Letter Requesting Field Hearings on the California Drought Read more »

Dear Colleague: The House Rules Committee has blocked any amendment from being offered to the Omnibus Public Lands bill, including an amendment to protect Americans’ Second Amendment gun rights when on federal park lands and refuges. Last Thursday, a federal judge struck down existing federal regulations that expressly protected Americans’ ability to carry firearms on public lands if in… Read more »

H.R. 146 OPPOSED BY: ACLU, Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences, Competitive Enterprise Institute, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and National Center for Public Policy Research Dear Colleague, Below is a letter from an unusual collection of organizations, but they speak in one voice in opposition to H.R. 146, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009.… Read more »

Dear Colleague: Last week, House and Senate leaders added the Altmire amendment to the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act to prevent the federal government from banning hunting and fishing on certain parts of federal land. At the time this amendment was added, the right of Americans to carry concealed firearms on park lands and wildlife refuges, in accordance with State law, was already… Read more »

Letter to Secretary Salazar Regarding Uranium Mining Near the Grand Canyon Read more »

Letter to Rep. Napolitano Requesting Hearing on Bureau of Reclamation Stimulus Projects Read more »

Letter Requesting Oversight Hearing on Decline of the U.S. Timber Industry Read more »

In Today’s Economy, America Can’t Afford S. 22 Senate Lands Bill Costs $10 Billion, Pushes Energy Jobs for Americans Overseas Dear Colleague: With our nation’s economy struggling and hundreds of thousands of Americans losing their jobs, I urge you to oppose S. 22, the Senate’s Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009. There are many parts of this super-sized bill that I believe… Read more »

Letter to Secretary Salazar Regarding Bureau of Reclamation Stimulus Funding Read more »

Letter to Secretary Salazar on the Upcoming Central Gulf Oil and Gas Lease Sale Read more »