U.S. Natural Resources Committee
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Recent News About U.S. Natural Resources Committee
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Chair Grijalva Statement on Interior Secretary Haaland Announcement on Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing
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Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on the expected House passage of eleven Natural Resources Committee-passed bills, including five that were championed by the late Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska).
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Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today announced the introduction of House and Senate legislation to modernize the nation’s severely antiquated hardrock mining law.
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Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on President Joe Biden’s proclamation designating May 5, 2022, as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day.
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Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a letter today with eight other Natural Resources Committee members to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland urging reversal of the Trump administration’s decision to approve the Northern Corridor Highway (NCH) through Red Cliffs National Conservation Area (Red Cliffs NCA) in southern Utah
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Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on finalization of the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s Phase One rulemaking for regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
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Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) announcement that it will institute new reforms for its onshore oil and gas leasing program. DOI also announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will resume onshore oil and gas lease sales, as mandated by court order, and will issue final sale notices on Monday, April 18
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Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on President Joseph R. Biden’s newly announced decision to issue a determination permitting the use of Defense Production Act (DPA) to boost mining on U.S. public lands.
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“As it turns out, the oil and gas industry isn’t the only one taking advantage of tragedy in Ukraine.”
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Devon, EOG, and Occidental are among the most significant oil and gas operators on public lands and waters
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The RESPECT Act will codify into law that federal agencies must consult with tribal governments before taking federal actions that impact tribal lands, rights, resources, or citizens.
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“Ambassador Yun is an accomplished diplomat who has ably served both Democratic and Republican administrations in difficult assignments, and we are optimistic that his appointment marks a new chapter in efforts to renew the Compacts of Free Association.
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“Representative Young was a pillar of Alaska, leaving behind a legacy as immense as his state. He has been a leader and institution on the Committee and I’m grateful for the path he charted as Chair for six years.
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The hearing will be the first in congressional history to examine tribal land dispossession enacted by the U.S. government and the impact of dispossession on federal land management practices.
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Grijalva’s op-ed lays out several statistics from the U.S. Department of the Interior and other government sources that rebut the fossil fuel industry’s most frequently used arguments for opening more public lands and waters to oil and gas development
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Lease Sale 257 was the nation’s largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in history. Chair Grijalva, along with subcommittee chairs Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif), filed an amicus brief on behalf of the plaintiffs in this case this past December.
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Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) of the House Natural Resources Committee and Chair James P. McGovern (D-Mass.) of the House Rules Committee today examined the ongoing injustice of food insecurity among Indigenous communities in the U.S. at a joint roundtable discussion titled Ending Hunger in America: Indigenous Nutrition and Food Systems.
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House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement after the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) launched the beta version of its Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool.
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Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement about a report issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) finding that former DOI Secretary Ryan Zinke, in pursuing a brewery as part of a larger development near his residential property in Whitefish, Mont., violated his ethics obligations, used federal resources for personal gain, and lied to ethics officials and the media.
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Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement following the decision by the District Court of the District of Columbia to revoke oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico tonight.