Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing titled “Zero Accountability: The Consequences of Politically Driven Science,” during which the subcommittee heard witness testimony on the use of selective science by federal agencies and its impacts on the health, safety and livelihoods of Americans.
Subcommittee Chairman Louie Gohmert (R-TX)… Read more »
Chairman Louie Gohmert (TX-01) of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations made the following opening statement at today's oversight hearing entitled "Zero Accountability: The Consequences of Politically Driven Science."
Remarks as prepared - This is the first meeting of the newly established subcommittee on oversight and investigations. First, I’d like to thank… Read more »
Congressional Research Service
BY: Carol Hardy Vincent, Specialist in Natural Resources Policy
DATE: April 21, 2015
Each of the four major federal land management agencies maintains tens of thousands of diverse assets, including roads, bridges, buildings, and water management structures. These agencies are the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fish and Wildlife Service… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Rob Bishop, Chairman
FROM: Dan Ashe, Director
Dear Chairman Bishop,
Thank you for your letter of April 2, 2015, regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recent proposals of two rules implementing the Clean Air Act. As discussed at the March 19,20 15, joint hearing before the Subcommittees on Water,Power, Oceans and Federal Lands, EPA has… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Rob Bishop
FROM: Joseph G. Pizarchik, Director
Dear Mr. Chairman,
Thank you for your letter dated April 2, 2015, cosigned by Representatives, Gohmert, Lamborn,and Mooney, regarding state cooperating agency involvement in providing input on the preparation of the Stream Protection Rule (SPR) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).
Read the Director's entire… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Louie Gohmert
FROM: Kim Thorsen, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Thank you for your letter of March 27, 2015 requesting information about Department of Homeland Security (DHS) access to Department of the Interior (DOI) lands in the four southwestern states bordering Mexico. The Secretary has asked that I provide this response to you on her behalf.
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Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Louie Gohmert (R-TX) sent a letter to Director of the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement (OSM) Joseph Pizarchik, requesting documents and information regarding the development of the environmental review documents for the new Stream… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Joseph Pizarchik
FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman
Dear Director Pizarchik:
On February 23, 2015, eleven state agencies that had previously entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ("OSM") concerning the development of an environmental impact statement ("EIS") for the new Stream Protection… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Dan Ashe
FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman
Dear Director Ashe:
At the joint hearing before the Subcommittees on Water, Power, and Oceans and Federal Lands held on March 19,2015, you confirmed that the Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") has not consulted with the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") on whether two major forthcoming EPA Clean Air Act… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Dan Ashe
FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman
Dear Director Ashe:
On March 4. 2015, I sent you a letter requesting certain information regarding the proposed listing of the Northern Long-Eared Bat ("NLEB"). Specifically, the letter requested that you provide, among other things, "data, population models, or any other
analytical tools used which demonstrate (1)… Read more »
