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Over the past few days, several prominent House Republicans have announced they will not seek re-election in 2020: Reps. Paul Mitchell (R-MI), Martha Roby (R-AL), Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Pete Olson and Mike Conaway (R-TX).

In some ways, this is deja vu — 2018 also saw a massive flood of Republicans retiring. But there is a key difference. A lot of the representatives who ran for the exits in 2018 were in competitive suburban seats that they likely would have lost if they had run for again. With the exception of Olson, all the Republicans above represent safe red districts — Conaway’s West Texas seat voted for President Donald Trump by 59 points. There is virtually no question that any of these Republicans could have another term if they wanted.

So why don’t they want another term? Writing for MSNBC, Steve Benen offered three key reasons.

First of all, while these Republicans don’t expect they would lose their seats, they also don’t expect their party to take back the House. Control of the House has not flipped in a presidential year since 1952, and has not flipped in two consecutive elections since 1954. Moreover, Democrats have made gains in the House in five of the last six presidential elections. All of this, combined with the fact that the National Republican Congressional Committee’s leadership team is widely viewed as incompetent, mean these Republicans expect they’ll be stuck in the House minority for at least another cycle — and being in the House minority is impotent, thankless, and frustrating in the best of times.

Second, Benen noted, Republicans are getting tired of having to defend Trump’s constant lies and racist behavior on social media. Whenever the President makes a controversial rant, Republicans on Capitol Hill are dogged with questions from reporters that — for the sake of partisanship — they just can’t answer. This, too, is a degrading routine, to say nothing of how it might affect their prospects in a post-Trump political landscape.

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Jul 3, 2018 — Utah oil and gas producers tried for years to get the EPA to exempt them from smog rules meant to prevent ailments like asthma. They finally got their relief.Read more

Updated: 07/03/2018

Utah oil and gas producers tried for years to get the EPA to exempt them from smog rules meant to prevent ailments like asthma.

They finally got their relief after Scott Pruitt took charge of the agency, newly released emails show.

To groups opposed to President Donald Trump’s policies, the records are yet another sign that Pruitt has transformed an agency created to protect the environment into a tool for granting favors to industry. They say that’s troubling even if it falls short of the overt collusion his critics have accused him of amid revelations about his ties to lobbyists who helped him arrange housing and travel.

“The public is being shut out of the decisions that affect the air we all breathe while polluters have Pruitt at their beck and call whenever they ask to throw out a life-saving protection,” said Matt Gravatt, the associate legislative director at the Sierra Club, which obtained the emails in a lawsuit over a public records request.

EPA’s aid for the oil and gas companies in Utah came after an industry lobbyist, Marc Himmelstein, a former American Petroleum Institute executive with longstanding connections to top GOP fundraisers, enlisted help from another like-minded Republican, House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah), who has pushed legislation to promote oil and gas development and ease permitting requirements.

Himmelstein coordinated a July 2017 phone call between the Utah lawmakers and Pruitt, offering specific talking points for Bishop to use, according to the records obtained in a lawsuit by the Sierra Club.

EPA was set to declare that the tribal land in the Uinta Basin in Utah was not meeting standards for smog, or ozone pollution. Once that happened, oil and gas producers wouldn’t be able to use a streamlined permitting process and would instead have to seek approval for each of the thousands of wells they aim to drill there.

“We ask the Agency to develop a streamlined permitting solution for future development of the Basin,” Himmelstein’s talking points for Bishop said.

In April, EPAproposed just that.

Himmelstein had also sent Pruitt’s chief of staff, Ryan Jackson, marked-up regulatory text that he shared with Bishop to propose. And he said EPA would receive a letter from the office of Republican Gov. Gary Herbert. Herbert, who is aiming to increase energy production in Utah, had been focused on the issue already and did convey the industry concerns to Pruitt in a letter last summer, his office confirmed.

The governor’s letter of July 18, 2017, provided to POLITICO late Tuesday, nearly exactly matches the talking points and suggested regulatory text that the lobbyist gave Bishop and Jackson.

Himmelstein is a longtime Washington lobbyist and president of the energy lobbying firm National Environmental Strategies, which was previously caught in an ethics controversy over its ties to a former Interior Department official. He told Jackson he was working with QEP Resources Inc. and Newfield Exploration Co., two of the biggest drillers in the region that includes the companies’ leases in the Uintah and Ouray Indian reservations.

Himmelstein is also treasurer of the Conservative Leadership Alliance, a 501(c)(4) that spent $1.4 million on federal elections this year, according to OpenSecrets. And he is a lobbyist for FirstEnergy Solutions, which has been influential with the Trump administration in its bid to keep coal and nuclear plants online.

Pruitt’s critics have long complained the former Oklahoma attorney general was too closely tied to the oil and gas industry. Email records show senior staffers at EPA also exchange scores of messages with top lobbyists for the fossil fuel, agriculture and chemicals industries, and the newly released messages show the consideration top agency staffers gave to energy companies, who often complained that the Obama administration ignored their concerns.

Oil and gas development has been blamed for contributing to northeastern Utah’s ozone pollution, which can affect people suffering from bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma. A 2013 study of the area found that at least 98 percent of volatile organic compounds and 61 percent of nitrogen oxides — building blocks of ozone — come from oil and gas.

Himmelstein and representatives for the two companies did not respond to requests for comment. But Jackson told POLITICO that EPA was eager to help them because the Obama-era requirements would have unfairly limited oil and gas production on the tribal lands compared with other nearby operations.

Jackson said the stricter permitting process for oil and gas companies in Utah would have been “entirely unnecessary and entirely unfair.” EPA is likely to pursue a broader rewrite of the rule, in addition to the carve-out for the Uinta Basin, he added.

“Why are we disadvantaging Indian country?” he said, “That makes no sense.”

But Jackson has it backward, said Jon Goldstein, director of regulatory and legislative affairs for the Environmental Defense Fund.

“What’s unfair is asking people to continue to breathe unhealthy air that has consequences,” Goldstein said.

While Himmelstein wanted EPA to remove the stipulation that drillers in any tribal areas that failed to meet ozone requirements must apply for source-by-source permits, EPA instead drafted an amendment specific to the Uinta basin.

The amendment would provide a “permanent mechanism for streamlining construction authorizations” on the reservation, including in areas not meeting ozone standards, EPA’s fact sheet explains. It notes that EPA is also working on a rule for the reservation to reduce ozone-forming emissions “while allowing continued development of its oil and natural gas resources.”

Himmelstein, who has long been acquainted with Jackson and met socially on several occasions with him last year, first emailed the EPA chief of staff and then-White House special assistant on energy Mike Catanzaro in June 2017 about setting up a meeting with the two companies.

“We need your help,” Himmelstein wrote. “The Uinta Basin in Northeast Utah (Rob Bishop’s district) is going to be listed as an ozone non-attainment area later this year. It is a prolific oil and gas producing area that encompasses state, tribal and federal lands.”

Pruitt had agreed to meet with QEP when he spoke at the American Exploration and Production Council in late May, Himmelstein reminded in another exchange.

Bishop’s spokesperson said the lawmaker’s phone call to Pruitt was part the Natural Resources Committee chairman’s efforts to press for changes in permitting and air quality rules in the Uinta Basin.

“This is an issue that dates back many years. The Chairman had numerous similar conversations with Pruitt’s predecessor, Gina McCarthy. The issue has not been resolved and Chairman Bishop continues to advocate for reasonable regulatory reforms that will protect and enhance the lives of the people of Utah’s first congressional district,” Bishop’s spokesperson said.

Anthony Adragna contributed to this report.

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The Far-Right Campaign to Destroy Our National Monuments | The Nation

The Far-Right Campaign to Destroy Our National Monuments

The attack on Bears Ears was just the first successful salvo of a robust offensive backed by dark money and powerful allies in Washington.

Jimmy Tobias

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A billboard outside Blanding, Utah, stating opposition to the Bears Ears Monument designation. ODD SPARSE RW AND BLUE HASHTAG FLAG

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On December 4, Donald Trump swaggered onto a stage in Utah’s sprawling granite capitol building and declared before an adoring crowd of local politicians and conservative activists that he would radically shrink two national monuments in the state’s wild and arid southeastern region.

“I don’t think it is controversial, actually,” he told his audience, without irony. “I think it is so sensible.”

The audience laughed and clapped and cheered. Then the president sat down and signed an order that dismembered both the 1.3 million-acre Bears Ears National Monument and the 1.8 million-acre Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument. Designated for protection by President Obama and President Clinton respectively, the two monuments were meant to preserve red-rock landscapes rich in intricate topography, ancient artifacts, and Native American sacred sites. They were meant to protect forever federal land owned by all Americans. But with a stroke of his pen Trump eradicated those protections, shrinking the monuments by a collective 2 million acres and raising the prospect that the terrain they occupied may someday be open to uranium mining, coal extraction, or oil and gas drilling.

As the ink on his presidential order dried, Trump mingled onstage with prominent county commissioners, Utah’s congressional delegation, and the governor. The Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” blared over loud speakers in the background.

The Salt Lake Tribune, in a blistering editorial later that week, called the gleeful event “downright sickening.” It was, according to the Tribune, a “disgraceful display of hubris” that showed Utah “at its very worst.”

But the conservative operatives and politicians onstage were apparently too pleased to care about optics—and not without reason. Trump’s attack on the two national monuments, after all, wasn’t just a lucky break, a gift that fell from the sky. Rather, it was the result of a savvy, multiyear campaign by a network of far-right organizations with powerful friends in Washington and financial backing from dark-money funds tied to the billionaire Koch brothers and their political kin.

Led by organizations like Utah’s Sutherland Institute, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the Heritage Foundation, and an array of allies, this network has labored assiduously over the last few years to undermine the legitimacy of federal lands across the American West. It has done this, in part, by working to erode public support for key conservation laws and institutions, including the Antiquities Act of 1906. And it has had great success.

Trump’s trip to Utah, his decision to destroy the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante monuments, is a consequence of that deeper, long-game campaign to chip away at America’s conservation system.

The Antiquities Act is one of this country’s oldest conservation statutes. It empowers the executive branch to unilaterally protect “objects of historic or scientific interest” on public land by declaring them national monuments. Theodore Roosevelt signed it into law in 1906, and since then every president save Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush have used it to designate national monuments on federal lands across the country. The act was instrumental in establishing the progressive conservation paradigm that later gave birth to public-interest laws like the Wilderness Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act. And in this era of intractable partisan polarization, the act has been one of the few reliable tools presidents can use to preserve portions of this nation’s vast public estate.

This is precisely what President Obama did when he established the Bears Ears National Monument on December 28, 2016, after months of deliberation and a campaign by a coalition of Native American nations. The monument preserved public access and prohibited most commercial activity on more than 1.3 million acres of Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service land in southeastern Utah.

