Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) sent a letter to National Park Service (NPS) Deputy Director Daniel Smith requesting clarification on NPS’s policies for cooperative agreements and urging transparency in the cooperative agreement… Read more »

Today Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) sent a letter to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regarding the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) release of its Draft Program Comment. "On December 14, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its… Read more »

Today Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), and Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native Affairs Chairman Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) sent a letter regarding the corruption and mismangement involving the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority to Interim Executive Director Justo… Read more »

Today Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah), Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) sent a letter to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt regarding the agency’s actions on the Pebble Mine Project. "The Committee on Science, Space, and… Read more »

Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations held a hearing to review bureaucratic challenges to securing the border on federal lands. Testimony highlighted the need to increase the U.S. Border Patrol’s access to federal borderlands in order to strengthen national and environmental security. “Cross border violators take advantage of Border Patrol’s lack of operational… Read more »

Today Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah), and Subcommittee Chairmen sent a letter to United States Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in support of the department’s efforts in reorganization. "As Members of the House Committee on Natural Resources, we are writing in support of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) efforts at reorganization. We… Read more »

TO: Mr. Tony Tooke FROM: Chairman Bruce Westerman According to the National Interagency Fire Center more than 9.7 million acres were consumed by wildfires this past year, 49 percent more than the average for the last ten years. In addition to the tragic loss of life, this season's wildfires have destroyed thousands of homes and business, damaged popular recreation sites, produces… Read more »

Today Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) sent a letter to the Acting Director of the Bureau of Land Management Brian Steed regarding misconduct by BLM officials in the Cliven Bundy case. "On January 8, 2018, a federal judge denied prosecutors' request to retry Nevada cattle rancher… Read more »

Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held an initial oversight hearing on policies and concepts for reorganizing the Department of the Interior (DOI) to improve resource management and better serve the American people. “The Department has lost touch with the concerns of Americans,” Subcommittee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) stated. In March, President Trump issued an… Read more »

TO: President Donald J. Trump FROM: Chairman Rob Bishop, Chairman Emeritus Don Young, and Congressman and Subcommittee Chairmen   Dear Mr. President: One year ago, the American People elected you to our highest office with a mandate to disrupt business as usual and to relieve our economy from unnecessarily burdensome, job-killing regulations. We are writing to offer our support to… Read more »