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U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop says he wants to reign in presidential executive orders but stopped short of criticizing any issued by President Donald Trump. The Republican congressman declined to comment on the specifics of Trump's controversial ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, saying he didn't want to speak about it while it was being challenged in court.
The maker of Patagonia has a message for Utah government officials: If you want big outdoor business, act like it. Patagonia pulls out of Utah outdoor show amid Bears Ears National Monument battle The maker of Patagonia has a message for Utah government officials: If you want big outdoor business, act like it.
It might be harder than Rep. Rob Bishop thinks for President Donald Trump to get rid of national monuments like Bears Ears. Video provided by Newsy Utah lawmaker wants Trump to get rid of a new National monument It might be harder than Rep. Rob Bishop thinks for President Donald Trump to get rid of national monuments like Bears Ears.
Obliterating EPA would create chaos, experts say Gaetz sees smooth transition in oversight and regulations from feds to states. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2k2f3Ix U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz has proposed to abolish the EPA by 2018.
President Barack Obama designated two national monuments Wednesday at sites in Utah and Nevada that have become key flashpoints over use of public land in the U.S. West, marking the administration's latest move to protect environmentally sensitive areas in its final days. The Bears Ears National Monument in Utah will cover 1.35 million acres in the Four Corners region, the White House said.
President Barack Obama on Wednesday designated over 1.6 million acres of land in Utah and Nevada as national monuments, protecting two areas rich in Native American artifacts from mining, oil and gas drilling in one of his final moves to protect the environment. "Today's actions will help protect this cultural legacy and will ensure that future generations are able to enjoy and appreciate these scenic and historic landscapes," Obama said in a statement.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, front left, talks with Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, following the governor's monthly news conference at KUED-TV in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. At back left, Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, talks with Bob Bernick.
The price of a lifetime pass for seniors to national parks could quadruple as Congress considers establishing a fund to finance "signature" projects and programs to enhance the National Park System. Legislation is pending in the Senate after House passage of H.R. 4680 by U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, which would establish the National Park Centennial Challenge Fund.
U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, a Utah Republican, is calling on Donald Trump to reverse President Obama's designations of national monuments across the country. President Obama designated two national monuments in Nevada - Tule Springs Fossil Beds on Dec. 19, 2014, and Basin and Range on July 10, 2015.
U.S. prosecutors have declined to pursue criminal charges against an employee of the Environmental Protection Agency over a massive mine wastewater spill that fouled rivers in three states, a federal watchdog agency said. The EPA's Office of Inspector General disclosed Wednesday that it recently presented evidence to prosecutors that the unnamed employee may have violated the Clean Water Act and given false statements.
Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, left, holds an image he says is misleading and was created by critics of his public lands proposal while speaking during a news conference as Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, center, and Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, right, looks on at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. SALT LAKE CITY - A new legal analysis from a group of Western attorneys general casts doubt on many of the arguments Utah has put forward in its push to gain control of millions of acres of federal land.
Washington, D.C.-Local leaders and members of Utah's Navajo Nation made a plea for a cooperative legislative effort rather than an executive order for the proposed Bears Ears National Monument Wednesday. Speaking from the nation's capitol, the delegation asked President Barack Obama to hold off on signing an executive order that would make the Bears Ears area in San Juan County a national monument in favor of protecting the land via Rep. Rob Bishop's forthcoming Public Lands Initiative legislation.
No third-party candidates will take the stage with Democrats and Republicans this fall in political debates put on by the Utah Debate Commission. None of those running for Congress, governor or attorney general in Utah met the 10 percent threshold for participation based on polling that the commission conducted Aug. 2 to Sept.
In this April 23, 2016, file photo, U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaks during the Utah Republican Party nominating convention in Salt Lake City. Lee and members of the Senate's Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing in Utah on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, amid a push for a new national monument in the state.
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell heard emotional statements Saturday from both sides of a divisive proposal to create a national monument at a sacred American Indian site. Jewell's 3A1 2-hour meeting in the town of Bluff capped off a four-day research trip to Utah as a coalition of tribes urges President Barack Obama to turn 1.9 million acres around the twin Bears Ears buttes into a national monument.
The proposed 1.4 million acres of the Bears Ears region contained in a massive public lands bill being unveiled this week would actually be split in two, with the southern portion set aside for traditional Native American uses. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, and chief architect of the measure, said the region on federal lands in southeastern Utah will come with a new management structure that includes a tribal committee to ensure traditional access for wood gathering, ceremonies and gathering of plants.
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As Puerto Rico faces a major debt payment, President Barack Obama is vowing to move quickly to sign a last-minute rescue package for the financially-strapped U.S. territory and its 3.5 million Americans. In a rare election-year feat, the White House-backed legislation passed with strong bipartisan support in Congress.
Some have wondered if the killer used ISIS as a cover for a different motivation involving a possible struggle with his own sexual identity, but the massacre was terrorism against LGBT people, regardless of motive. North Carolina State Rep. Dan Bishop , the primary sponsor of the "bathroom bill."
A sharp increase in royalties paid by companies extracting U.S.-owned coal would trigger only modest mining reductions, according to a White House report that refutes claims the Western coal industry would be decimated by proposed reforms. The report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers comes after new sales of federal coal leases were halted in January.