“The protection of the Bears Ears cultural landscape is powerful medicine for healing—of the land, of plants and animals, and for all people,” wrote a coalition of tribal governments, including the Hopi, Navajo, Ute, and Zuni Nations, at the time of the designation. “The Bears Ears National Monument will also ensure continued access to tribal ceremonies, firewood and herb collection, hunting, grazing and outdoor recreation.”

But even as the tribes were celebrating their historic achievement, conservative groups in Utah and Washington were gearing up to roll back the designation, tapping into a long tradition of trying to rip monument protections from the public domain. From the beginning, the Antiquities Act—and the monuments it protects—has had powerful enemies: When Teddy Roosevelt used the law in 1908 to protect more than 800,000 acres of the Grand Canyon, mining, cattle, and other commercial interests were enraged; the prospector turned US Senator Ralph Cameron fought the federal government for control over portions of the canyon for years, ultimately losing the battle when the Supreme Court ruled against him in 1920.

Trump's decision to destroy the Bears Ears and Grand Escalante monuments is a consequence of a deep, long-game campaign to chip away at America's conservation system.

In the century since, the struggle between commercial interests and conservationists has never really ceased. Our country’s 640 million acres of federal land are a titanic repository of natural wealth and scenic splendor—a grand, albeit imperfect, social-democratic experiment. Laws like the Antiquities Act constrain the ability of powerful interests to do as they please on these lands. By banning or limiting activities like mining, drilling, and grazing in order to promote conservation values, they enshrine the notion that the public interest takes precedence over private and even local concerns.

As a result, both the public lands and the conservation laws that protect them are constantly under attack. From the Sagebrush Rebellion in the 1970s and ’80s to the militant occupation of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge early last year to the many local lawmakers and activists today who seek to transfer federal lands to state and local control, the dedicated foes of the federal domain have always been with us. The attack on the Antiquities Act is just the latest iteration of this anti–public land legacy. This iteration, though, has had astonishing success—and powerful supporters.

The state of Utah, with its world-renowned canyons, is the ground zero of the anti–public land movement today. Since at least 2012, right-wing politicians and activists there have been leaders of the so-called land-transfer movement, an effort across the West to force the federal government to relinquish ownership over the public lands to state and local governments. And the state has also been the site of vigorous and ongoing anti-monument activity. So it’s not altogether surprising that it was in Utah that a well-connected far-right think tank called the Sutherland Institute largely led the charge against both the Bears Ears National Monument and the Antiquities Act itself.

From its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Sutherland launched a flagship website called rescindbearsears.org, filling it with a constant squall of anti-monument content. It produced an array of video clips that cultivated and amplified the voices of local residents opposed to the monument, including the local county commission and members of the Aneth Chapter of the Navajo Nation. It maintained a constant social-media presence, organized a petition drive, and sent staffers to Capitol Hill to rally against the proposed monument. Its operatives flooded news outlets with op-eds, publishing regularly in The Hill, The Salt Lake Tribune, and Deseret News, among other places.

“What would you think if you found out that one individual could take away your home, ruin your livelihood and destroy your culture—all in the name of securing his legacy and furthering his political agenda?” wrote Matthew Anderson, director of the Sutherland Institute’s Coalition for Self-Government in the West, of the Antiquities Act in a November 2016 Daily Caller op-ed. “Such a proposition seems impossible in the land of the free and the home of the brave. But an antiquated law makes this a reality for countless Americans every day.”

The Institute also worked in the Utah State Legislature. According to e-mails obtained by the Western Values Project, Sutherland’s Matthew Anderson actually wrote the draft language of a controversial resolution the Utah Legislature passed in February 2017 that called on President Trump to rescind the Bears Ears National Monument designation.

The Sutherland Institute’s campaign was a multifaceted and far-reaching attempt to shape the public narrative about Bears Ears, and the group had the influence to pull it off. The Institute’s president, Boyd Matheson is the former chief of staff to Utah’s junior US senator, Mike Lee, and an oft-mentioned prospect for high office himself. (In October, he met with Steve Bannon and Citizens United President David Bossie to discuss a potential challenge to Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, but ultimately decided to pass on the chance.)

According to tax filings, the Institute has also received at least $1.3 million between 2010 and 2015 from Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund, two dark-money funds that have taken millions of dollars from the billionaire fossil-fuel tycoons Charles and David Koch and their network of corporate magnates and conservative donors. Mother Jones has described the two entities as the “dark money ATM of the conservative movement”—multimillion-dollar donor-advised funds that strive to conceal the identity of their benefactors.

The Sutherland Institute is also a member of the State Policy Network, or SPN, an association of state-based think tanks and advocacy groups that the Center for Media and Democracy describes as “the tip of the spear” of a “nationally funded policy agenda in the states that undergirds extremists in the Republican Party.” SPN and its member groups have together received large cash contributions over the years from corporate interests and conservative billionaires, including the Donors Trust, Donors Capital Fund, the Bradley Foundation, and the Scaife Foundations.

Sutherland did not respond to multiple requests for comment, but, in a written statement last May, a spokesperson told me that the group “has not received any out-of-state funds for research or communications related to the Bears Ears issue.” According to tax filings, however, many of the donations the group typically receives from Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund are earmarked for “general operations.”

By spring, it was clear that Sutherland’s message, and that of its allies, had been well received in Washington, DC. Their efforts were shepherded along by Utah’s congressional delegation, including Senator Orrin Hatch, who once described Obama’s Bears Ears designation as a “massive land grab,” and Representative Mike Lee, who has taken a pro-environment stance on just 9 percent of his congressional votes, according to the League of Conservation Voters. Representative Rob Bishop, the powerful chair of the House Natural Resources Committee and a longtime opponent of environmental laws and regulations, also played a crucial role in stoking animosity toward the Antiquities Act and Bears Ears in particular.

On April 26, Trump held a press conference at the Interior Department headquarters in Washington, DC, where he announced that his administration planned to “review” and possibly resize or rescind dozens of national monuments across the West, including Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. During the conference, Trump singled out Utah’s senior senator, Orrin Hatch, for praise.

“Believe me, he’s tough,” said Trump of Hatch, who is perhaps Utah’s most powerful political figure, a man that has taken more than $870,000 in career campaign contributions from the fossil-fuel industries. “He would call me and call me and say, ‘You got to do this.’” And Trump did it.

Upon news of the White House’s national-monument review, staffers at the Sutherland Institute rejoiced. From a chic office building, the Institute’s Matthew Anderson celebrated the announcement in a video broadcast over the group’s website and social-media accounts.

“As the dust settles from President Trump’s executive order calling for review of national monuments, Western rural communities wake up to a brighter and more hopeful future,” he said. In May, when Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke traveled to the Bears Ears National Monument as part of his review, photos of the event showed Anderson by his side.

As the Sutherland Institute continued its anti-monument campaign over the summer and fall of 2017, it had a notable assortment of allies at the local, regional, and national level.

In Utah, a group called Strata Policy stands out. A research institution that takes a “liberty-minded” approach to the issues of “the environment, energy, and public lands,” the group has published a number of anti-monument op-eds and submitted a lengthy public comment to the Interior Department opposing Bears Ears. In November, it unveiled a slick, professionally produced 14-minute documentary that features local opponents of the monument and frames the Bears Ears designation as a tyrannical imposition.

As with Sutherland, Strata has close ties to what is often described as the Koch network. The group has received more than $500,000 in recent years from Donors Trust. It also received a $310,000 grant from the Charles Koch Foundation in 2015 for general operating support, and a $1.1 million grant in 2014. Strata’s co-founder and president, Randy Simmons, is a professor at Utah State University (USU), where he served as the Charles G. Koch Professor of Political Economy from 2008 to 2012, according to LinkedIn. Simmons also runs USU’s Koch-funded Institute of Political Economy. (After a number of requests for comment, Strata informed The Nation that its president was away on holiday.)

The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), in Bozeman, Montana, which describes itself as “the home of free market environmentalism,” has also been a stalwart voice against the Antiquities Act. Its many fellows have churned out a regular stream of anti-monument op-eds this year. In late September, a PERC adjunct fellow and Pacific Legal Foundation lawyer named Jonathan Wood published an opinion piece in The Washington Post arguing that Trump has a legal right to shrink Bears Ears and other monuments like it. And in May the House Committee on Natural Resources, which is chaired by the powerful Utah Republican Representative Rob Bishop, posted on its website an op-ed published in Montana newspapers in which PERC staffer Shawn Regan calls for the “modernization” (i.e., dismantling) of the Antiquities Act.

PERC, meanwhile, received more than $130,000 from Donors Trust between 2010 and 2015 alone. It also gets support from the Charles Koch Foundation, which gave it a $150,000 grant for general operating support in 2015. PERC’s executive director, Reed Watson, worked as an associate at the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation between 2008 and 2009. One of the members of its board of directors, Kimberly Dennis, is also chairman of the board of Donors Trust and vice chairman of the board of Donors Capital Fund. And PERC counts among its many fellows Randy Simmons, the director of Strata Policy in Utah.

This close-knit network of anti-monument activists, however, is not confined to the western side of the 100th meridian. Powerful people with close Koch ties have also been agitating passionately against the Antiquities Act in Washington, DC.

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The American Legislative Exchange Council, a network of state elected officials and private sector operatives that receives consistent funding from Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund, has long had its gun sight set on the Antiquities Act. In 2000, the group approved a model bill that legislators could use to denounce potential national monuments within their state’s borders. ALEC reapproved that bill in 2013. The model bill has a similar objective, if different language, as a resolution passed by the Utah legislature in 2016 that urged President Obama not to designate the Bears Ears National Monument and called on Congress to prevent future presidents from independently designating national monuments in the state. Meanwhile, the floor sponsor of the legislature’s February 2017 anti–Bear’s Ears resolution—the one that the Sutherland Institute helped draft—was a state senator named Wayne Niederhauser. Niederhauser is the second vice chair on ALEC’s board of directors. ALEC, meanwhile, received $500,000 from the Charles Koch Foundation in the years 2014 and 2015 alone.

The Heritage Foundation—that 100-pound gorilla of far-right policy-making—is also out to destroy the Antiquities Act. With its bank accounts flush with funding from a wide variety of corporate entities and wealthy individuals, it has enormous sway in Washington, DC. At least three of its former employees currently work at the highest levels of the Interior Department. According to her LinkedIn page, Elinor Renner, a special assistant to the Interior secretary, worked in a variety of roles at the Heritage Foundation from December 2012 until July 2017, when she took a job in the federal government. Lori Mashburn, who began serving as Interior’s White House liaison in May, has worked on and off for Heritage since 2011.

