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Rep. Rosendale’s Forest Information Reform Act Passes House Natural Resources Committee

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale’s (MT-02) Forest Information Reform (FIR) Act passed the House Committee on Natural Resources as part of Chairman Bruce Westerman’s (AR-04) Fix Our Forests Act. The FIR Act provides a critical legislative fix to the United States Forest Service v. Cottonwood Environmental Law Center decision that created an overly burdensome…

Rep. Rosendale Demands Answers to Biden Admins War Against Montana Mining Efforts

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) joined the House Natural Resources Committee, Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Budgetary Hearing titled: “Examining the President’s FY 2025 Budget Request for the United States Geological Survey and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.” Congressman Rosendale questioned the witnesses'…

Rep. Rosendale Exposes Outrageous CEQ Budget Request

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) joined the House Natural Resources Committee Federal Lands Subcommittee in a hearing titled: “Examining the Council on Environmental Quality Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request and Related Policy Matters” to examine and expose the Biden administration’s use of taxpayer dollars to push their radical climate agenda on…

Rep. Rosendale Slams BLM Director Stone-Manning for Compromising Montana Way of Life

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) joined the House Natural Resources Federal Lands Subcommittee Budgetary Hearing titled: “Examining the President’s FY 2025 Budget Request for the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service” to expose the BLM’s radical efforts compromising Montana’s way of life. You can see his full remarks by clicking on the…

Rep. Rosendale Exposes Radical Environmentalists Controlling the Biden Administration

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, during a House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) addressed the rising influence of extreme environmental activist groups over policymaking at the Department of the Interior (DOI) and exposed unlawful alliances with radical non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that…

Rep. Rosendale Defends Colstrip Power Plant from EPA Attack

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) released the following statement after the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Michael Regan, accused Colstrip Power Plant of “cheating the system” of destructive green energy standards set by the Biden administration. “The EPA emissions standards created for Colstrip Power…

Rep. Rosendale FIR Act Included in America’s Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act Passes Committee

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed Congressman Matt Rosendale’s (MT-02) H.R. 200, the Forest Information Reform (FIR) Act, as a section in Chairman Westerman’s, H.R. 7408, the America’s Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act. The Forest Information Reform Act would amend federal requirements to allow the U.S.…

Rep. Rosendale Applauds Passage of EXPLORE Act out of House Natural Resources Committee

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02), member of the House Natural Resources Committee, voted to advance the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act from committee. The legislation would expand public land access by supporting recreation opportunities like biking and rock climbing, addressing access barriers for veterans and…

Rep. Rosendale Demands Answers Relating To Fish And Wildlife's Unprecedented Covert Land Grab

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) sent a letter to the Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Martha Williams, requesting information regarding an unprecedented and covert action being undertaken by the service, in conjunction with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Nature Conservancy, and potentially other NGOs and private actors, to…

Rep. Rosendale Requests an Open and Public Process as the Department of Interior Considers Reintroducing Bison in Montana

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland requesting more information on meetings her Department is holding on the potential reintroduction of bison in Montana. “It is within the interest of Montanans and my duty as one of their Congressman to be made aware of any action the Department is considering…