TO: Ms. Christy Goldfuss Ms. Eileen Sobeck  FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman John Fleming Don Young Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen Dear Ms. Goldfuss and Ms. Sobeck: The House Natural Resources Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee recently held an oversight hearing on the potential designation of marine national monuments, including one off of the coast of New England. We are sending… Read more »

Today, the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans held an oversight hearing on the designations of Marine National Monuments, which are unilateral executive actions that usurp established regional fisheries management plans and impose significant economic and environmental impacts regionally and nationwide. In particular, the hearing focused on the threat of Marine National Monument… Read more »

OP-ED: Resurrecting 'Eureka' in California National Review Chairman Rob Bishop “Eureka!” (“I have found it.”) Coined for the discovery of gold that brought adventurers and entrepreneurs flocking to the elusive western border of our continent, California’s state motto has held true for generations: It’s a uniquely American sentiment,… Read more »

House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in response to the Bureau of Reclamation’s latest announcement to flush Trinity River water towards non-listed fish species.  “As California and the West are drying up, the Obama Administration has announced another unjustified water grab that prioritizes fish over people. People out West… Read more »

Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources and the House Small Business Committee held a joint field hearing in Homestead, Florida, on the National Park Service’s (NPS) General Management Plan (GMP) for Biscayne National Park released in June 2015.  The GMP, which includes a Marine Reserve Zone (MRZ) that would be closed to all commercial and recreational fishing, conflicts with… Read more »

On Monday, August 3, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT) the House Committee on Natural Resources and the House Small Business Committee will hold a joint full committee field hearing titled “Restricted Access at Biscayne National Park and Implications for Fishermen, Small Businesses, the Local Economy and Environment.” Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the… Read more »

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2898, the Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015 with bipartisan support by a vote of 245-176.  Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement upon final passage.     “In the midst of the drought crisis in California and the West, H.R. 2898 will liberate Americans from the prison of outdated water… Read more »

Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in response to the announcement today from the U.S. Forest Service on the agency’s decision to officially withdrawal its Proposed Directive on Groundwater Management.    “From the outset the Forest Service failed to identify any practical or legal basis for this directive. The decision to… Read more »

Next week the House will consider H.R. 1335 – “The Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act” (Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization).  The bill improves the conservation and management of U.S. fishery resources and will support a more robust domestic seafood industry and greater job creation in regions across the country. For more… Read more »

Today, Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) responded to the Obama Administration’s finalization of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.   “The Obama Administration’s latest act of executive defiance-by-fiat, the WOTUS rule, expands the EPA into a regulatory behemoth that would have been unrecognizable by the founders of the Clean Water Act.… Read more »