to Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) requesting he organize the committee immediately and hold a markup on the committee’s reconciliation instruction to increase the deficit by more than $1 billion. In part, the members wrote:
“At the beginning of this Congress, we were encouraged by the prospect of… Read more »
Today, 105 members of the House Republican Conference – including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) – sent a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to reverse his executive order on climate. In part, the members wrote:
“We… Read more »
Today, all House Committee on Natural Resources Republicans sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Acting Secretary Scott de la Vega, requesting information regarding President Joe Biden’s executive orders on climate. In part, the members wrote:
“In his first week in office, President Biden issued executive orders (EO) at an unprecedented pace. President Biden’s… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response to the Department of the Interior’s delay of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA):
“If a migratory bird dives down and gets caught in fishing net, this shouldn’t make the fisherman a felon. If a farmer accidentally hits a migratory bird in his truck while he’s… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) announced the committee’s senior staff lineup for the 117th Congress.
Vivian Moeglein, Staff Director
Chris Marklund, Deputy Staff Director for Operations
Will Layden, Deputy Staff Director for Outreach
Charles Park, Chief Counsel
Rebekah Hoshiko, Communications… Read more »
Today, Republican members in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate introduced the Protecting our Wealth of Energy Resources (POWER) Act of 2021 as a response to President Joe Biden’s ban on new energy leases in federal lands and waters.
“With the stroke of a pen, President Biden locked up millions of acres of federal lands and waters for oil and gas development. This… Read more »
Today, President Joe Biden signed an executive order titled, “Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response:
“Job killing, top-down, detrimental regulation is the Democrat way. President Biden has proven this during his first week in… Read more »
