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  • Congressman Bishop to Bring Students, Lawmakers & Local Leaders Together for 5th Annual Education Forum
    Oct 16, 2009  - On Monday, October 19, 2009, nearly 180 high school students from Utah’s First Congressional District will participate in the Education Conference hosted annually by Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01.) Each year, the conference provides students with a unique opportunity to expand upon their current civ... More
  • American Energy Freedom Day
    Oct 1, 2009  - Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT), chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, released the following statement recognizing October 1st as American Energy Freedom Day: “October 1, 2009 marks the one year anniversary of the expiration of the congressional moratoriums on offshore and oil shale drilli... More
  • Outer Continental Shelf Public Comment Period Closes Today…With One Final Comment
    Sep 21, 2009  - Today concludes the public comment period of the U.S. Department of Interior’s (DOI) five-year plan to expand access to critical and abundant energy resources offshore.  Congressman Rob Bishop (R0UT) and fellow Western Caucus members are acutely aware of growing efforts within the current Admin... More
  • Congressman Rob Bishop to Secretary Salazar: “Your actions continue to contradict this nation’s desire to achieve energy independence”
    Sep 16, 2009  - Today, during the Natural Resources Committee hearing on the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009.  Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT), who serves as Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, requested that Secretary Sal... More
  • Congressman Rob Bishop to Secretary Salazar: “Your actions continue to contradict this nation’s desire to achieve energy independence.”
    Sep 16, 2009  - Today, during the Natural Resources Committee hearing on the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (CLEAR Act, H.R. 3534) Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT), who serves as Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, requested th... 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
  • Senate and House Western Caucuses to Hold Bicameral Hearing on Cap & Trade
    Jul 28, 2009  - This Thursday, July 30, 2009 House and Senate Western Caucus members will hold a historic bicameral hearing on cap and trade. With President Obama’s original deadline just days away, and as the Senate continues to become further entangled in the complex web of cap and trade’s costly regulations and ... 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
  • 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
 

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