Press Releases
March 23, 2007
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Completing a process started at the beginning of this year, Freshman Congressman Rob Bishop guided to final passage yesterday his first piece of legislation in the U.S. Congress. The bill, labeled S.278 and sponsored and passed previously in the Senate by Senator Bennett, adjusts the boundaries of the Mount Naomi Wilderness Area in Cache County. Introduced by Bishop on the House side as H.R.
March 23, 2007
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As part of an ongoing effort to protect and enhance Utah's military installations, Congressman Rob Bishop yesterday moved a bill through a Resource Subcommittee hearing aimed at curtailing encroachments to the Utah Test and Training Range in the State's west desert. H.R.
March 23, 2007
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Representative Rob Bishop (R-UT01) voted today in favor of legislation that increases the payment given to families of fallen soldiers, while at the same time making certain the whole cash amount will be tax exempt. The Fallen Patriots Tax Relief Act of 2003 boosts from $6,000 to $12,000 the financial death gratuity payment to the families of those who have lost or lose loved ones in military se
March 23, 2007
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Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT01), a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, announced today that House and Senate negotiators have agreed to fund a $5.9 million construction project for Hill Air Force Base (AFB) in fiscal year 2004. The funding is contained as part of the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 2559, the Military Construction Appropriations Act of 2004.
March 23, 2007
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In regard to the recent debate over additional waste in Utah, Congressman Bishop issued the following statement:
March 23, 2007
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Utah First District Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT01), a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, has gone on the offensive to fight a recently-disclosed proposal to close down the commissary in Dugway, Utah. The GOP Freshman questioned Dr.
March 23, 2007
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In response to the passage of the conference committee report on H.R. 1904, the Healthy Forests Restoration Act, Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT01) issued the following statement:
March 23, 2007
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Utah's First District Congressman, Rob Bishop, joined the Utah delegation to vote for an anti-"spam" bill (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003) in this session of Congress. In view of his opposition to the hypocrisy, cost and over-burdensome government regulation mandated by the passage of anti-telemarketing legislation, Congressman Bishop decided to vo
March 23, 2007
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Utah Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT01), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued today the following statement regarding the capture of Saddam Hussein in Iraq:
March 23, 2007
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Representative Rob Bishop (R-UT01), a former High School teacher of nearly 30 years, returns today to Box Elder High School in Brigham City, Utah to spend his Congressional Recess doing what he enjoys most – teaching American government to a classroom full of students. The U.S.