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Committee Republicans Call for Return to Bipartisan Budget Process

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Today, every Republican member of the House Committee on Natural Resources joined a letter to Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) requesting he organize the committee immediately and hold a markup on the committee’s reconciliation instruction to increase the deficit by more than $1 billion. In part, the members wrote: “At the beginning of this Congress, we were encouraged by the prospect of…

Biden’s Executive Order on Climate Harms Economy, Environment

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Today, 105 members of the House Republican Conference – including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) – sent a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to reverse his executive order on climate. In part, the members wrote: “We…

Republicans Investigate Impacts of Biden’s Mineral Leasing, Federal Land Executive Orders

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Today, all House Committee on Natural Resources Republicans sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Acting Secretary Scott de la Vega, requesting information regarding President Joe Biden’s executive orders on climate. In part, the members wrote: “In his first week in office, President Biden issued executive orders (EO) at an unprecedented pace. President Biden’s…

Westerman Denounces Rollback of MBTA Rule

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WOW Subcommittee

Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response to the Department of the Interior’s delay of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA): “If a migratory bird dives down and gets caught in fishing net, this shouldn’t make the fisherman a felon. If a farmer accidentally hits a migratory bird in his truck while he’s…

Westerman Announces Committee Senior Staff

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Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) announced the committee’s senior staff lineup for the 117th Congress. Vivian Moeglein, Staff Director Chris Marklund, Deputy Staff Director for Operations Will Layden, Deputy Staff Director for Outreach Charles Park, Chief Counsel Rebekah Hoshiko, Communications…

Introducing the POWER Act

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EMR Subcommittee

Today, Republican members in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate introduced the Protecting our Wealth of Energy Resources (POWER) Act of 2021 as a response to President Joe Biden’s ban on new energy leases in federal lands and waters. “With the stroke of a pen, President Biden locked up millions of acres of federal lands and waters for oil and gas development. This…

Biden’s Executive Order on Climate Harms Economy, Environment

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EMR Subcommittee

Today, President Joe Biden signed an executive order titled, “Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: “Job killing, top-down, detrimental regulation is the Democrat way. President Biden has proven this during his first week in…

Westerman Opposes Moratorium on Federal Leasing Projects

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EMR Subcommittee

Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement on the Department of Interior’s (DOI) 60-day ban on oil and gas leases on all federal lands and waters:  “The U.S. federal government owns and controls roughly 640 million acres of land across the country, much of which is rich with natural resources. Locking it up…

Westerman, Graves, McMorris Rodgers Oppose Halting Keystone XL Pipeline Construction

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Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) issued the following statements in response to President-elect Joe Biden’s announcement that he will halt construction on…