Today, U.S. President Joe Biden announced the initiation of a roughly 225,000 acre, 20-year mineral withdrawal in Colorado's Thomson Divide. He also designated a separate 54,000 acre national monument as the Camp Hale – Continental Divide National Monument.
"As if it weren’t enough for Joe Biden to deplete our emergency strategic… Read more »
Last month, Republican members introduced the Transparency and Production of (TAP) American Energy Act with the support of many stakeholder groups and organizations.
"The Transparency and Production of American Energy Act includes important provisions and reforms that will go a long way to advancing clean energy and transmission deployment in the United States. By encouraging… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-Mo.) introduced the Transparency and Production of (TAP) American Energy Act.
"American families have been on the front lines of dealing with the Biden administration's failed energy policies," Westerman… Read more »
The past few years have brought a new meaning to the term “unprecedented.” One global crisis after another has made it hard to contextualize the truly historic times we’ve been living through. Take this past summer as an example. Gas prices hit levels never seen before in history, yet we ran out of ways to describe it. "Record-breaking," "crippling," "exorbitant" and, yes,… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) introduced the Securing America's Mineral Supply Chains Act. U.S. Reps. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), Bob Latta (R-Ohio), Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) joined… Read more »
House Republicans will roll out a major minerals permitting bill Thursday, hoping to show a contrast with Democrats, who are divided on whether to streamline government approvals for extraction projects.
The "Securing American Mineral Supply Chains Act" from House Natural Resources ranking member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Energy… Read more »
Today, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Ranking Member Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) and U.S. Rep. Connie Conway (R-Calif.) joined a subcommittee field hearing in Morro Bay, Calif. on the issue of offshore wind energy in the American West.
"I appreciate the invitation from my good friend Chairman Lowenthal to discuss a new opportunity for power generation in the West," Stauber… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources majority held a markup on 10 bills, including H.R. 2794, which would create significant barriers to mineral development in the Duluth Complex.
"In recent years, an anti-mining sentiment has permeated in the Twin Cities and the coasts," Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Ranking Member Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) said. "This… Read more »
A group of House Republicans, led by New Mexico Rep. Yvette Herrell, sent a letter Tuesday to President Joe Biden calling on him to commit to producing oil and gas in the U.S. They’re also asking the commander in chief to visit energy-producing regions of the U.S. and meet with Americans who work in the energy industry.
In the… Read more »
Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) released its proposed five-year plan for domestic offshore oil and gas leasing. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response:
"Now I see why DOI blew past their promised release date - they wanted to wait until 5 p.m. on a holiday weekend in the hopes that no one… Read more »