The foundation’s influence is indisputable. And it has used that influence to rail against Bears Ears as well as other national monuments. In 2015, for instance, it published a report called “The Antiquated Act,” in which it called on Congress to repeal the executive branch’s ability to independently designate national monuments. And in October of this year, it partnered with the Sutherland Institute to hold a summit in Washington called “National Monuments and The Communities They Impact.” The event featured speeches by Representative Rob Bishop of Utah, Senator Mike Lee of Utah, Hannah Downey of PERC, and the Sutherland Institute’s Boyd Matheson and Matthew Anderson, who also formerly worked in Congressman Bishop’s office. The gathering’s central message was simple: Obama and others have abused the Antiquities Act’s intent and so it must be abolished in its current form.

When The Nation reached out to Heritage to inquire about its involvement in the campaign to shrink Bears Ears, as well as its connection to groups like the Sutherland Institute and ALEC, a Heritage spokesperson responded with a statement saying that the organization’s “experts have long-argued that antiquities designations strip economic opportunities away from local communities, with often little-to-no input from them. For far too long these designations have exceeded their statutory limitations and President Trump is right to shrink this abuse of power.”

Other Koch-backed groups that have militated against national monuments in recent months include Americans for Prosperity, the Cato Institute and the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Many of these organizations, from the Sutherland Institute and ALEC to Heritage and Cato, are also major proponents of transferring federal land to state and local government, thereby depriving millions of Americans of their stake in the public domain.

In June, almost every single one of the groups named above came together to send a letter to President Trump. They called on the White House to “reduce or rescind egregious national monuments where local support exists to do so.” The letter’s signatories included the Sutherland Institute, Strata Policy, ALEC, Heritage Action for America, Americans for Prosperity, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, numerous members of the State Policy Network, and the American Energy Alliance.

On August 24, 2017, after many months of lobbying and agitation, these groups finally got their way: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke completed his national monument review and recommended that the president shrink or otherwise alter a slew of national monuments across the country. Just three months later, during that gloating rally in December, Trump made his first move on those recommendations, shrinking Bears Ears by 85 percent and shrinking Grand Escalante by nearly 50 percent. It was the largest cutback of land conservation protections in American history. And the president will likely modify or shrink a half dozen other sites in the months ahead, including the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in southern Oregon.

Voices: To prevent Utah from becoming California, we must pass the ballot initiatives amendment

2 years ago"The initiative process has its place, but it must be safeguarded against abuse and manipulation," writes Rob Bishop. "If we fail to pass Amendment D, we are inviting chaos into our legislative process."

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Robert William Bishop (born July 13, 1951) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Utah's 1st congressional district from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he became the dean of Utah's congressional delegation after the retirement of Orrin Hatch from the U.S. Senate in 2019.

Prior to his congressional tenure, Bishop was a Utah State Representative (1978–1994), including two final years as Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives, as well as Chair of the Utah Republican Party (1997–2001). He was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Utah as Thomas Wright's running mate in the 2020 election.

On April 25, 2026, it was reported that Bishop had been selected to fill Matthew Gwynn's vacant seat in the state house.^[1]

Early life and education

Bishop was born in Kaysville, Utah, and graduated from Davis High School.^[2] He served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Germany from 1970 until 1972. Bishop received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1974.

Career

He taught civics classes at Brigham City's Box Elder High School from 1974 to 1980; he next taught German in Ogden, Utah at Ben Lomond High School; then he returned to teaching government and history classes at Box Elder High School until his retirement from teaching in 2002.^[3] While a teacher at Box Elder, Bishop partnered with the Close Up Foundation to help students participate in Close Up's Washington, D.C.–based civic education programs.^[4][5]

Utah politics

Bishop was a member of the Utah House of Representatives from 1978 to 1994. He was House Majority Leader and later served as Speaker of the House from 1992 until 1994.^[6][7]

In 1997, he was elected chairman of the Utah Republican Party, and served for two terms in this position.^[8][9] He has also worked as a legislative lobbyist in Washington.

U.S. House of Representatives

In 2002, Bishop returned to politics when he ran for the Republican nomination in the 1st District. 22-year incumbent Jim Hansen had recently announced his retirement. At the state Republican convention, he finished first in the seven-candidate field and went on to face State Representative Kevin Garn in a primary.^[10] He defeated Garn in that primary with 59.8 percent of the vote, all but assuring him of being the next congressman from this heavily Republican district.^[11] As expected, he won the general election with 61% of the vote. He has won re-election in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012 with even larger margins. In 2014, he was reelected with 64% of the vote.^[12]

In the 2016 election cycle, 92.6% of contributions to Bishop's political campaign came from outside Utah, the highest out-of-state percentage of any member of the House, with much of the contributions coming from the energy and agribusiness sectors, according to an analysis by OpenSecrets.^[13][14]

Political positions

Federalism

In 2010 Bishop introduced to the House an amendment to the United States Constitution, known as the "repeal amendment," which would allow a majority vote of the states to overturn any act of the United States Congress.^[15]

Land use and the environment

Bishop supports repeal of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, saying it has been "hijacked" to control land and block economic development, and that he "would love to invalidate" the law.^[16][17] Bishop is among those most critical of the Antiquities Act.^[13] Bishop opposed the designation of the Bears Ears National Monument and supports repealing or shrinking the designation.^[13][18] Bishop supports transferring federal public lands to the states.^[19] Despite this, Bishop sponsored a successful amendment to the 2006 National Defense Authorization Act to create the Cedar Mountain Wilderness, specifically to block transportation access to the Private Fuel Storage nuclear storage facility on Goshute's Skull Valley Indian Reservation land in Tooele County.^[20][21]

In February 2011, Bishop introduced a budget amendment^[22] that would have defunded the National Landscape Conservation System, which manages 27 million acres of Bureau of Land Management land, including the National Monument, National Conservation Area, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wild and Scenic Rivers, National Scenic Trail, National Historic Trail systems and other systems. After coming under fire for introducing this amendment,^[23] Bishop withdrew it.

On April 10, 2013, Bishop introduced the Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act. The bill would amend the Antiquities Act of 1906 to subject national monument declarations by the President to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).^[24] At present, the President of the United States can unilaterally designate areas of federally-owned land as a national monument, whereas national parks and other areas are required to be enacted into law by the United States Congress.^[25] Bishop argued that "the American people deserve the opportunity to participate in land-use decisions regardless of whether they are made in Congress or by the President". He claims his new bill would ensure "that new national monuments are created openly with consideration of public input".^[25]

In March 2019, Bishop said that "the ideas behind the Green New Deal are tantamount to genocide".^[26] Asked to elaborate how this was similar to genocide, Bishop answered, "I’m an ethnic. I’m a westerner."^[27] Asked whether he believed that the Green New Deal would kill him, Bishop said, "If you actually implement everything they want to. Killing would be positive if you implement everything the Green New Deal actually wants to. That’s why the Green New Deal is not ready for prime time."^[27]

Utah GOP closed primary

Bishop was chairman of the Utah Republican Party when the decision was made to close primaries to nonparty members in the late 1990s. The Utah Democratic party holds open primaries. When asked about Democrats changing their party affiliation to vote in the 2020 Republican primary, he replied "instead of piddling around with the Republican primary. Doing it this way ... the best you can call it is dishonorable. It really is a slimy way of doing things." He said the only reason Democrats are attempting to "pervert the process" is to help advance a candidate. "That's inherently wrong," Bishop said.^[28] In an editorial, Bishop restated his view: "A leading Democrat wants to create havoc in the system. For what aim? Maybe to elect the 'correct' candidates? Maybe to help Democrats have a bigger voice in the elections?"^[29]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Tenth Amendment Task Force (Co-Founder)
Second Amendment Task Force
Congressional Lupus Caucus
House GOP Policy Committee (Vice Chair)
Co-founder of the Western States Coalition
past Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus
Tea Party Caucus
Republican Study Committee
House Baltic Caucus^[31]
Congressional Constitution Caucus^[32] (Co-Chair)
Congressional Western Caucus^[33]
United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus^[34]

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ROB BISHOP (R-UT) SAID THE GREEN NEW DEAL WAS "TANTAMOUNT TO GENOCIDE.

https://thinkprogress.org/republican-green-new-deal-genocide-a7fdff413d49/

House Republicans are ramping up their opposition to the Green New Deal, invoking increasingly dire rhetoric as the proposal gains prominence. In a press conference on Thursday, several top Republicans called for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to direct all House committees to hold hearings to discuss the details of the ambitious climate action proposal.

Calling the Green New Deal resolution a “fantasy-land proposal” and“tantamount to genocide,” House Republicans said they want to have a public debate on the plan in order to “pull the curtain back.”

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https://www.ecowatch.com/land-and-water-conservation-fund-2604912470.html

Is the United States About to Lose Its Best Conservation Program?

By Tara Lohan...

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seriously? kneejerk autoresponse? "what about...?" scam?

https://theconversation.com/green-baiting-lawmakers-are-accusing-environmentalists-of-doubling-as-foreign-agents-98924

green-baiting

Two congressional committees led by prominent Republicans are looking into whether some U.S. environmental groups are acting on behalf of foreign countries.

As an environmental lawyer and professor with ample international experience, this probe troubles me. I’m concerned that these efforts may mark the start of an attack on free speech that discourages efforts to improve American environmental policies.

The probe

News of this investigation broke when Rep. Rob Bishop, who chairs the House Committee on Natural Resources, and Rep. Bruce Westerman, who leads the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, formally notified the Natural Resources Defense Council of their concerns in early June.

Their letter accused the NRDC, one of the nation’s biggest environmental groups, of criticizing U.S. environmental policies while engaging in “self-censorship” regarding China and the “ruling Chinese Communist Party.” If it is acting as an agent for Chinese interests, the lawmakers said, the group should register as such as required by law.

Their letter also requested information related to the group’s disclosure policies.

Bishop and Westerman sent the Center for Biological Diversity a similar query pertaining to that environmentalist group’s advocacy regarding the U.S. military base in Okinawa, Japan.

And the two Republicans have asked the Pentagon for details and documents regarding the nonprofits suing the military on environmental grounds. The lawmakers acknowledged that these lawsuits may “represent sincere and justified concerns about the effect of federal actions on the environment.” But they also speculated that “foreign adversaries” can perhaps leverage these legal actions to “reduce U.S. defense capabilities.”

Bob Deans, the NRDC’s director of strategic engagement, denied that it was doing a foreign country’s bidding. Instead, “we work on behalf of every American to protect our people against dangerous pollution and leave our children a livable world,” he said.

Rather than just refute the allegations, Center for Biological Diversity Executive Director Kierán Suckling questioned the motives for this investigation. He called on Bishop “to release all communications between himself and industry groups seeking to destroy America’s natural heritage” and suggested that the Utah Republican was attacking conservation groups at the behest of fossil fuel companies.

