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Gosar Reintroduces the Public Lands Renewable Energy Act

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Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-09), issued the following statement after reintroducing H.R. 8954, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act (PLREDA) of 2024,legislation which increases production of wind, solar, and geothermal energy on public lands:   “The Biden-Harris Administration's unprecedented war on American energy has…

Gosar Announces Winners of the 2024 Congressional Art Competition

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Wickenburg, AZ - This past weekend, Congressman Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-09) announced the winners of Arizona's Ninth Congressional District Art Competition. This annual contest, first started in 1982 and with over 650,000 participants since, recognizes the best art of the year from high school students. The winners were selected from a panel of local judges and the "People's…

Gosar Statement on Supporting the Motion to Vacate the Speaker

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Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-09), issued the following statement after cosponsoring H.Res. 1103, Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant, also known as the motion to vacate.   “Nearly 11 million illegal aliens have crossed our southern border in the past three years.  My congressional…

Gosar Reintroduces Veterans Expedited TSA Screening Legislation

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Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Paul Gosar issued the following statement after introducing H.R. 7365, the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act, bipartisan legislation that would provide expedited security screening under the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) PreCheck program to severely injured or disabled veterans: “Traveling through…

Gosar Statement on the Selection of Mike Johnson as Speaker

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Washington, D.C.-- Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-09), issued the following statement following the selection of the Honorable Mike Johnson as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives:   “I am pleased to have cast my vote in support of my good friend, Congressman Johnson, to lead our country as the next Speaker.  Speaker Johnson will govern alongside House…

IG investigating complaint against top BLM official

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The Interior Department’s inspector general is investigating whether the Bureau of Land Management’s current leader violated ethics rules in the bureau’s decision last spring to pause a series of public lands orders in Alaska, according to a nonprofit watchdog group that requested the inquiry. OIG investigator Michael Smith notified Protect the Public’s Trust in an email that it had…

Boebert amendment to bar Interior from paying salaries of ecoterrorists defeated

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A House committee voted down a proposal Thursday that would have prevented the Interior Department from paying employees involved in ecoterrorism, a thinly veiled swipe at Tracy Stone-Manning, President Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management.  During the budget reconciliation markup session, the House Natural Resources Committee rejected on a voice vote the proposed…

House Republicans push impeachment resolution against David Chipman as decision looms for moderate Senate Dems

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By: Tyler Olson - FOX NEWS FIRST ON FOX – Some House Republicans are pushing a resolution to impeach David Chipman, President Biden's nominee to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) – even before he's been confirmed by the Senate. The effort, which is more political messaging than anything, is led by Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont. It comes…

MONEY Published June 9 GOP lawmakers demand Biden administration end federal unemployment benefits

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By Megan Henney FOXBusiness A group of House Republicans is urging the Biden administration to end the federal unemployment benefits program that provided out-of-work Americans with an extra $300 a week, warning the enhanced aid is hampering the U.S. economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.   In a letter to Brian Deese, the director of…