The Arizona Cattle Growers Association is calling for a moratorium of the National Environmental Policy Act to allow logging and cattle operations to thin Arizona's forests...Groseta said while five years isn't long enough to encourage a business to open up a saw mill, it gets the loggers' feet in the door, and the sanctions would likely be extended after people see the results. He added that Representative Paul Gosar (R) LD1, will endorse the plan in CongressClick here to read
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U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Doney Park, wanted to address many topics Friday at a town hall meeting in Flagstaff…"I got to sit at the table for two years, and I got to speak my piece," he said to the audience. For some, it was a chance to tell Gosar they didn't like his policies, particularly in environmental areas…Gosar cited his family's history opposing a proposed use of a nuclear device to aid mining where he grew up in Wyoming, and said it was safer to remove the uranium from the canyon than le...
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Discussions between U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar and Prescott-area citizens at Gosar's town hall here Thursday often focused on government debt and spending. Gosar also repeatedly touted his land exchange bill that would enable the creation of a huge copper mine in southeast Arizona. Gosar said he's one of only two freshmen House members who got a substantive bill through the House last year. Click here to read
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Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar told The Daily Caller that Attorney General Eric Holder’s race-card play to attack his critics is “absolutely horrendous.” But Gosar said he thinks race may have played a role in the Department of Justice’s execution of Operation Fast and Furious — but in a different way from how Holder is framing it. “He [Holder] brought up the race card, and while I think it’s absolutely horrendous that he would bring up the race card, in Fast and Furious, we were in fact imp...
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A high-tech computer model that is supposed to help manage precious local water supplies has instead been mired in controversy for much of 2011… The USGS gave a copy of the draft report to Prescott's water resources manager, Leslie Graser, because she had co-authored the report while working for the Arizona Department of Water Resources. But USGS told Graser she couldn't share it with other Prescott officials. Prescott and PV then secretly sought help from members of Congress. Then-Congressman J...
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Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar’s office announced on Thursday morning that it has 75 cosponsors on its House of Representatives resolution of “no confidence” in Attorney General Eric Holder’s ability to serve. Between the 59 congressmen demanding that Holder resign and those who have signed onto Gosar’s resolution, there are now a total of 85 members of Congress who don’t trust Holder in his office. Click here to read
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For Immediate Release: December 29, 2011 CONTACT: Apryl Marie Fogel, aprylmarie.fogel@mail.house.gov FLAGSTAFF, AZ –U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S (AZ-01) announced that he will be hosting a fourth public town hall in January 2012. The newest addition to the Congressman’s schedule is a public forum to be held in Page, Arizona on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 6:30PM at the City of Page Townhouse. The format for this town hall will include a congressional update and a question and answer peri...
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For Immediate Release: December 22, 2011 Contact: Apryl Marie Fogel, aprylmarie.fogel@mail.house.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: Gosar To Kick Off New Year Hosting Three Town Halls Meeting with Constituents in Flagstaff, Prescott, and Tusayan AZ FLAGSTAFF, AZ –U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S (AZ-01) announced that he will be hosting three public town hall meetings in his district the first week of January. The first town hall will be held in Prescott on Thursday, January 5, 2012. A second will be held th...
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For Immediate Release: December 20, 2011 Contact: Apryl Marie Fogel, aprylmarie.fogel@mail.house.gov Gosar Votes to Protect American Workers, Seniors and Doctors Today, Congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-01) voted to send the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011 to conference, so that the House and Senate versions of the legislation can be reconciled. Over the weekend, the U.S. Senate amended the House-passed plan which provided tax certainty for millions of middle-class American...
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