The probe could spread to other environmental groups, The Hill reported.

Chinese activities

The NRDC is a U.S.-based nonprofit with offices around the globe with an official mission“to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.”

The group’s priorities in China are generally the same as what it calls for in America and elsewhere: boosting energy efficiency, cutting coal consumption, and cleaning up ports and waterways.

I am somewhat familiar with the NRDC’s work in China because I traveled there in 2014with two other U.S. environmental lawyers at the NRDC’s request. The group had asked us to meet on an informal basis with Chinese government officials. The purpose of these meetings in Beijng was to explain how the U.S. government handles violations of environmental laws and damages to natural resources. In light of China’s own “war on pollution,” their government was looking for good models and guidance.

The National People’s Congress subsequently amended Chinese environmental laws, incorporating some of the concepts we discussed – all of which were modeled on the U.S. legal system.

There was no hint or suggestion during those meetings that our access to Chinese officials was conditioned on anyone speaking favorably of China’s environmental efforts. Nor was there any reason to expect the NRDC to take any particular political stance back home in the U.S. because of those interactions.

Not surprisingly, the NRDC has complimented China for strengthening its environmental laws. But the NRDC has also criticized China’s staggeringly dirty air and water and its vast greenhouse gas emissions.

At the same time, the NRDC has gone out of its way to oppose the Trump administration’s environmental deregulation policies – like most of the nation’s big green groups.

Okinawa dugongs

The Center for Biological Diversity allegedly inappropriate overseas activities have to do with dugongs. The endangered marine mammals, which resemble manatees, inhabit the waters surrounding the Okinawa Islands.

The center, which opposes U.S. military plans to build a new American airbase in Henoko Bay, has been leading coalitions of U.S. and Japanese environmental groups that have filed lawsuits that have delayed and could prevent the planned airbase construction.

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The letters to both green groups call on them to comply with the Foreign Agents Registration Act. That law requires all people and organizations acting in the U.S. on behalf of foreign countries to register with the Justice Department as foreign agents.

Failing to do this is a crime, but prosecutions have been rare since 1966. The case against former Trump presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his aide Rick Gates, who are accused of violating this act, is the biggest in years.

I believe that requiring these groups to register as foreign agents might hamper their work within the U.S. for two reasons. First, policymakers and lawmakers might suspect that they were more interested in working on behalf of foreign governments and interests than protecting the environment. Second, there could be repercussions in terms of these nonprofits’ funding, finances and reputation.

This new GOP strategy can be compared to red-baiting, the practice of persecuting and undermining people by accusing them of being communists, socialists or anarchists, that began in the Cold War. I believe these Republicans are “green-baiting” environmental groups to persecute them. At the same time, they are casting doubt on the real goals of these groups’ advocacy, thereby undermining it.

Ultimately, the most dangerous thing about this probe may have to do with free speech rights. Because praising a foreign country’s environmental record while criticizing U.S. policy is possible without committing treason, the only rationale I can find for this investigation is that it might stifle environmentalists.

Senate Bill Aims to Strip Protections From 1,098 Endangered Species Including Utah Prairie Dog, Florida Panther 9/17 see Wildlife.

Republican U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee of Utah introduced legislation this week that would strip federal Endangered Species Act protections for animals and plants found in only one state. Known as intrastate species, such imperiled animals and plants make up the majority of the 1,655 species protected under the act.

The legislation is backed by extreme anti-wildlife organizations that oppose the protection of the Utah prairie dog, an animal only found in Utah. In addition to ending protections for the prairie dog, the legislation would terminate protections for all 1,098 intrastate species, including 497 species in Hawaii, 234 species in California, 86 species in Florida and 20 species in Utah.

"Utah's senators hate their prairie dogs so much they're willing to destroy most of America's endangered wildlifeto wipe out this little animal," said Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity. "From the Florida panther to virtually all imperiled species in Hawaii, every one of these intrastate species would be condemned to extinction. Americans do not support this ludicrous proposal."

S. 1863, the deceptively named "Native Species Protection Act," seeks to overturn a 10th Circuit Court of Appeals decision from earlier this year that affirmed the federal government's authority to protect the Utah prairie dog.

In that case, Judge Holmes—a Republican appointee writing for the three-judge panel—concluded that eliminating protections for intrastate species would "leave a gaping hole" and "undercut the conservation purposes" of the Endangered Species Act. The 10th Circuit decision marked the fifth time an appeals court has rejected arguments that extreme private property-rights advocates have been bringing for years.

"Republicans continue to demonstrate that their calls to reform the Endangered Species Act are completely hollow," said Hartl. "Instead of proposing ideas that help recover our most vulnerable wildlife, they're eager to let America's iconic animals go extinct."

Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, said in December that he would like to repeal the Endangered Species Act in its entirety. Since January congressional Republicans have launched 47 legislative attacks against the Endangered Species Act or specific endangered species. Since the Republican takeover of the House of Representatives in 2011, more than 268 attacks have been instigated.

These attacks continue despite the fact that 9 out of 10 Americans support the Endangered Species Act and want it either strengthened or left unchanged by Congress, according to a 2015 poll.

Here's Who's Getting Paid to Destroy the Endangered Species Act

By Rebecca Bowe

A small yet vocal group of congressmen are gearing up this summer to dismantle the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Campaign finance records of these lawmakers reveal that they have all taken significant money from extractive industries frustrated by the law's protection of critical habitat for endangered species.

The ESA has proven to be a powerful, effective conservation safeguard. More than 99 percent of species that have been designated for federal protection continue to exist in the wild today, including the bald eagle, grizzly bear, the leatherback sea turtle and the Florida manatee.

But the work of the ESA has only grown more urgent as many scientists agree that the planet is either on the cusp of or already experiencing a sixth mass wave of extinction. A study last week by Stanford scientists foundthat a significant number of plant and wildlife populations are growing dangerously thin.

Earthjustice is working with coalition partners to oppose efforts on Capitol Hill to weaken protections for endangered species. The public can also make a difference in this fight—despite the big money from fossil fuel industries funding opponents of the ESA—by contacting their Congressional offices (use this call-in tool to be directly connected).

The Anti-ESA Effort and the Money Behind It

The assault on the ESA comes in the form of dozens of legislative proposals and amendments tacked onto spending bills. One bill that's expected to be introduced in a matter of weeks is the handiwork of Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

A Republican from Wyoming, Barrasso shares something in common with other politicians who have made it a legislative priority to weaken or undermine this conservation law. He's received substantial campaign contributions from extractive industries that wish to exploit public lands for mining, drilling and other environmentally destructive operations. Across the American West, for instance, the fossil fuel industry is often pitted against conservationists because habitat for the imperiled sage grouse overlaps with lands eyed by industry for mining or drilling.

According to campaign finance records, from 2011 until 2016, Barrasso received $458,466 in total campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry, plus $241,706 from the mining industry. The boost got him a good part of the way toward the $3.66 million he reportedly spent in that time. The Murray Energy Corporation, the nation's largest coal-mining company, was listed as a top donor.

Sen. James Inhofe, a Republican senator from Oklahoma who also serves on the Environment and Public Works Committee, has also garnered substantial support from the fossil fuel industry, collecting $465,950 from the oil and gas industry and $111,275 from the mining industry in campaign donations from 2011 to 2016. Inhofe, who does not believe in climate change, recently went on national television and answered a question about U.S. Environmental Protection Agency budget cuts by suggesting that that the EPA is "brainwashing our kids."

Rep. Rob Bishop, a Republican congressman from Utah who has gone on the record saying he'd like to "repeal and replace" the Endangered Species Act, received $150,516 in total campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry in the 2015-16 cycle alone.

How You Can Help Protect Wildlife

Battles to protect wildlife are intensifying in the face of attacks from these and other lawmakers. However, they may be in for a bigger fight than they realize. A recent poll showed that 90 percent of voters across all demographics were supportive of the ESA.

Join the movement to defend the wild. Call today and tell your senators to stand strong in defense of imperiled wildlife and the lands and waters that sustain them!

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ENDANGERED SPECIES

Battle over landmark law already raging out of public eye

Corbin Hiar, E&E News reporter

Published: Monday, April 17, 2017

Rob Bishop (R-Utah)

Aides to House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) are working to increase energy development by reducing the Endangered Species Act's bite. Photo courtesy of the Natural Resources Committee.

With most of Washington focused on fights over government funding, Obamacare and Russian meddling, a few congressional aides and outside advocates are quietly preparing for what could be anepic battle over the Endangered Species Act.

The contentious conservation law was protected by President Obama's veto from Republican efforts to ease restrictions on farmers, energy companies and developers.

But with Republicans now controlling Capitol Hill and the White House for the first time since 2004, the endangered species law — which hasn't been significantly updated since 1988 — appears vulnerable.

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On one side of the fight are staffers for House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah), who said last year that he wants to repeal and replace the law (E&E Daily, Dec. 9, 2016).

But in the 115th Congress, Bishop is instead focused on narrow sections of the ESA that Republicans and industry groups find problematic.

His first hearing this year centered on a provision requiring input from the Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service — agencies that jointly administer the ESA — on government-approved or -funded projects that could "jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered species or threatened species, or result in the destruction or adverse modification of [critical] habitat of such species" (E&E Daily, March 29).

The hearing was held by the increasingly important Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, a panel Bishop created after winning the Natural Resources gavel two years ago (E&E Daily, Jan. 14, 2015).

Rob Gordon

Rob Gordon. Photo courtesy of Rob Gordon via LinkedIn.

Led since January by Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho), Oversight has seven full-time GOP staffers — more than any other Natural Resources subcommittee, according to data from LegiStorm, a congressional staff tracking service.

Oversight staff director Rob Gordon, a veteran of the Hill's periodic ESA fights, and counsel Megan Olmstead, a relative newcomer, will provide Republican lawmakers with most of the legislative ammunition they need. They and many other staffers featured in this story were not made available for interviews.

Gordon, who spent seven years at the conservative Heritage Foundation before returning to the Natural Resources panel when Bishop took over, also served as the Trump transition team's advisor on regulatory reform (E&E Daily, Jan. 22, 2015). He has been working for decades to overhaul the law.

Megan Olmstead

Megan Olmstead. Photo courtesy of Megan Olmstead via LinkedIn.

"The time is ripe to amend significantly the Endangered Species Act," he wrote in a 1994 article for Heritage's now defunct Policy Review journal. Had the law been in existence during biblical times, Gordon wrote, Noah "might have been reviled as an animal-hater, fined, and kept from launching his ark" because he wouldn't have thought to bring aboard certain reptile and insect species.

