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Bishop & Upton Statement on Path Forward for House-Senate Energy Conference

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House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement on the path forward for a House-Senate conference on energy legislation. “At the end of the day, our goal is to get something to the President that he will sign into law. From our perspective, a bill that the President will…

Speaker Appoints Members to Represent Committee Jurisdiction in House-Senate Energy Conference

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Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) appointed Republican lawmakers to serve on a conference committee charged with producing final energy and natural resource legislation (H.R. 8 / S. 2012), including Committee Chair Rob Bishop (R-UT), Vice-Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Rep. Don Young (R-AK), Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR). H.R. 8, the North American Energy…

Bishop Statement on Senate Energy Bill

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House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement upon Senate passage of S.2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015: “I thank Senator Murkowski for her work on this legislation and congratulate the chamber for acting on a bill. There are a number of additions to the bill added last night through the amendment process that the…

Bishop: Interior Arctic Lease Cancellation Plays into Russia’s Hands

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House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement on the announcement made today by the U.S. Department of the Interior that it will cancel the two potential Arctic offshore lease sales scheduled under the current five-year offshore oil and gas leasing program for 2012-2017: “This Administration has dangerous priorities. It drives Shell out of…

Bishop: Report Reveals Obama’s Energy Legacy of Failure

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Today the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report on fossil fuels produced from federal and Indian lands for FY 2014.  Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement:  “The government’s report on energy production on federal lands is astonishingly dismal. The EIA found miniscule growth in oil and natural gas…

Witness Panel: Arctic Rule Will Freeze Development Necessary for Strong Alaskan Economy

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Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the Obama Administration’s proposed Arctic Rule and its potential impacts on offshore energy development to native Alaskans, the State of Alaska, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, and to our nation’s goal of energy security.  The hearing also focused on a recent study by the National Petroleum…

Committee Passes Critical Bipartisan Energy Infrastructure and Forest Management Bills

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Today, the Committee on Natural Resources approved six bills during a Full Committee markup on H.R. 387, H.R. 521, H.R. 1289, H.R. 1992, H.R. 2295, H.R. 2358, and H.R. 2647. On the passage of H.R. 2295, the “National Energy Security Corridors Act,” introduced by Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) and Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Rep. MacArthur…

163 Members of Congress Urge Administration to Increase Energy Production in Outer Continental Shelf

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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, Chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, today led 159 of their Senate and House colleagues in urging Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to increase access to the energy resources on our nation’s…

Chairman Doug Lamborn Opening Statement at the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Oversight Hearing

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Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources made the following opening statement at today's oversight hearing entitled "Effect of the President’s FY 2016 Budget and Legislative Proposals for the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service’s Energy and Minerals Programs on Private Sector Job Creation, Domestic Energy and Minerals…

Kornze Faces Committee Scrutiny On Hydraulic Fracturing Rule

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Committee on Natural Resources Vice Chairman Cynthia Lummis (WY-At large) today questioned BLM Director Neil Kornze on how the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between BLM and the states will operate. “Who will approve well bore integrity issues? Will you approve those? Who will do the inspections? Will [states] be brought in? Who is…