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  • This Just In: Utah’s 4th Congressional District Gets $1,124,614 in Stimulus Funding
    Nov 17, 2009  - After continued talk of the Obama Administration’s successes of saving or creating millions of jobs across the country and in Utah, Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01) today decided to check out how Utah fared from the Economic Recovery Act on Recovery.gov, a website hosted by Vice President Joe Biden an... More
  • Did the $787 Billion dollar Stimulus Package Work?
    Nov 6, 2009  - "Oh, I'm confident we've hit bottom."- Vice President Joe Biden, November 2009. Vice President Joe Biden said the recovery plan "is operating as advertised" and on target to reach Obama's goal. - October 2009 "We're starting to make real progress on the road to recovery." -Vice President Joe... More
  • "What They're Saying About Cap and Trade"
    Jul 31, 2009  - "The market will set the price, but unlike the other cap-and-trade proposals that have been offered in this race, no business will be allowed to emit any greenhouses gases for free.”- President Barack Obama, October 2007. "When I was asked earlier about the issue of coal, you know, under my plan ... More
  • House and Senate Republicans Hold Bicameral Hearing on Job-Killing Energy Tax
    Jul 30, 2009  - Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Senate Western Caucus Chairman John Barasso (R-WY), along with fellow Western Caucus members from both the House and Senate sponsored a bicameral hearing to address examine the specific economic impact cap and trade policies are like... More
  • Western Caucus Members Call on Secretary Vilsack to Address Private Property Rights and Future Economic Stability of Allegheny National Forest
    Jul 23, 2009  - This week, in an effort led by Congressman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-05), members of the Congressional Western Caucus called on U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to address their concerns regarding the manner in which a settlement was reached on the lawsuit filed by the Allegheny De... More
  • Wild Horse Bill Bucks American Priorities
    Jul 17, 2009  - Today, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hasting (R-WA), Western Caucus Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT), Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) held a press conference to address Democrat efforts to pass legislation that will create a new $700 million welfa... More
  • Ban on Outer Continental Shelf Lifted One Year Ago…Yet Still No Action
    Jul 14, 2009  - Today, Congressional Western Caucus members Rob Bishop (UT-01),  House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04),  Congressman Don Young (AK-At Large), and Congressman Louie Gohmert (TX-01) joined former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, president of the Institute o... More
  • Hold On to Your Pocket Books...
    Jul 9, 2009  - Today, Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01) voted NO on H.R. 2997, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010, which provides an increase in funding of $2.4 billion, nearly 12% over last yea... More
  • Bishop Votes NO on National Energy Tax
    Jun 26, 2009  - Congressman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) released the following statement this evening after voting NO on the Cap and Trade legislation: “This bill is plain and simple a national energy tax, it will hurt our economy, kill jobs, and raise costs for all of us.  President Obama, when he was a candidate, actual... More
  • Democrats Disregard the West
    Jun 26, 2009  - In response to the passage of the House FY 2010 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement: “With over 90% of the federal lands located in the West, I a... More
 

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