WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman
Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after the
non-partisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a legal review
of the Congressman’s legislation, the Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement,
validating his previous assertions:
“The
report released yesterday by the non-partisan Congressional Research Service
confirms what I have been saying all along about the Bill Williams Water Rights
Settlement: this law is a win-win for Arizona and for Mohave County. Despite
wild and baseless claims from some opponents, CRS affirmed that this
legislation is good for private property owners, will result in a significant
net water benefit to the basin and will not result in a loss of any tax revenue
to Mohave County.
“The Bill
Williams River Water Rights Settlement will provide certainty for the Bagdad
Mine, which has an annual economic impact of $339.1 million to the state of
Arizona, and sustains nearly 4,000 direct and indirect jobs. I am proud to
see the hard work of countless Arizonans who supported this legislation,
including the entire Arizona House and Senate delegation, validated by a
non-partisan legal review.”
Highlights
of the CRS report are copied below. The full report can be found HERE.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S.
(AZ-04) released the following statement after his amendment cutting funds from
the EPA’s Program and Management account and redirecting a portion of those
revenues to the Bureau of Indian Education System Operations and Maintenance
account passed the House of Representatives and was successfully attached to
the Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act for Fiscal Year 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.
- Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following
statement after introducing H.R. 2910, the Mexican Wolf Transparency and
Accountability Act, which would require the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) to comply with federal law and terminate the new overreaching
regulations that established the dangerous “Nonessential Experimental
Population” program for the Mexican wolf:
“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s attempts to
play God with the Mexican wolf population have been nothing short of a
disaster. The Service admitted as much on a phone call on January 17, 2015 when
it stated that about 50% of the Mexican wolves bred in captivity don’t survive.
Talk about an inhumane and ineffective program. Furthermore, the USFWS
engineered wolves that are released into the public have not fared much better
and have been involved in numerous incidents where wolves have
repeatedly stalked children and our citizens.
Jun 25, 2015
WASHINGTON,
D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the
following statement after the House Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans
held a legislative hearing on the Congressman’s bill, H.R. 1107, the Bureau of
Reclamation (BOR) Transparency Act:
Jun 25,
2015
Issues: Healthcare
WASHINGTON,
D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the
following statement after the Supreme Court ruling in the King v. Burwell case:
Jun 24, 2015
Issues: Natural
Resources, Energy and
Public Lands
WASHINGTON,
D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the
following statement after the House voted in favor of H.R. 2042, the Ratepayer
Protection Act, which prevents states from being forced to comply with the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s rules addressing emissions of carbon
dioxide from fossil-fuel fired power plants until after a comprehensive
judicial review has taken place:
Jun 24, 2015
Issues: Natural
Resources, Energy and
Public Lands
WASHINGTON,
D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the
following statement after U.S. District Judge, Scott Skavdahl, granted a stay
of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) hydraulic fracturing (fracking) rule
on federal lands:
Jun 22, 2015
Issues: Role of Government, Transparency, and Civility
WASHINGTON,
D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the
following statement after introducing the bipartisan American Indian Trust
Responsibility Review Act of 2015 with the support of 17 cosponsors:
Jun 18, 2015
Issues: Healthcare
WASHINGTON,
D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the
following statement after introducing H.R.2819, the Premium Reduction and
Insurance Market Reform Act (PRIMR):
Jun 18,
2015
Issues: Energy and
Public Lands
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S.
(AZ-04) released
the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee approved the
fiscal year 2016 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill this week and
released the accompanying bill report which includes language directing the BLM
not to merge the Arizona and New Mexico field offices:
