An emerging and dangerous issue which should be of concern to everyone in the Western U.S. is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) implementation of the Sustainability Targets in Agriculture to Incentivize Natural Solutions (SUSTAINS) Act of 2021.
The USDA’s news release on this bill notes the SUSTAINS Act will use private donations to “expand implementation of conservation practices to sequester carbon, improve wildlife habitat, protect sources of drinking water and address other natural resource priorities.”
For two generations the Chevron Doctrine has given federal agencies an unfair advantage, outsized authority and unconstitutional power in interpreting statutes and issuing rules. Friday, the Supreme Court righted this wrong.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but Rocky Mountain Power (RMP) wants to raise your electric bill by double digits (16.5% in total) … yet again.
This is not the first rate increase that RMP has proposed, and it will not be the last.
This yearly increase will instead become the “new normal” unless we fight back against the radical environmental agenda that seeks to force us into “15-minute cities,” to take our gas-powered vehicles, and to destroy our reliable and affordable energy resources and producers.
In Wyoming, we have always relied on access to America’s public lands for our way of life and our livelihood. It is essential for energy and mineral development, ranching and agriculture, hunting and fishing, hiking and climbing, and so much more.
Unelected, unaccountable Washington bureaucrats are now jeopardizing Wyoming’s access to that land. They want to hijack Wyoming’s decision-making surrounding public land management and transfer it to climate zealots.
This op-ed was first published in Townhall on April 3, 2024. Click here to view it on their site.
There are all kinds of phrases and jargon that are particular to Congress and legislative procedure, so much so that sometimes it sounds like the folks on Capitol Hill are speaking a different language. When members of Congress talk in “legislative speak,” normal people tend to tune them out because, unlike D.C. careerists, they are not obsessed with the minutiae of the process.
Who thinks it would be a good idea to give China, Russia or Iran the authority to block energy, food and mineral production on United States land? No one in their right mind, that’s for sure, but naturally the Biden administration tried. Fortunately, they failed, but this is a cautionary tale of why we must constantly remain vigilant and make sure the Biden administration isn’t abusing its authority in their war on domestic energy production.
2023 has been an exciting, rewarding, exhausting, interesting, and at times, frustrating year. Those who have followed the House of Representatives understand just how unique the 118th Congress has been. And on this Thanksgiving, I am reminded that we live in the finest country the world has ever known, even if its governance is not always pretty, and I have a long list of things for which I am thankful.
There’s no doubt the road has been rough these last few months in Congress.
This op-ed was first published in the Daily Caller on November 8, 2023. Click here to view it on their site.
When conservatives warned normal people that the rabid left was coming for our hamburgers, Democrats and the media mocked the idea, even though there was good reason for the alarm.