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Final Spending Bill Includes Millions for Utah Defense Projects
Dec 19, 2007
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Congressman Rob Bishop, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, has announced that the final Congressional spending bill of the year contains almost $50 million in funding for military construction projects in Utah. The projects, many of which were included in the President’s original budget...
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Bishop Maintains Provision to Protect Training Range
Dec 13, 2007
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Congressman Rob Bishop has announced that the US House has blocked efforts to get rid of an existing statute which protects the Utah Test and Training Range. The current provision, commonly referred to as the Hansen Moratorium, protects the land around the range from development, including the poten...
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Bishop Provision Protects 2nd Amendment Rights
Oct 24, 2007
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The U.S. House of Representatives today passed an amendment sponsored by Congressman Rob Bishop that will ensure there will be no federal infringement of Second Amendment rights on certain public lands.The provision, which came in the form of the Republican Motion to Recommit on H.R. 1483, a bill to...
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Bishop Reacts to SCHIP Veto Override Vote
Oct 18, 2007
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Well, now that the games are over, we need to reauthorize the SCHIP program with a bill that’s properly funded and targets help to poor kids first. We could learn a lot along those lines by watching how the State of Utah runs this program. Hopefully Washington will learn the same lessons. The House ...
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Bishop Pushes Bill To Give Mantua Some Growing Room
Oct 17, 2007
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Congressman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) has introduced legislation to help Mantua City obtain more land within city limits, by conveying to the city land currently owned by the federal government. The conveyed land could be used to develop a new city cemetery, construct a new town hall and fire station, and...
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Rob Bishop Statement on Latest SCHIP Bill
Sep 25, 2007
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Republican Congressman Rob Bishop (UT01) today issued the following statement on H.R. 967, the latest Democratic bill to re-authorize and extensively expand the SCHIP program:“I’m still waiting for a major issue to come along where the Democratic leadership doesn’t take a nice idea and really mess i...
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House Passes Bishop Provision Preventing Fed Abuse of Eminent Domain
Jun 27, 2007
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The U.S. House of Representatives has approved, by voice vote, an eminent domain provision filed by Congressman Rob Bishop which would protect private property rights near public lands. The amendment, made to the Interior Appropriations bill currently under consideration by the House, prohibits the...
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Bishop Fights for Increased PILT Payments
Jun 26, 2007
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The U.S. House of Representatives today approved, by voice vote, an amendment submitted by Reps. Chris Cannon and championed by Congressman Rob Bishop to redirect $20 million to increase funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program in 2007. Through PILT, the Interior Department makes pay...
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Bishop Secures Millions for Utah Defense Projects
May 17, 2007
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Congressman Rob Bishop, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, announced that he has secured tens of millions of dollars in funding authorizations for military spending in Utah as part of HR 1585, the National Defense Authorization Act, which was passed today by the US House of Representati...
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Bishop Announces $2.5 Million Grant for Ogden Airport
May 16, 2007
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Congressman Rob Bishop has announced that the Ogden Hinckley Airport will soon be receiving a $2.5 million grant from the federal Department of Transportation. The grant will provide funding to construct a new parallel taxiway to existing runway 3/21. “This funding represents the next step in makin...
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