At the time, Gordon was the executive director of the National Wilderness Institute. The Vanderbilt University graduate left the oil industry-funded environmental group in 2004 tosupport the failed ESA reform efforts of former Resources Chairman Richard Pombo (R-Calif.).

Olmstead is working closely with Gordon on the committee's reform efforts. After graduating a decade ago from the University of Portland, a Catholic school in Oregon, she bounced between Capitol Hill, the Idaho governor's office and the University of Notre Dame's law school before ending up with Natural Resources in September 2015, her profile on the social networking site LinkedIn shows. In law school, she studied the gray wolf's status under the ESA.

Senate players

Across the Capitol, staffers for Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) are also formulating an overhaul strategy.

Matt Leggett

Matt Leggett. Photo courtesy of C-SPAN.

So far, Barrasso has held one hearing that sought to build bipartisan consensus for ESA reform and marked up a bill that he introduced with ranking member Tom Carper (D-Del.) that would revive and bolster several wildlife protection programs and launch annual innovation prizes for endangered species management and other conservation challenges (Greenwire, April 5).

Matt Leggett, the committee's deputy chief counsel, and Andrew Harding, who took his first Hill job as counsel in September 2016, are two of Barrasso's lead ESA reformers.

Leggett began working for the chairman in 2012 as policy counsel for the Senate Republican Policy Committee, which Barrasso then led. The University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University Law School graduate also worked in corporate law and served on the House Agriculture Committee and in the offices of Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) and former Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.). As an intern, Leggett worked with Robert Spencer, when he was U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Erskine Bowles, when he was chief of staff to President Clinton.

Matt Harding

Andrew Harding. Photo courtesy of Andrew Harding via LinkedIn.

Soon after joining the committee, Harding helped get last year's water infrastructure bill (S. 612) passed into law. He is now mainly focusing on wildlife and oceans policies.

Harding previously worked for corporate law firms, President George W. Bush's Energy secretaries and USA Synthetic Fuel Corp., a bankrupt coal liquefaction company. He earned his bachelor's degree at Washington and Lee University and graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law, according to LinkedIn.

The counselors' efforts are overseen by staff director Richard Russell, who earned a bachelor's degree in biology at Yale University, and deputy staff director Brian Clifford, who has worked for Barrasso in a variety of roles over the past decade.

Any reform legislation Barrasso's team produces will need to secure the votes of at least eight Democrats on the Senate floor to beat a filibuster. Their first challenge, however, will be winning over Mary Frances Repko, Carper's deputy staff director.

Mary Frances Repko

Mary Frances Repko. Photo courtesy of LinkedIn.

"If you have dealt with the environment, if you have dealt with energy, or if you have dealt with the history of the Senate and the House on energy legislation and environmental legislation over the last 20 years, you know Mary Frances Repko," House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer said in a January floor speech honoring her for a decade of service in his office. The Maryland Democrat also noted she had worked closely with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on "fighting partisan anti-environment riders."

Repko headed to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee the following month, the committee she staffed from 2003 until 2007, when she left to join Hoyer. She has also served on the staffs of Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.).

Prior to coming to the Hill, Repko worked on water issues for the World Wildlife Fund, a conservation group, and the Great Lakes Commission. The native of East Lansing, Mich., earned her bachelor's degree at Johns Hopkins University and a master's from the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment.

Outside voices

Republicans' push for an ESA overhaul is likely to draw support from the Western Governors' Association.

Under the leadership of Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R) in 2016,the conservative-leaning organization began advocating for ESA changes. At the same time, WGA endorsed a policy position urging Congress to reauthorize the law and this year convinced the National Governors Association to adopt a similar resolution (E&E News PM, March 2).

David Willms

David Willms. Photo courtesy of David Willms via LinkedIn.

While Mead is no longer WGA chairman, policy adviser David Willms is still leading a series of meetings with a broad coalition of participants that aim to produce a specific set of recommendations that could make the ESA work better.

"We took some of the ideas that came out of that first year and have made them the subject of work sessions during the second year of this initiative," Willms said in a phone interview from Cheyenne, Wyo., which he, his wife and two young daughters call home.

The sessions will wrap up in May, and the WGA hopes to have a list of fixes ready to promote by midsummer.

"Whether that is a set of recommendations that is taken to the Fish and Wildlife Service for regulatory changes, whether it includes recommended statutory changes, policy changes — all of that is to be determined," he said. "But that's what we're moving towards, is seeing if there are places where there is consensus."

The recommendations are being put together by representatives from state and federal government as well as groups representing sportsmen, environmentalists and the energy, lumber and agriculture industries. But Willms, who has also served in the Wyoming attorney general's office and worked in private practice, declined to say exactly who is involved at this point.

One unlikely participant: the conservation group Defenders of Wildlife.

"I certainly believe fundamentally that the Endangered Species Act could work better," said Jamie Rappaport Clark, the president and CEO of Defenders. "And if there are ways to work better, we want to help that effort."

Jamie Rappaport Clark

Jamie Rappaport Clark. Photo courtesy of Jamie Rappaport Clark via Defenders

Rappaport Clark, who was President Clinton's Fish and Wildlife Service director, and her staff are also involved in the initiative in hopes that they can steer it more toward administrative reforms. That way, she said during an interview in her glass-encased corner office suite, "we can maybe save the battle legislatively, because it's going to be pretty dramatic."

But if a GOP reform bill emerges, Rappaport Clark — who often works seven days a week and uses a treadmill desk when she's in the office — is ready to lead the fight against it.

"I don't see a reform effort strengthening the law" in this Congress, she said. "I can only see a reform effort that will undermine and weaken the law's ability to achieve its purposes."

Rappaport Clark, an avid equestrian who lives in Virginia horse country with her husband and teenage son, is already working to educate Democratic senators about the damage that Defenders fears Republicans could do to vulnerable species and habitats. She is also attempting to rally other more broadly focused conservation groups, which are busy fighting to prevent the rollback of climate protection regulations and other environmental policies.

Her pitch is that the ESA is essentially the law of last resort for the environment.

"When the Clean Water Act fails, when the land laws fail, the Endangered Species Act will save enough," she said. "We're not going to allow extinction."

That should be enough to mobilize the progressive community of Democratic lawmakers, environmentalists, minority groups, labor unions, religious groups and human rights organizations, Rappaport Clark reasoned.

"If — maybe I should say, when — the Endangered Species Act is truly under an assault, I have every expectation that folks will be there with us," she said, before tapping her desk for good measure. "Knock on wood, please. They'd better be."

http://www.alternet.org/environment/utah-monument-fight-pits-native-americans-against-land-use-militants

By all accounts, the looting was terrible. Across the Southwest a century ago, thousand-year-old Native American granaries were pillaged by clay pot hunters. Grave robbers worked in the open. In the sandstone dwellings perched high in the cliffs, tourists cut souvenirs out of the ancient ceiling beams. Vandals carted off heirlooms by the wagonload.

In response, Congress acted swiftly. In the summer of 1906, the House and the Senate passed, and President Theodore Roosevelt quickly signed, a law known as the Antiquities Act, which was designed to protect America’s cultural and physical treasures. Results were immediate. Within two years, Roosevelt had invoked the new law to protect Wyoming’s Devil’s Tower (held sacred by the Cheyenne and the Lakota as “Bears Lodge”) from timber and mining interests, to provide new security to Chaco Canyon and Gila Cliff Dwellings in New Mexico, and to safeguard Arizona’s Montezuma’s Castle and the Grand Canyon.

A century later, a similar (if less intense) looting spree is once again destroying tribal artifacts in Utah’s red rock country, in an area known as Bears Ears. According to archaeologists, San Juan County, Utah, may be home to as many as 100,000 archaeological and cultural sites. Grave robbing and vandalism, always a problem in the vast and under-policed region, is on the rise. Since 2011, federal officials have reported at least 25 incidents of looting and disturbance of human remains, though citizen watchdog groups say the number is likely twice as high. In one instance, vandals dismantled a 19th-century Navajo hogan for firewood. Prehistoric petroglyphs have been found pockmarked with bullet holes—the North American equivalent of, say, using the Chartres Cathedral’s rose window for target practice.

Native Americans are in shock. “In the region here, the looting and vandalism of cultural sites is pretty rampant. It’s a serious offense, but if it gets reported, it doesn’t get dealt with,” Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, a councilmember of the Ute Mountain Ute, told The American Prospect. “This is the final resting place of our ancestors. We feel they deserve the same respect as, say, the battlefield at Gettsyburg. … When places like that get destroyed, it’s like ripping a page out of history.”

For now, the Bears Ears, a pair of red sandstone buttes popping out of the pinyon-juniper forest—the southern one cocked in what does resemble ursine curiosity—is ground zero in the dispute about who should get to manage western lands, how they should be managed, and, to some, whether there is even such a thing as federal lands.

In response, the Ute Mountain Ute have joined with four other native nations—the Navajo, the Hopi, the Utes, and the Pueblo of Zuni—in an unprecedented tribal alliance to press for additional federal protections for southeastern Utah. The five tribes—historic enemies still riven by contemporary disputes over resource allocation—have set aside their differences to join in the common cause of calling on President Obama to establish a 1.9 million–acre Bears Ears National Monument. But GOP lawmakers and some Utahns with links to the Bundy militia are intensely opposed to any monument designation, turning this swath of high desert into the latest front in a long-running war over public lands policy in the West. For now, the Bears Ears, a pair of red sandstone buttes popping out of the pinyon-juniper forest—the southern one cocked in what does resemble ursine curiosity—is ground zero in the dispute about who should get to manage western lands, how they should be managed, and, to some, whether there is even such a thing as federal lands.

The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition is barely a year old, but the group has an important ally in the Obama administration. On July 15 and 16, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, National Park Service Director John Jarvis, and Neil Kornze, the head of the Bureau of Land Management, traveled to Utah for public hearings over the proposed monument. Jewell, for one, was moved by what she heard from tribal members. “Everyone recognizes this is a special area,” Jewell said while standing in the middle of the Bears Ears meadow. “What I have seen on this trip, and especially here, is this incredible treasure trove of cultural resources. It’s beyond imagination. I am also shocked at the lack of protection for many of these resources.”

Utah’s congressional delegation is also aghast—at the prospect of a new national monument in their region. Representative Rob Bishop, a Republican who chairs the Natural Resources Committee, has called the Antiquities Act “the most evil act ever invented.” The San Juan County Commission, dominated by Bundy-clan sympathizers, is also vehemently opposed to the potential monument. Utah’sSenator Orrin Hatch has hinted that a monument designation by Obama could lead to violence.

