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Bishop Calls New DOI Rule on Hydraulic Fracturing “Duplicative”
May 16, 2013
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WASHINGTON— The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) today released updated draft regulations of hydraulic fracturing on public lands. The draft rule will only be open for public comment during the next 30 days. Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01), Chairman of the House Natural Resources Public Lands and En...
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Rep. Bishop’s Hill Creek Bill Passes House
May 15, 2013
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Hill Creek Cultural Preservation and Energy Development Act [H.R. 356], which was introduced by Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on January 23, 2013. The legislation would facilitate the exchange of approximat...
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Bishop Comments on Department of Defense Furloughs
May 14, 2013
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WASHINGTON— The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) today announced that civilian defense employees will face 11 furlough days through the end of the fiscal year. Early projections estimated that civilian employees would be subject to as many as 22 furlough days when defense sequestration cuts kick in,...
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Bishop Issues Statement on Administration's Decision to Keep Ogden-Hinckley Tower Open
May 10, 2013
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WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that the recently passed Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 will not only allow the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to end employee furloughs, it will also keep all 149 FAA contract towers open, including the...
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Lee, Bishop ask FAA for clarification of conflicting statements on Ogden tower closing
May 6, 2013
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WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee and Rep. Rob Bishop released a letter they wrote to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta requesting information regarding conflicting statements about the decision to close the tower at Ogden-H...
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Bishop Reacts to Reports that Obama Administration May Keep Ogden Tower Open
May 1, 2013
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Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01) today praised reports that Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Ray LaHood has said that 149 FAA towers, including Utah’s Ogden and Provo towers, will be spared from closure. Last week, Bishop voted in support of legislation to give the Federal Aviation Adminis...
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Bishop Introduces Legislation to Improve Antiquities Act
Apr 15, 2013
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WASHINGTON– House Natural Resources Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) will discuss the Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation (EPIC) of National Monuments Act [H.R. 1459] during a legislative hearing tomorrow. The EPIC Act was introduced by Congr...
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Bipartisan Legislation Sets NASA’s Focus on the Moon
Apr 10, 2013
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WASHINGTON– U.S. Representatives Bill Posey (R-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Chairman Frank Wolf (R-VA), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), John Culberson (R-TX), Steve Stockman (R-TX), Pete Olson (R-TX), Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Ted Poe (R-TX) have once again reintroduced bipartisan legislation directing NASA ...
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Rep. Rob Bishop Statement on Senate Approval of Next DOI Secretary Sally Jewell
Apr 10, 2013
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WASHINGTON–The U.S. Senate today officially confirmed President Obama’s nomination of Sally Jewell as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior. House Natural Resources Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) today released the following stateme...
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Bishop Opposes President Obama’s Use of Antiquities Act
Mar 25, 2013
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WASHINGTON– Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01), Chairman of the Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee, today decried President Obama’s use of the century-old Antiquities Act to create five new national monuments. The Antiquities Act, established in 1906, gives the executive branch the a...
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