Today at the House Natural Resources Full Committee Markup, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) emphasized the Democrats inability to consider thoughtful, bipartisan legislation and instead, make a mockery of good governance.
“The three bills we are marking up today are going nowhere. They’re not going to be considered in the Senate, they’ll never be signed by a President,… Read more »
Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) released the following statement on the Department of the Interior’s decision to relocate the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
“Secretary Bernhardt is promoting a thoughtful, methodical approach that is a true win for the West. I’m pleased that a significant number of personnel will be coming to Utah and other Western states. The BLM… Read more »
Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) released the following statement on the developments concerning Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló, arrests conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the ongoing work of the Financial Oversight and Management Board, established under the “Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act” (PROMESA), to advance… Read more »
Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah), U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.) and U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) released the following statements on the Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act introduced yesterday. This bipartisan bill aims to improve our federal infrastructure permitting process, building upon reforms that were included in the 2015 Fixing America’s Surface… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) issued the following statement on the House Committee on Rules Democrats rejection of an amendment from Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. This amendment required the federal government to identify minerals that are critical to the United States… Read more »
Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah), U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) sent two letters. One letter to the Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary David Bernhardt and the other to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair U.S. Rep. TJ Cox (D-Calif.). These were in… Read more »
Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) released the following statement on President Trump’s speech promoting a clean and healthy environment for all Americans. The speech included content on the largest public lands legislation signed in a decade, S. 47, the Natural Resources Management Act, and actions by the Trump administration to improve natural resources management and to… Read more »
Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a letter to Carter Roberts, the President and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), requesting documents on WWF’s procedures, role in, and knowledge of alleged human rights abuses revealed by Buzzfeed News in March.
The letter summarizes the concerns: “Despite the importance of protecting… Read more »
In January, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) introduced H.R. 644, the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019. The bill is the result of a multi-year collaborative effort by Bishop, along with the state of Utah and the Navajo Nation.
This week, the subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife held a hearing where various stakeholders appeared as witnesses to testify in favor… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 1225, the Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act, legislation sponsored by Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Representative Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) and garnering more than 290 bipartisan cosponsors. The bill passed Committee by a vote of 36-2.
“The overwhelming support for this bill puts it in a… Read more »
