U.S. House Republicans and GOP Govs. Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Mark Gordon of Wyoming teamed up Thursday to rail against the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed rule to allow conservation leases on federal lands.

Noem and Gordon joined the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee for about half of a 4-1/2 hour hearing that saw Republican members raise familiar objections to the BLM’s proposal that would treat conservation as a use on the same level as mining, oil and gas development or livestock grazing.

In an apparent response to strident opposition from western conservatives, including Wyoming’s top elected officials, the Bureau of Land Management last week extended the public comment period for its new Public Lands Rule to July 5. 

Environmental advocates have described the measure, which would put conservation on equal footing with energy development, grazing and other approved uses of public lands, as a clear-eyed strategy for addressing contemporary problems like climate change and habitat loss.

Colorado's U.S. Reps. Ken Buck, Doug Lamborn and Wyoming's Harriet Hageman want energy companies to remove decommissioned wind turbines from leased land before getting federal tax credits, arguing that burden should not fall on landowners across the Eastern Plains.

The House of Representatives voted on June 15 to approve a bill that could significantly shift federal regulatory authority away from the executive branch to Congress.

Lawmakers voted for the Separation of Powers Restoration Act, known as SOPRA, in a 220–211 vote. Most Republicans voted in favor of the measure, while most Democrats voted against it.

The House passed a bill that would require major regulations from agencies to secure approval from Congress.

The Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act made it through on June 14 with 221 yeas and 210 nays.

The bill, also known as H.R. 277, can be read here.

In the hours before the vote, representatives debated multiple amendments to it.

Those who don’t think big government is coming after gas stoves should look at Tuesday and Wednesday’s vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Because of overt federal intent to infringe on the use of gas stoves in the U.S., Republicans introduced and passed legislation both days to prevent the Energy Department and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission from using the rule-making process to curtail such an action.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held a legislative hearing last week on six bills focused on various solutions related to Indian Country health care, land ownership, and hunting and fishing rights. Subcommittee Chair Harriet Hageman (R-WY) released the following statement in response:

Wyoming Congresswoman Harriet Hageman voted to overturn the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (A.T.F.) rule classifying all firearms with barrels under 16-inches and an attached stabilizing, or “pistol” brace as short-barreled rifles (S.B.R.).