For the Native American nations spearheading the Bears Ears campaign, the drive for a national monument in their ancestral lands marks a major turnabout. The relationship between tribes and the federal land-management agencies has long been marked by mistrust, the natural result of centuries of dispossession and exclusion. The Obama administration has sought to hit the reset button on federal-tribal relations; at Grand Canyon National Park, for example, deputy superintendent Brian Drapeaux, a member of the Rosebud Sioux, has increased tribal representation at the main tourist spots, while boosting Indian involvement in the lucrative sale of concessions.

But tribal leaders remain suspicious. “Historically, we haven’t been part of the [land] management process,” says Carleton Bowekaty, a Zuni tribal councilmember and the co-chair of the Bears Ears alliance. “Normally, we are consulted afterward.”

The Inter-Tribal Alliance’s proposal is as audacious as it is ambitious. The five tribes are asking the government to let the native nations co-manage Bears Ears National Monument, an arrangement without precedent. The tribes envision an oversight commission that would include the National Park Service, the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land management, state and county representatives, and the five tribes in the coalition. “Here we want to make sure the tribes have a voice from the beginning,” Bowekaty says. “And that’s important because the voice we want to include doesn’t have to do with the material, but with the spiritual, and that’s normally foreign to federal policy.”

For their part, national conservation groups such as the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society, which normally lead campaigns to protect public lands, have deliberately stepped back, acknowledging that the tribes have the highest moral ground when it comes to Bears Ears. “This is exactly what the Antiquities Act was designed to do—protect archaeological and cultural sites,” says Matt Lee-Ashley, director of the public lands program at the Center for American Progress. “The tribes are obviously able to speak to that very well. They’ve mapped out what needs protection, and how to engage in co-management to protect it.”

The dispute has devolved into the use of dark ops. Lands-rights activists have sought to gin up resistance among area Indians by floating rumors that monument designation would put an end to the common (and lawful) practice of collecting firewood and gathering medicinal herbs and plants for spiritual ceremonies. This spring, leaflets that faked the appearance of Interior Department press releases began appearing in public places on the Navajo Nation, stating falsely that the monument would seize four million acres of tribal land. Another phony flyer announced a party celebrating the Bears Ears Monument, and provocatively blared that “everyone is excited except Utah Navajos.”But the local opposition to the monument proposal is fierce. While the Indians merely mistrust the feds, many whites in southern Utah have openly voiced hatred against them. San Juan County is a hotbed of don’t-tread-on-me Sagebrush Rebellion sentiment. In 2014, right after the armed standoff at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada, some local residents, led by County Commissioner Phil Lyman, violated federal laws by riding all-terrain vehicles into a canyon where they’d been banned after damage to archaeological sites. Many of the lawbreakers were packing guns. On his Facebook page, Lyman has described the BLM as “despotic.” He has also been quoted as saying that Native Americans have no standing on public lands issues because “they lost the war.”

Native proponents of the monument dismiss this as nothing but dishonest scaremongering, and say their monument would not ban such traditional land uses as wood and plant gathering. “There is a lot of misinformation out there, a lack of understanding about the access to resources,” Bowekaty says. “This is not exclusionary.” Nevertheless, the inaccurate rumors have misled some area natives. A video produced by the Sutherland Institute, a Utah think tank “supporting limited government and private property rights,” features a string of Indian speakers coming out against the Bears Ears proposal and asking that Obama not “take our land.”

Monument opponents’ most vocal champion on Capitol Hill is Utah’s Bishop, who has said that anyone who likes the Antiquities Act as written should “die” because he “needs stupidity out of the gene pool.” Bishop has repeatedly introduced or co-sponsored legislation that would dilute and render meaningless the Antiquities Act, and has supported calls for the transfer of federal lands to state governments to allow for more mining or oil and gas extraction.

In an effort to forestall a monument designation, Bishop and fellow Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz introduced a bill in early July called the Public Lands Initiative as an alternative to the tribal plan. Bishop’s proposal would protect 1.4 million acres in the Bears Ears region as National Conservation Areas (a designation that offers less protection than a national monument) whilegiving the state of Utah new powers to open 300,000 acres of federal land to oil and gas drilling.

Bishop has sought to sell his legislation as a “grand bargain” that could appeal to all sides. But it has left many cold. Green groups blasted it as an effort to “divest Americans of their shared public lands.” The tribal leaders pushing for Bears Ears protection were nonplussed. “Where was the state delegation, and why haven’t they approached the tribal governments earlier?” asks Lopez-Whiteskunk, of the Ute Mountain Utes. If anything, Lopez-Whiteskunk adds, Bishop has mostly been useful to the monument campaign as a political foil. “I would thank him for giving us an opposition. You always need an opposition.”

5/16

. Rep. Bishop successfully buried provisions in a must-pass Defense Authorization bill that will strip federal protections from nearly 60 million acres of public lands. The House has just passed the bill....

“If anyone here likes the Antiquities Act the way it’s written … DIE.”

That’s House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop.

The Antiquities Act, “the way it’s written,” has protected monuments from the Grand Canyon to the Statue of Liberty for more than 100 years. And Bishop has repeatedly tried to completely gut it.

Representative Bishop is also leading the polluter-backed charge in Congress to sell off OUR public lands to Big Polluters for mining, drilling, and deforestation.

House Republicans pushed their attack on the Obama administration's social cost of carbon during a hearing on Wednesday, saying that it "rejects reality" and questioning the underlying science.

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) said the measurement — used to calculate the economic benefits of regulations targeting greenhouse emissions — was based on formulas that are "highly speculative."

"This administration rejects reality to enforce some kind of dogma," Bishop said.

Republicans have fought against the metric and its use by federal agencies to develop new energy regulations.

“I get the impression that politics is leading science, rather than science is leading policy," Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) added.

Scott Segal, founding partner of the Policy Resolution Group, told the Committee that the metric could be easily altered to justify any costly regulations.

"Give me a low enough discount rate, and a long enough time period, and we can justify government spending on anything you can imagine," Segal said. "This tool can be used to be an incredible waster of money."

But Michael Dorsey, interim director of the Energy and Environment Program at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, said the formula is too conservative in estimating the costs of emissions.

"A higher [discount] rate would accelerate efforts to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere," Dorsey said.

The discount rate is one part of calculating the social cost of carbon.

Democrats, though, defended the measurement and said it was crucial to helping address climate change.

Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) asked the panel of experts whether the government should incorporate any kind of cost benefit analysis into carbon regulations and three of the four witnesses answered "yes.

"All of us understand that the longer we wait to address climate change, the more it will cost to combat climate change," Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) said.

WASHINGTON -- As the new chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, Rep. Rob Bishop may be ready to spar with the Obama administration on some key public lands and energy issues. But he's also setting a different tone from that of his predecessor, encouraging conservation advocates to think they may be able to find common ground this Congress.

Bishop, a seven-term Republican representing Utah's 1st District, took over the chairmanship in January from retiring Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.), who had held that post since 2011. Hastings had an openly hostile relationship with environmental groups, recording a 3 percent lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters and prompting one environmental lobbyist to declare "good riddance" when he announced his retirement.

Some of Bishop's early moves have raised environmental hackles, including some personnel changes that suggest the committee will take a more aggressive oversight role. But many in the conservation world say they are optimistic about working with Bishop....

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Robert William Bishop, a Republican, has represented the First Congressional District of Utah in the U. S. House of Representatives since 2002. (map

Record and controversies

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Iraq War

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Environmental record

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Bio

Bishop was born July 13, 1951 in Kaysville, Utah and received a B.A. from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1974. He was a teacher and a legislative lobbyist, and a member of the Utah state assembly from 1979 until 1995. He was speaker of the assembly from 1992 until 1994. Bishop was first elected to Congress in 2002 and reelected in 2004.

Congressional career

"Rob has worked at nearly every level of the Republican party, from precinct chair to member of the Republican National Committee, and has spent years working in every corner of this District. He has gone from Vice-Chair of the Davis County Teenage Republicans in 1968 to the advisor of the Utah Teenage Republicans in 1996. In 1997, he was elected Chairman of the Utah Republican Party. He served for two terms."[1]

Bishop is pro-life, supports "wise use" of natural resources, works to cut taxes, defends the Second Amendment (right to bear arms), and is working toward a fiscally sound Social Security system. [2]

2006 elections

In 2006, Democrats nominated Steven Olsen to face Bishop in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [3] Bishop retained his seat.

Quotes

Land Use "I am committed to helping Congress strike a balance for wise management of our public lands. Protecting private property rights and our Western way of life are goals I have as we begin our work on this Committee. I am confident that the principles of multiple-use and protecting our environment can go hand-in-hand." [4]

Taxes "I firmly believe that the best way to stimulate our economy and create jobs is to let hard-working Americans keep more of their money - after all, the money belongs to them, not to Washington." [5]

Money in politics

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Committees and Affiliations

Committees

House Committee on Education and Labor
- Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education
House Committee on Armed Services
- Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces
- Subcommittee on Readiness
House Committee on Natural Resources
- Subcommitee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, Ranking Member

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

House Rules Committee

More Background Data

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Contact

DC Office:

124 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515-4401

Phone: 202-225-0453

Fax: 202-225-5857

Web Email

Website

District Office- Brigham City:

6 North Main Street

Brigham City, UT 84302

Phone: 435-734-2270

Fax: 435-734-2290

District Office- Ogden:

324 25th Street, Suite 1017

Ogden, UT 84401

Phone: 801-625-0107

Fax: 801-625-0124

District Office- Salt Lake City:

2001 South State Street

Number N4100

Salt Lake City, UT 84190

Phone: 801-468-3570

Fax: 801-468-2292

Articles and resources

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External resources

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External articles

Bishop 'pumped up' over his House service in first term by Josh Loftin, Deseret Morning News, 10/11/04.
Legacy Effort Fails by Leigh Dethman, Deseret Morning News, 7/29/05.

Corresponding article on Wikipedia and Cause Caller. (If Cause Caller link does not work, pick from its list of senators and representatives.)

For more than 100 years, the Antiquities Act of 1906, brainchild of Theodore Roosevelt, has ensured that the executive branch can move quickly to stop business from destroying our national cultural resources by declaring them national monuments.

But House Republicans, led by Tea Party Caucus member Rob Bishop, recently passed a bill that would make it harder for President Obama and all future presidents to protect our great outdoor spaces and designate new national monuments.

We have to speak out now to stop it. That's why I started my own campaign on CREDOMobilize.com, which allows activists to start their own petitions. My petition, which is to the United States Senate, says the following:

H.R. 1459 is a blatant attempt to make it more difficult for President Obama and future presidents to conserve our natural resources by creating national monuments. I urge you to reject this misguided bill.

---

Here are the facts. This bill, H.R. 1459, would gut the historic Antiquities Act,undermining the president's power to create national monuments -- but nearly half of our national parks started out as monuments. And since Congress just went through its longest stretch in over 50 years without protecting any new public lands, that means this is essentially a no-new-national-parks policy.

