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  • Republicans Hold Forum Highlighting the Importance of Domestic Mining
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    Jan 13, 2022 -     Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stauber (R-Minn.)along with Congressional Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) led a Republican forum titled "Minnesota Mining and American Potential: An Opportun... More
  • Committee Republicans Question Lack of Transparency, Politically Motivated Lease Sale Delays
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    Jan 13, 2022 -     Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a letter to Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, requesting answers on why the administration is continuing its politically motivated delays of oil and gas lease sales, even at the detriment of state and local economie... More
  • Biden Administration Continues Attacking Domestic Energy
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    Nov 26, 2021 -     Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), in conjunction with the White House, released the Biden administration's report on oil and gas leasing in the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "In what has become a clear patter... More
  • Biden Administration Exacerbates Crisis of Its Own Making
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    Nov 23, 2021 -     Today, the Biden administration announced it will release 50 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "Instead of taking responsibility for the energy crisis of his o... More
  • Biden Administration Continues Attack on Domestic Energy, Ignores Navajo Allottees
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    Nov 15, 2021 -     Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will initiate a 20-year withdrawal of federal lands near Chaco Canyon National Historical Park, which will bar new oil and gas leases within this perimeter. "Shutting down safe, reliable pipelines, eliminating thousands... More
  • Republicans Investigate Taliban's Access to Critical Mineral Reserves
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    Oct 22, 2021 -     Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a Republican forum titled "Biden's Afghanistan Crisis: Forfeiting U.S. Investment in Critical Minerals to the Taliban." "For 15 years, the U.S. Geological Survey spent more than $81 million to survey Afghanistan’s minerals and sent ... More
  • DOI Poised to Cut Off Vast Domestic Stores of Key Minerals
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    Oct 20, 2021 -     Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested a 20-year mineral withdrawal from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) within the Superior National Forest in Northern Minnesota. This announcement automatically triggers a two-year pause on new federal mining permits and leases in the area while this appl... More
  • Political Theater Will Not Solve Biden's Supply Chain, Energy Crises
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    Oct 18, 2021 -     Today, three Democrat members of the House Committee on Natural Resources held an in-person field hearing to discuss the effects of the recent oil pipeline rupture off the coast of California. Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "Our supply chain is already buc... More
  • House Republicans Advocate for Greater Clean Energy Opportunities
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    Sep 23, 2021 -     Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) and House Select Committee on Climate Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-La.) led a forum titled "Unlocking Clean Energy Opportunities." "Our country’s current permitting and re... More
  • Republicans Assess Taliban’s Access to Critical Minerals
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    Sep 13, 2021 -     Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Ranking Member Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) sent a letter to U.S. Geological Survey Acting Director Dave Appleg... More
  • Committee Democrats Silence Debate on Reconciliation Instructions
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    Sep 9, 2021 -     Washington - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources continued marking up the Natural Resources title of the House's Fiscal Year 2022 budget reconciliation legislation. While committee Republicans were still offering amendments to the legislation, Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) ended debate through an amendme... More
  • Committee Democrats Reject Commonsense Amendments
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    Sep 2, 2021 -     Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources began marking up the Natural Resources title of the House's Fiscal Year 2022 budget reconciliation legislation. Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement: "This reconciliation package is a bad bill with bad timing, plain and simple. During a t... More
  • Republican Committee Leaders Urge Grijalva to Postpone Markup
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    Aug 30, 2021 -     Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led the committee's Republican leadership in a letter urging Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) to postpone the upcoming full committee markup in light of the urgent crises facing Americans. In part, the members wrote: "We have grave conc... More
  • Westerman Concludes Energy, Forest Management Tour
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    Aug 20, 2021 -     WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) concluded a field tour of the Intermountain West, highlighting critical issues including oil and natural gas production, forest management, wildlife habitat conservation and more. During the tour, Westerman visited several ... More
  • House Republicans Review Biden Administration's Harmful Energy Policies
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    Jul 29, 2021 -     Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) led a forum titled "An Energy Crisis and Rising Gas Prices: A Mid-Year Review of the Biden Administration’s Energy Policy." "Energy development on federal lands and waters... More
  • Committee Republicans Advance Bipartisan Bills, Offer Amendments to Dangerous Legislation
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    Jul 14, 2021 -     Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a markup, reporting a total of 14 bills out of committee. Twelve of these bills were bipartisan - including U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks' (R-Iowa) recently-introduced Veterans in Parks (VIP) Act - and passed by unanimous consent. However, committee Democrats al... More
  • Putting American Energy First
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    Jul 1, 2021 -     Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) in introducing the American Energy First Act, a bill that empowers states to manage energy development within their borders and encourages efficient onshore and offshore production of bot... More
  • Members Demand Answers on Future of Onshore, Offshore Energy Leases
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    Jun 24, 2021 -     Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and 34 other members in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Debra Haaland rega... More
  • DOI's Priorities Show Lack of Commitment to American Economy, Environment
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    May 28, 2021 -     Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) released its budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2022. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "It's very telling that the administration chose to roll out their budget more than three months be... More
  • Committee Republicans Offer Amendments to Lopsided, Partisan Legislation
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    May 26, 2021 -     Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a markup, reporting a total of eight bills out of committee. Several of these bills were bipartisan, and passed by unanimous consent: H.R. 438, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), amends the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Childre... More
  • Critical Minerals Essential to Geopolitics, America's Energy Future
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    May 18, 2021 -     Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a forum on the role critical minerals play in American energy, manufacturing, renewable resource development, health care, geopolitics and more. "We’re here today to discuss a global problem – the striking shortage of critical miner... More
  • What They Are Saying: The American Critical Mineral Independence Act
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    Apr 19, 2021 -     Last week, 13 House Republicans introduced the American Critical Mineral Independence Act. "Minerals and metals are the building blocks for everything from infrastructure and health care to national defense, clean energy and electric vehicles, necessitating a reliable domestic supply chain. Unfortunately, a lack of acc... More
  • Energy Industry Workers Share Their Experiences with President Biden's Policies
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    Apr 16, 2021 -     Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Republican members hosted a virtual forum entitled, "Where Are The Jobs?" This forum featured witnesses from the members' districts who have been impacted by the Biden administration's executive orders on energy, and who are still awaiting the green jobs they were promised. W... More
  • House Republicans Invest in America's Energy Future
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    Apr 16, 2021 -     Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn.), Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on... More
  • Committee Republicans Call Out Democrats for Trying to Shutter Critical Mining Projects
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    Apr 13, 2021 -     Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a subcommittee hearing on H.R. 1884, the Save Oak Flat Act. This legislation, sponsored by Committee Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), would prevent any mineral development in the Oak Flat area and repeal a land exchange that was previously enacted by Congress and signe... More
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