Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland and National Park Service (NPS) Director Charles Sams, following up on the committee's request for the lease termination and a permanent demobilization plan for the… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Chairman Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning requesting… Read more »
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued its final Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Rock Springs Field Office in Wyoming.
"Today's decision is another attack on American energy and mineral production by the radical environmentalists of the Biden-Harris administration. Communication between local communities, entrenched bureaucrats and administration leadership… Read more »
This week, members of the House Committee on Natural Resources traveled to Alaska for a variety of site visits including the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) and the Native Village of Nuiqsut. Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Chairman Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) issued the following statement in response:
"This week, I was proud to join Governor Dunleavy, Senator… Read more »
Last week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published agency guidance for its so-called "Conservation and Landscape Health" rule, which upends the agency's longstanding, statutory multiple-use and sustained yield mandate. Through this action, the BLM continues its march to cede control of federal lands to wealthy elites and environmental extremists and elevate the decisions of DC… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued a subpoena to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for documents regarding the Biden-Harris administration’s establishment of a migrant encampment at Floyd Bennett Field (FBF), a National Park Service site in New York City (NYC). Westerman issued the following statement in… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a field hearing in Thibodaux, La., to hear from local witnesses on the role the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority plays in restoring the state's coast and protecting communities through domestic energy production.
"Reforming the broken permitting process, increasing American energy production and making communities… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Deb Haaland and National Park Service (NPS) Director Chuck Sams requesting they launch an immediate investigation into the destructive and violent protests on July 24 on the National Mall, Columbus Circle and other NPS property in the D.C. area. In… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a letter with eight other members to U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Bill Nelson, Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council Chair Mathew Blum, Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory and U.S. General… Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing on six bills that will establish a new national park and preserve in Wisconsin, streamline the permitting of broadband infrastructure, encourage visitation to state parks and more. Subcommittee Chairman Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) issued the following statement in response:
"The bills on today’s legislative agenda take… Read more »