The bill's author, Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah, is the House's point man for national parks -- yet says the very parks he oversees are unconstitutional! ^[2] ^That's a pretty bizarre argument for anyone to make, but maybe it's because his top contributor in the last election was the oil and gas industry. ^[3]

Broad Environmental Assault

House Roll Call Vote 603

Issues: Air, Climate Change, Dirty Energy, Lands/Forests, Toxics/Public Right to Know, Water

Representative Bill Johnson (R-OH) sponsored H.R. 3409, the so-called Stop the War on Coal Act of 2012, a sweeping giveaway to the coal industry that would gut bedrock environmental protections and severely threaten the health of the American people. H.R. 3409 would prevent the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a rule protecting streams from mountaintop removal mining, which has been linked to severe health impacts, including elevated incidences of birth defects. The bill would also give polluters a free pass to spew unlimited amounts of carbon pollution; block fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards for cars; halt Clean Air Act protections for smog, soot, and mercury pollution that would prevent thousands of premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of asthma attacks; leave communities at risk from toxic, arsenic-laden coal ash; and gut the core of the Clean Water Act, the federal "floor" of water quality standards that states must meet. On September 21, the House approved H.R. 3409 by a vote of 233-175 (House roll call vote 603). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. The Senate took no action on this legislation.

FIRST ELECTED:2002

Leadership PAC (1):

Pioneer PAC (Rob Bishop)

Career Fundraising

2001 - 2014 Total Receipts: $2,713,629

2001 - 2014 Total Spent: $2,602,943

Debts: $49,859

Last Report: Monday, June 30, 2014

Top 5 Contributors, 2001 - 2014

Contributor Total Indivs PACs

Es3 Inc $95,900 $95,900 $0

National Assn of Realtors $69,250 $1,250 $68,000

Credit Union National Assn $66,647 $4,650 $61,997

EnergySolutions Inc $57,400 $23,900 $33,500

National Auto Dealers Assn $55,500 $0 $55,500

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Oil & Gas $188,100

Leadership PACs $156,435

Computers/Internet $119,425

Real Estate $107,200

Credit Unions $106,737

Misc Defense $93,500

Lobbyists $92,100

Lawyers/Law Firms $89,900

Health Professionals $73,483

Mining $70,650

Defense Aerospace $66,500

Waste Management $60,200

Automotive $59,600

Electric Utilities $52,294

Insurance $52,050

Business Services $44,477

Misc Business $40,550

Defense Electronics $40,500

Air Transport $39,299

Building Materials & Equipment $39,250

Sector Totals

Sector Total PACs Indivs

Agribusiness $94,851 $70,000 $24,851

Communications/Electronics $177,775 $59,900 $117,875

Construction $110,750 $83,000 $27,750

Defense $200,500 $198,500 $2,000

Energy & Natural Resources $375,744 $316,444 $59,300

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate $367,237 $214,797 $152,440

Health $125,733 $85,000 $40,733

Lawyers & Lobbyists $182,000 $21,000 $161,000

Transportation $124,649 $112,999 $11,650

Misc Business $216,277 $110,000 $106,277

Labor $5,700 $5,700 $0

Ideological/Single-Issue $249,035 $237,785 $11,250

Other $44,670 $2,000 $42,670

Es3 Inc $95,900 $95,900 $0

National Assn of Realtors $69,250 $1,250 $68,000

Credit Union National Assn $66,647 $4,650 $61,997

EnergySolutions Inc $57,400 $23,900 $33,500

National Auto Dealers Assn $55,500 $0 $55,500

Northrop Grumman $40,500 $0 $40,500

Alliant Techsystems $39,000 $0 $39,000

National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn $38,294 $0 $38,294

National Beer Wholesalers Assn $32,500 $0 $32,500

Lockheed Martin $28,000 $0 $28,000

Campaign for America's Future $25,000 $0 $25,000

OrrinPAC $25,000 $0 $25,000

United Parcel Service $24,499 $0 $24,499

American Medical Assn $24,000 $0 $24,000

L-3 Communications $24,000 $0 $24,000

National Assn of Home Builders $24,000 $0 $24,000

CenturyLink $23,000 $3,000 $20,000

National Mining Assn $23,000 $0 $23,000

Nucor Corp $21,400 $4,400 $17,000

Arch Coal $18,500 $0 $18,500

Top 5 Industries, 2001 - 2014

Industry Total Indivs PACs

Oil & Gas $188,100 $28,750 $159,350

Leadership PACs $156,435 $0 $156,435

Computers/Internet $119,425 $106,925 $12,500

Real Estate $107,200 $39,200 $68,000

Credit Unions $106,737 $44,240 $62,497

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Es3 Inc$95,900$95,900$0National Assn of Realtors$69,250$1,250$68,000Credit Union National Assn$66,647$4,650$61,997EnergySolutions Inc$57,400$23,900$33,500National Auto Dealers Assn$55,500$0$55,500Northrop Grumman$40,500$0$40,500Alliant Techsystems$39,000$0$39,000National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn$38,294$0$38,294National Beer Wholesalers Assn$32,500$0$32,500Lockheed Martin$28,000$0$28,000Campaign for America's Future$25,000$0$25,000OrrinPAC$25,000$0$25,000United Parcel Service$24,499$0$24,499American Medical Assn$24,000$0$24,000L-3 Communications$24,000$0$24,000National Assn of Home Builders$24,000$0$24,000CenturyLink$23,000$3,000$20,000National Mining Assn$23,000$0$23,000Nucor Corp$21,400$4,400$17,000Arch Coal$18,500$0$18,500

Oil & Gas	$188,100
Leadership PACs	$156,435
Computers/Internet	$119,425
Real Estate	$107,200
Credit Unions	$106,737
Misc Defense	$93,500
Lobbyists	$92,100
Lawyers/Law Firms	$89,900
Health Professionals	$73,483
Mining	$70,650
Defense Aerospace	$66,500
Waste Management	$60,200
Automotive	$59,600
Electric Utilities	$52,294
Insurance	$52,050
Business Services	$44,477
Misc Business	$40,550
Defense Electronics	$40,500
Air Transport	$39,299
Building Materials & Equipment	$39,250

Sector Totals

Sector	Total	PACs	Indivs
Agribusiness	$94,851	$70,000	$24,851
Communications/Electronics	$177,775	$59,900	$117,875
Construction	$110,750	$83,000	$27,750
Defense	$200,500	$198,500	$2,000
Energy & Natural Resources	$375,744	$316,444	$59,300
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	$367,237	$214,797	$152,440
Health	$125,733	$85,000	$40,733
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$182,000	$21,000	$161,000
Transportation	$124,649	$112,999	$11,650
Misc Business	$216,277	$110,000	$106,277
Labor	$5,700	$5,700	$0
Ideological/Single-Issue	$249,035	$237,785	$11,250
Other	$44,670	$2,000	$42,670

def contractos san diego

Es3 Inc to Austin Scott (R) in 2014
Es3 Inc to Susan A. Davis (D) in 2014
Es3 Inc to Rob Bishop (R) in 2012
Es3 Inc to Jack Kingston (R) in 2008
Es3 Inc to Robert F. Bennett (R) in 2008

BAILEY, BRETT NORTH SALT LAKE,UT 84054	ES3, INC	12/20/2013	$5,000	Engineering & Software Systems Solutions
PELESSONE, DANIELE SAN DIEGO,CA 92106	ES3, INC	12/20/2013	$5,000	Engineering & Software Systems Solutions
SGAMMATO, THERESA SAN DIEGO,CA 92106	ES3, INC	12/20/2013	$5,000	Engineering & Software Systems Solutions
SGAMMATO, THERESA SAN DIEGO,CA 92101	ES3	6/2/2014	$2,600	Davis, Susan A
BAILEY, BRETT M MR NORTH SALT LAKE,UT 84054	ES3	3/12/2014	$2,000	Scott, Austin
SGAMMATO, THERESA MS SAN DIEGO,CA 92106	ES3	3/12/2014	$2,000	Scott, Austin
BAILEY, BRETT M CLEARFIELD,UT 84015	ES3	6/13/2014	$1,000	Davis, Susan A
PELESSONE, DANIELE SAN DIEGO,CA 92101	ES3	6/13/2014	$1,000	Davis, Susan A
SGAMMATO, THERESA SAN DIEGO,CA 92101	ES3	6/13/2014	$1,000	Davis, Susan A
BAILEY, BRETT NORTH SALT LAKE,UT 84054	ES3	7/30/2013	$500	Republican National Cmte
BAILEY, BRETT NORTH SALT LAKE,UT 84054	ES3	7/31/2013	$500	National Republican Congressional Cmte

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Bishop, Rob Revolving Door Personnel: (1)	Legislative Director	Member profile	Member profile
2006-2008	Stewart, Cody Revolving Door Personnel: (1)		Firm lobbying profile
	American Capitol Group Revolving Door Personnel: (13)		Firm lobbying profile
	Cannon, Chris Revolving Door Personnel: (5)	Aide/Staff	Member profile
	Hansen, Jim Revolving Door Personnel: (2)	Aide/Staff
	Policy Communications Colorado Revolving Door Personnel: (7)	Policy Communications Colorado Revolving Door Personnel: (7)	Policy Communications Colorado Revolving Door Personnel: (7)

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1. H.R.686: Utah National Guard Readiness Act

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 2/14/2011) Cosponsors(2)

Committees:House Natural Resources; Senate Energy and Natural Resources

House Reports:112-163

Latest Major Action: 10/4/2011 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

2. H.R.765: Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 2/17/2011) Cosponsors(11)

Committees:House Agriculture; House Natural Resources

House Reports:112-164 Part 1

Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 112-46 **GPO:** [Text, PDF]

3. H.R.868: To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the more accurate and complete enumeration of certain overseas Americans in the decennial census.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 3/2/2011) Cosponsors(1)

Committees:House Oversight and Government Reform

Latest Major Action: 3/18/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives.

4. H.R.1258: Box Elder Utah Land Conveyance Act

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 3/30/2011) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Natural Resources

House Reports:112-220

Latest Major Action: 9/23/2011 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 143.

Note:For further action, see S.683 , which became Public Law 112-70 on 12/19/2011.

5. H.R.1287: 3-D, Domestic Jobs, Domestic Energy, and Deficit Reduction Act of 2011

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 3/31/2011) Cosponsors(37)

Committees:House Natural Resources; House Judiciary; House Energy and Commerce; House Science, Space, and Technology; House Transportation and Infrastructure

Latest Major Action: 8/25/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.

6. H.R.1505: National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 4/13/2011) Cosponsors(59)

Committees:House Natural Resources; House Agriculture; House Homeland Security

House Reports:112-448 Part 1

Latest Major Action: 4/17/2012 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 312.

