Today, the U.S. House of Representatives, with unanimous consent, passed Congressman Scott Tipton’s (R-CO) legislation to establish a Chimney Rock National Monument. The Chimney Rock National Monument Establishment Act (H.R. 2621) now goes to the Senate, where Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) has introduced a similar measure.
Rep. Scott Tipton’s (R-CO) Planning for American Energy Act advanced with bipartisan support through the House Natural Resources Committee today. H.R. 4381 seeks to establish common sense steps to create an all-of-the-above American energy plan for using federal lands to meet America’s energy needs.
MONTROSE, CO— Today, a panel of witnesses underscored that a lack of access and a cumbersome regulatory structure continues to impede healthy forest management during the largest bark beetle epidemic in recorded history.