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Members Urge VIP Act Implementation Before Memorial Day
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May 20, 2022 - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging them to implement the provisions of the Alexander Lofgren Veterans in Parks Ac... More

ICYMI: GOP Raises Alarm On Biden Admin Wasting Billions Of Taxpayer Dollars
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May 17, 2022 - A group of House Republicans demanded Tuesday that the Biden administration provide assurance it isn’t wasting billions of dollars worth of taxpayer funds. The House Natural Resources Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Bruce Westerman, highlighted a series of funding discrepancies in the Biden administration... More

Westerman Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Effort to Enhance National Parks
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May 10, 2022 - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined Committee Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), U.S. Sens. Rob Portman (D-Ohio) and Angus King (I-Maine) and more than 30other members in introducing the National Park Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2022. "You shouldn't visit a nati... More

Westerman, McCarthy Lead Bipartisan Giant Sequoias Tour
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May 6, 2022 - Yesterday, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and U.S. Reps. Scott Peters (D-Calif.), Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), David Valadao (R-Calif.) and Jim Costa (D-Calif.) for a tour of the Sequoia National Forest. "California's Gia... More

Committee Republicans Continue Inquiry Into Interior Personnel's Ethics Issues
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May 3, 2022 - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Blake Moore (R-Utah) sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Senior Counselor t... More

Westerman Statement on Biden Forestry Announcement
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Apr 22, 2022 - Today, President Joe Biden signed an executive order on forestry. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "I'm pleased to see President Biden finally recognizing something congressional Republicans have promoted for years: that properly m... More

What They Are Saying: The No Timber From Tyrants Act
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Apr 11, 2022 - Last week, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) introduced the No Timber From Tyrants Act. This legislation would prohibit imports of forest products from Russia and Belarus while ramping up responsible harvesting of American timber to create new jobs, produce more sustainable w... More

ICYMI: Republicans Seek Ban on Russian Timber, Boost to U.S. Logging
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Apr 8, 2022 - House Republicans proposed legislation Thursday that would ban imports of wood products from Russia and Belarus during the war with Ukraine, and ramp up domestic timber harvesting on public lands and national forests. The No Timber From Tyrants Act, sponsored by Natural Resources ranking member Bruce Westerman (Ark.),... More

Westerman Leads Legislation Banning Timber Imports From Russia
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Apr 7, 2022 - Washington - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) introduced the No Timber From Tyrants Act with the support of more than 80 members and 35 industry groups. This legislation would prohibit imports of forest products from Russia and Belarus while ramping up responsible har... More

Westerman, Spartz lead Bipartisan Ukrainian Independence Park Act
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Mar 15, 2022 - 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... More

House Passes Two Republican Natural Resources Bills
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Dec 8, 2021 - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two Republican Natural Resources Committee bills, the Indian Buffalo Management Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), and the Blackwell School National Historic Site Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas). House Committee on Natural Resources Ra... More

Members Urge DOI, USDA to Consider Vaccine Mandate's Effects on Wildfire Response, Readiness
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Oct 27, 2021 - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a bicameral letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack and U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, urging them to carefully reassess a vaccine mandate for firefighters that will inhibit effecti... More

Biden Ignores Local Communities, Reinstates Sweeping Monument Designations
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Oct 7, 2021 - Today, President Joe Biden announced he will be unilaterally expanding the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. "In a pattern that's becoming all-too-familiar, the Biden Administration is once again making a major decision with no congressional input, no pr... More

Westerman Statement on Biden's Idaho, California Forestry Tour
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Sep 13, 2021 - Today, President Joe Biden is visiting sites in Idaho and California to survey wildfire damage and learn more about forest management practices in the region. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "It's ironic that just days after commit... 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

What They Are Saying: The Resilient Federal Forests Act
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Jul 27, 2021 - Last week, 70 members introduced the bipartisan Resilient Federal Forests Act with the backing of 90 organizations. "Catastrophic wildfires release millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, damage fragile ecosystems, and threaten the lives and livelihoods of Americans. Implementing active forest managemen... More

Members Survey Environmental Impacts of Illegal Immigration, Biden Border Crisis
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Jul 23, 2021 - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a congressional delegation to McAllen, Texas to survey the impacts illegal immigration and the Biden border crisis have on sensitive wildlife habitats and federal lands along the border. U.S. Reps. Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.), John Moolena... More

Westerman Leads Legislation to Mitigate Catastrophic Wildfires, Improve Forest Health
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Jul 22, 2021 - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) introduced the Resilient Federal Forests Act, a bipartisan bill to address the environmental and economic threats of catastrophic wildfires. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), Con... More

Congress Must Take Action to Prevent Catastrophic Wildfires, Restore Forest Health
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Jul 22, 2021 - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a forum titled "Preventing Catastrophic Wildfires and Restoring Forest Health and Resiliency." "Frankly, I am sick and tired of the pitiful lack of action taken in the face of this crisis," Westerman said. "If current trends continu... 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

What They Are Saying: The VIP Act
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Jul 2, 2021 - This week, 135 members introduced the bipartisan Veterans in Parks (VIP) Act with the backing of nearly 60 groups and organizations. Member Statements of Support "We owe our American freedoms to our brave servicemen and servicewomen, and the families who have served right alongside these heroes. President Trump did a g... More

Overwhelmingly Bipartisan Bill Honors American Heroes
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Jul 1, 2021 - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and 129 other ... More

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May 23,2022

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May 20,2022

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May 19,2022

DOI Heeds Republican Messages, Announces Draft Five-Year Offshore Leasing Plan

Today, U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland announced DOI will be releasing a draft five-year plan for oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) before the curre...... Read more about DOI Heeds Republican Messages, Announces Draft Five-Year Offshore Leasing Plan

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