Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, requesting documents and information regarding the Department’s workplace misconduct policies and improvements that have taken place. “The Committee is conducting ongoing oversight of employee misconduct issues at the U.S. Department of the Interior… Read more »

By: Amy Joi O’Donoghue Deseret News  Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, listens to Union High School student Annalee Birchell during a field hearing on energy and education at the… Read more »

By: Annette Cary Tri-City Herald The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee has set a field hearing in Pasco to focus on the economic benefits provided by the Columbia and Snake river dams. The Sept. 10 hearing was scheduled at the request of Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash. It continues the tradition of retired Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., who organized a field hearing on the same… Read more »

By: Amy Joi O’Donoghue Deseret News  Rep. Rob Bishop talks with Susan Combs, Interior Department's assistant secretary for policy, while touring the roof of the James V. Hansen Federal Building in Ogden on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. A top Interior official toured Ogden Tuesday, marveling at the painted horse statues, the multiple flower… Read more »

Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent letters to Bureau of Land Management Director Brian Steed and General Services Administration Administrator Emily Murphy, requesting information regarding the future of the domestic helium market. “Congress passed the Helium Stewardship Act (HSA) in 2013 with strong… Read more »

By: Amy Joi O’Donoghue Deseret News  Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, is bringing his U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources to the state next week to convene a field hearing in Roosevelt and to tour the Ogden area with a top Interior official overseeing the agency's reorganization. Susan Combs, acting assistant secretary for policy, management and budget at the Department of the… Read more »

By:  Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) Deseret News Charred landscapes, torched buildings and the loss of property and life. These are the consequences of massive wildfires. Most Americans in the Eastern United States aren’t acquainted with this type of destruction. However, these scenes are all too familiar for those of us who live in the West. Congress and the U.S. Forest… Read more »

By: Dep. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt The Washington Post A modern vision of conservation is one that uses federalism, public-private partnerships and market-based solutions to achieve sound stewardship. These approaches, combined with sensible regulations and the best available science, will achieve the greatest good in the longest term. Last month, the Trump… Read more »

Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Committee Ranking Member Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) introduced the bipartisan, Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act, establishing the National Park Service and Public Lands Restoration Fund. “Our parks are national treasures. Let’s start treating them that way. This bipartisan bill will put us on the path to… Read more »

By: U.S. Reps. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) The Hill Years of increasing visitation and flat funding have left many of our national parks full of potholes, crumbling bridges, leaky water pipes and faltering power grids. Our parks have been “loved to death,” as Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke quipped a few months ago. While this is a good problem to have, it’s… Read more »