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Chairman Bishop Discusses Homeland Security Funding on C-SPAN

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On March 2, 2015, Chairman Rob Bishop joins the Washington Journal on C-SPAN to discuss funding the Department of Homeland Security, federal lands, and energy production.    “We have turned into an economic giant in the United States. We’ve already surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia in the amount of energy we produce, but it’s all…

Chairman Bishop Interview on The Larry Kudlow Show

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On February 28, 2015, Chairman Rob Bishop joined The Larry Kudlow Show to discuss Keystone, ANWAR, and increasing energy production across the nation.  "We are living in a much more dangerous world than we ever had during the Cold War. And to meet that threat, that environment, we’ve got to use our diplomatic means, our military means,…

Assistant Director of External Affairs Betsy Hildebrandt Letter to Chairman Bishop Regarding the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

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TO: The Honorable Rob Bishop FROM: Betsy Hildebrandt, Director Dear Mr. Chairman, This letter transmits additional information responsive to your February 6, 2015, letter to Secretary Sally Jewell, requesting information about International travel by Department of the Interior (Department) employees related to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna…

Chairman Bishop Letter to Attorney General, Interior Secretary on Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreements

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February 26, 2015 TO: The Honorable Eric Holder and The Honorable Sally Jewell FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Mr. Attorney General and Madame Secretary: The House Natural Resources Committee (Committee) has primary authorizing jurisdiction over the legislative resolution of Indian water rights claims within the House of Representatives.  Additionally, given the longstanding…

Chairman Bishop Interview on Sirius XM Radio with Tim Farley

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On February 26, 2015, Chairman Rob Bishop joined Sirius XM radio host Tim Farley to discuss federal lands and the direction of the committee for the 114th Congress.  “The United States is becoming an energy leader. We’ve already passed Russia and Saudi Arabia for energy production, but it’s all been on private and state lands,” stated…

Resources Chairman Bishop discusses panel priorities, plans for climate, drilling action

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On February 25, 2015, Chairman Bishop spoke with Environment and Energy Publishing to discuss the 114th Congress, carbon sequestration, and new ideas to combat climate change. "'The new chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee sees the Interior Department’s budget as a way to inject creative thinking into issues like oil drilling on…

Bishop on President Obama’s Keystone XL Pipeline Veto

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House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s veto of Keystone XL legislation today.  The legislation was approved earlier this month with bipartisan support in both the U.S. House and Senate and was sent to the President earlier today.  “President Obama has played his final hand on Keystone…

GOP chairman: Interior funding request 'underwhelming'

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On February 24, 2015, Chairman Rob Bishop was interviewed by Timothy Cama with The Hill to discuss Secretary Sally Jewell and the Presidents 2016 budget requests. “The new chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee sees the Interior Department’s budget as a way to inject creative thinking into issues like oil drilling on federal land and offshore…Bishop…

Chairman Bishop Reacts to Department of the Interior’s Proposed Rule for Artic Drilling Standards

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Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) issued the following statement on proposed regulations for exploration and drilling activities on the U.S. Arctic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) announced earlier today by the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).  “There’s a reason America has leapfrogged Russia and Saudi Arabia to…

Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service Dan Ashe Letter to Chairman Bishop Regarding the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

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TO: The Honorable Rob Bishop, Chairman FROM: Dan Ashe, Director Dear Mr. Chairman, Thank you for your letter dated February 6, 2015, to Secretary Jewell, requesting information about international travel by Department of the Interior (Department) employees and officials related to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).  Your…