Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources unanimously passed a slate of five bills, three of which were Republican-led. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "I'm so pleased to see this committee's members reaching across the aisle to accomplish… Read more »

Washington - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) announced U.S. Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) as acting ranking member of the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States. The late U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) formerly held the position until his passing in March 2022. … Read more »

Today, President Joe Biden announced an unprecedented drawdown from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), intending to place 1 million barrels of oil on the market every day for the next six months and increase fees on federal oil and gas leaseholders. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "The… Read more »

Today, President Joe Biden announced he is invoking Defense Protection Act powers in order to ramp up domestic production of critical minerals. "After more than two years of repeated assaults on American energy and mineral production - including shuttering the Twin Metals project in Minnesota - it is laughable that President Biden is now offering platitudes as American energy… Read more »

Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined U.S. Reps. Jerry Carl (R-Ala.), Garret Graves (R-La.), Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.), Blake Moore (R-Utah), Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) and Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) in introducing six bills that will unleash America's domestic energy potential, restart onshore and offshore lease sales and… Read more »

Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) released the following statement on the passing of Dean of the House and committee member, U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska):  "Don Young was a fierce advocate and public servant for all of Alaska. He was a widely respected Chairman and decades-long leader of both the House Committee on Natural Resources… Read more »

Today, House Committee on Natural Resources, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the House Select Climate Committee Republican members held a forum titled "Pain at the Pump: Biden's War on American Energy." During Ranking Member Bruce Westerman's (R-Ark.) opening statement, he said in part: "Let me be clear, despite the… Read more »

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed three Republican bills reported out of the House Committee on Natural Resources, the Japanese American World War II History Network Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.), the MAPLand Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah.), and the Save the Liberty Theatre Act of 2021, introduced by U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson… Read more »

Washington - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.), joined over 100 bipartisan cosponsors including Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), and the co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus led by U.S. Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.),… Read more »

Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Congressional Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.)led a letter signed by 61other members to Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland and Bureau of Ocean… Read more »