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 »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement on the Department of Interior’s (DOI) 60-day ban on oil and gas leases on all federal lands and waters:
“The U.S. federal government owns and controls roughly 640 million acres of land across the country, much of which is rich with natural resources. Locking it up… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) issued the following statements in response to President-elect Joe Biden’s announcement that he will halt construction on… Read more »
Following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Department of the Interior (DOI) Inspector General opened a programmatic review of U.S. Park Police actions and other activities that occurred on national park property. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response:
“I was at the Capitol… Read more »
This week, Leader McCarthy and House Republicans introduced the China Task Force Act, an urgently needed piece of legislation to help block the attempted takeover of multiple economic sectors and other harmful practices by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). One of these at-risk sectors is the global supply of critical minerals, vital materials used in applications including national… Read more »
Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) criticized the Democrats’ recently introduced Blue New Deal and touted Republican policy solutions to balance environmental stewardship with robust economic growth. The Democrat legislation would undermine American energy independence by implementing needless moratoriums on energy development, impose harmful red tape for ocean-based… Read more »
Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s Executive Order on “Modernizing America’s Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure”. The EO establishes a Water Subcabinet, co-chaired by the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to promote efficient and effective… Read more »
Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming struck down the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) 2016 Methane Rule, ruling that the agency “exceeded its statutory authority and acted arbitrarily in promulgating” the regulation. Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) released the following statement on the court’s decision:
“The 2016 rule represented one of the… Read more »
During last week’s markup, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) recognized three retiring staff members for their dedication and decades of service to the Committee on Natural Resources and the U.S. House of Representatives. Lisa Pittman, Chief Counsel, will be retiring at the end of this Congress after more than 33 years with the Committee. Chris Fluhr, Staff Director,… Read more »
