Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the Obama Administration’s proposed Arctic Rule and its potential impacts on offshore energy development to native Alaskans, the State of Alaska, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, and to our nation’s goal of energy security.
The hearing also focused on a recent study by the National Petroleum… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bishop (R-UT), Chairman, House Committee on Natural Resources, and U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy on the Obama Administration’s proposed Clean Air Act rules to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from new and existing… Read more »
Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) today issued the following statement in response to a report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) titled, "Indian Energy Development: Poor Management by BIA Has Hindered Energy Development on Indian Lands."
"This report is the latest black mark against the Bureau of Indian Affairs. By hindering energy development on Indian lands, the federal… Read more »
Today, the Committee on Natural Resources approved six bills during a Full Committee markup on H.R. 387, H.R. 521, H.R. 1289, H.R. 1992, H.R. 2295, H.R. 2358, and H.R. 2647.
On the passage of H.R. 2295, the “National Energy Security Corridors Act,” introduced by Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) and Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Rep. MacArthur… Read more »
Rep. Rob Bishop (UT-01), Chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources made the following opening statement at today's markup on H.R. 387, H.R. 521, H.R. 1289, H.R. 1992, H.R. 2295, H.R. 2358 & H.R. 2647.
Remarks as prepared - Today, the Committee will mark-up several important pieces of legislation. Though all are good bills, I want to mention three in particular that… Read more »
House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in response to the study issued today by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on hydraulic fracturing activities and drinking water resources.
“After five years of study, the EPA learned exactly what the states, industry and even some of the more competent bureaucrats in the Obama… Read more »
Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-04), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Federal Lands made the following opening statement at today's hearing on a Discussion Draft entitled "Returning Resilience to our Overgrown, Fire-prone National Forests Act of 2015."
Remarks as prepared - Today the Subcommittee on Federal Lands meets to consider draft legislation entitled, “Returning Resilience to our… Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing on a discussion draft titled "Returning Resilience to our Overgrown, Fire-prone National Forests Act of 2015."
“I want to thank Forest Service Chief Tidwell and all of our witnesses for the positive testimony on the Committee’s draft legislation. As we heard today, there is consensus that money alone solves neither… Read more »
For more than six years the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has been without a permanent Inspector General which has “reduced the Department’s efficiency and deprived taxpayers from fully realizing the benefits of a strong inspector general,” according to key lawmakers in the House.
Today, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Committee on Natural Resources… Read more »
This evening, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1335, the “Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act,” legislation reauthorizing the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), the primary law governing fisheries resource management in offshore federal waters. The legislation passed by a bipartisan vote of… Read more »
