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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Rep. Russ Fulcher (ID-01) released the following statements celebrating the passage of H.R.1449 – Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act (CLEAN Act). This legislation requires the Department of the Interior (DOI) to increase lease sales under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 and establishes deadlines to consider geothermal drilling permits. The bill passed by a bipartisan vote of 244-171.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) hosted a historic tribal roundtable with representatives of five tribes from across the nation to discuss health care, public safety and economic development issues in Indian Country.
Wyoming’s congressional delegation, and 10 more members of Congress, sent a letter Monday to the commissioner of the Mountain West Conference, urging her to keep males out of women’s sports.
A bill to honor Dessie A. Bebout, a former Shoshoni Postmaster, has been passed by the United States House of Representatives and is now awaiting the President's approval. This legislation, introduced in the Senate by U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Tom Carper (D-Del.), was unanimously approved in April. It then moved to the House where it received support from U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) and passed without opposition.
For our federal government, and regardless of the issue, “the sky’s the limit.” Applying this adage to ownership of real property “out west” is well-known, which is why I have introduced the No Net Gain in Federal Lands Act of 2024.