7. H.R.1874: To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the maximum age limit for an original appointment to a position as a Federal law enforcement officer in the case of any individual who has been discharged or released from active duty in the armed forces under honorable conditions, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 5/12/2011) Cosponsors(2)

Committees:House Oversight and Government Reform

Latest Major Action: 5/13/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .

8. H.R.2147: Utah Land Sovereignty Act

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 6/13/2011) Cosponsors(1)

Committees:House Natural Resources

Latest Major Action: 9/13/2011 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

9. H.R.2514: A PLUS Act

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 7/13/2011) Cosponsors(107)

Committees:House Education and the Workforce

Latest Major Action: 9/8/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

10. H.R.2852: Action Plan for Public Lands and Education Act of 2011

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 9/7/2011) Cosponsors(15)

Committees:House Natural Resources

Latest Major Action: 9/22/2011 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

11. H.R.3452: Wasatch Range Recreation Access Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 11/17/2011) Cosponsors (1)

Committees:House Natural Resources

House Reports:112-452

Latest Major Action: 4/19/2012 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 316.

12. H.R.6060: Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2012

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 6/29/2012) Cosponsors(13)

Committees:House Natural Resources; Senate Energy and Natural Resources

House Reports:112-672

Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 112-270 **GPO:** [Text, PDF]

13. H.J.RES.62: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give States the right to repeal Federal laws and regulations when ratified by the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 5/12/2011) Cosponsors(16)

Committees:House Judiciary

Latest Major Action: 6/1/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

14. H.CON.RES.59: Declaring that it is the policy of the United States to support and facilitate Israel in maintaining defensible borders and that it is contrary to United States policy and national security to have the borders of Israel return to the armistice lines that existed on June 4, 1967.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 6/3/2011) Cosponsors(17)

Committees:House Foreign Affairs

Latest Major Action: 8/2/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .

15. H.RES.150: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 830) to rescind the unobligated funding for the FHA Refinance Program and to terminate the program.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 3/8/2011) Cosponsors(None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-27

Latest Major Action: 3/9/2011 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 240 - 180 (Roll no. 166).

Latest Action: 3/9/2011 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

16. H.RES.186: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to reauthorize the DC opportunity scholarship program, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 3/29/2011) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-45

Latest Major Action: 3/30/2011 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 235 - 178 (Roll no. 200).

Latest Action: 3/30/2011 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

17. H.RES.245: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1229) to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to facilitate the safe and timely production of American energy resources from the Gulf of Mexico, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1230) to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 5/4/2011) Cosponsors(None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-73

Latest Major Action: 5/5/2011 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 245 - 167 (Roll no. 294).

Latest Action: 5/5/2011 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

18. H.RES.276: Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1540) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 5/24/2011) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-88

Latest Major Action: 5/25/2011 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote: 243 - 170 (Roll no. 342).

Latest Action: 5/25/2011 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

19. H.RES.347: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2018) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to preserve the authority of each State to make determinations relating to the State's water quality standards, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 7/12/2011) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-144

Latest Major Action: 7/13/2011 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 250 - 171 (Roll no. 564).

Latest Action: 7/13/2011 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

20. H.RES.363: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2584) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 7/21/2011) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-176

Latest Major Action: 7/25/2011 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 205 - 131 (Roll no. 630).

Latest Action: 7/25/2011 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

21. H.RES.406: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2401) to require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 9/20/2011) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-213

Latest Major Action: 9/22/2011 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 245 - 175 (Roll no. 724).

Latest Action: 9/22/2011 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

22. H.RES.444: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1904) to facilitate the efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 10/24/2011) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-258

Latest Major Action: 10/25/2011 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 245 - 178 (Roll no. 803).

Latest Action: 10/25/2011 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

23. H.RES.493: Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1540) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from December 16, 2011, through January 16, 2012.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 12/13/2011) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-330

Latest Major Action: 12/14/2011 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 245 - 169 (Roll no. 926).

Latest Action: 12/14/2011 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

24. H.RES.566: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1837) to address certain water-related concerns on the San Joaquin River, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 2/28/2012) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-405

Latest Major Action: 2/29/2012 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 245 - 173 (Roll no. 81).

Latest Action: 2/29/2012 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

25. H.RES.570: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2842) to authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal Reclamation law, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 3/5/2012) Cosponsors(None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-408

Latest Major Action: 3/6/2012 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.

Latest Action: 3/6/2012 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

26. H.RES.587: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2087) to remove restrictions from a parcel of land situated in the Atlantic District, Accomack County, Virginia.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 3/19/2012) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-415

Latest Major Action: 3/20/2012 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 232 - 170 (Roll no. 113).

Latest Action: 3/20/2012 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

27. H.RES.614: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4089) to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 4/16/2012) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-444

Latest Major Action: 4/17/2012 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 228 - 184 (Roll no. 156).

Latest Action: 4/17/2012 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

28. H.RES.661: Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4310) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 5/16/2012) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-485

Latest Major Action: 5/17/2012 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 244 - 178 (Roll no. 260).

Latest Action: 5/17/2012 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

29. H.RES.688: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2578) to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to a segment of the Lower Merced River in California, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 6/18/2012) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-539

Latest Major Action: 6/19/2012 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 240 - 175 (Roll no. 382).

Latest Action: 6/19/2012 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

30. H.RES.691: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4480) to provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas exploration, development, and production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in response to a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 6/19/2012) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-540

Latest Major Action: 6/20/2012 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 245 - 178 (Roll no. 390).

Latest Action: 6/20/2012 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

31. H.RES.726: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4402) to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to United States economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 7/10/2012) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-590

Latest Major Action: 7/11/2012 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 245 - 180 (Roll no. 461).

Latest Action: 7/11/2012 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

32. H.RES.788: Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 118) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3409) to limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations before December 31, 2013, under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977; and providing for proceedings during the period from September 22, 2012, through November 12, 2012.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 9/19/2012) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-680

Latest Major Action: 9/20/2012 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 182 (Roll no. 588).

Latest Action: 9/20/2012 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

33. H.RES.840: Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4310) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 12/19/2012) Cosponsors (None)

Committees:House Rules

House Reports:112-707

Latest Major Action: 12/20/2012 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 243 - 177 (Roll no. 642).

Latest Action: 12/20/2012 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

34. H.AMDT.160to H.R.1 An amendment numbered 515 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds for the National Landscape Conservation System.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 2/19/2011) Cosponsors (None)

Latest Major Action: 2/19/2011 By unanimous consent, the Bishop (UT) amendment was withdrawn.

35. H.AMDT.300to H.RES.276 Amendment provides that the amendment specified in section 6 shall be in order in lieu of amendment number 5 in House Report 112-88.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 5/25/2011) Cosponsors (None)

Latest Major Action: 5/25/2011 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Bishop (UT) amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.

36. H.AMDT.1242to H.R.5855 Amendment reduces funds for environmental mitigation by $3 million and increases funds for the Air and Marine Interdiction account by $624,000, for the purpose of recapitalizing the Border Patrol's airplane fleet.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 6/6/2012) Cosponsors(None)

Latest Major Action: 6/6/2012 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Bishop (UT) amendment (A011) Agreed to by recorded vote: 230 - 186 (Roll no. 353).

37. H.AMDT.1288to H.R.2578 Amendment clarifies the intent of the legislation and narrows the list of laws which may be waived for border security activities; specifically prohibits any additional access to private property; ensures protection of tribal sovereignty; and clarifies the purpose of operation control.

Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 6/19/2012) Cosponsors (None)

Latest Major Action: 6/19/2012 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Bishop (UT) amendment (A004) Agreed to by voice vote.

2012603Broad Environmental AssaultAir, Climate Change, Dirty Energy, Lands/Forests, Toxics/Public Right to Know, Water

2012600Regional Haze Air PollutionAir, Dirty Energy, Lands/Forests

2012597Clean Water SafeguardsWater, Wildlife

2012593Carbon Pollution Endangerment FindingClimate Change

2012568Minnesota Boundary Waters Land ExchangeLands/Forests, Water

2012554Land Conservation CutsLands/Forests

2012536Safeguards ShutdownOther

2012514Drinking Water ProtectionsWater

2012506Offshore Drilling Safety ReformsDrilling, Dirty Energy

2012468Hardrock MiningLands/Forests

2012447Migratory Bird Treaty ActWildlife

2012411Coal Ash PollutionDirty Energy, Water

2012410"Oil Above All" Energy StrategyAir, Lands/Forests, Drilling, Dirty Energy

2012395Public Health Basis of the Clean Air ActAir

2012387Broad Assault on Lands & WildlifeLands/Forests, Wildlife

2012385Public Land Grab by Federal Police AgentsLands/Forests

2012329Nuclear Energy SubsidyDirty Energy

2012317Fossil Fuel FundingDirty Energy

2012311Clean Energy FundingClean Energy

2012308Clean Water ProtectionsWater

2012292Keystone XL Tar Sands PipelineClimate Change, Dirty Energy, Water

2012262Flood Insurance ReformLands/Forests, Water, Other

2012241Climate Change EducationClimate Change

2012236Sea Turtle ProtectionsOceans, Wildlife

2012234National Ocean PolicyOceans

2012233Restriction on Dirty FuelsDirty Energy

2012170Environmental Assault in the Transportation BillClimate Change, Dirty Energy, Other, Transportation, Water

2012168National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in TransportationOther, Transportation

2012164Public Lands AssaultLands/Forests, Toxics/Public Right to Know, Wildlife

FIRST ELECTED:2002

Leadership PAC (1):

Pioneer PAC (Rob Bishop)

Career Fundraising

1989 - 2014 Total Receipts:	$2,520,565
1989 - 2014 Total Spent:	$2,455,659
Debts:	$49,859
Last Report:	Monday, September 30, 2013

Top 5 Contributors, 2002 - 2014

Contributor	Total	Indivs	PACs
Es3 Inc	$95,900	$95,900	$0
National Assn of Realtors	$66,250	$1,250	$65,000
Credit Union National Assn	$61,647	$4,650	$56,997
National Auto Dealers Assn	$58,500	$0	$58,500
EnergySolutions Inc	$57,400	$23,900	$33,500

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Top 5 Industries, 2002 - 2014

Industry	Total	Indivs	PACs
Leadership PACs	$153,935	$0	$153,935
Oil & Gas	$146,850	$28,500	$118,350
Computers/Internet	$119,425	$106,925	$12,500
Real Estate	$103,700	$38,700	$65,000
Credit Unions	$94,737	$37,240	$57,497

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Source of Funds

Individual Contributions	$1,032,171	(41%)
PAC Contributions	$1,375,495	(55%)
Candidate self-financing	$68,226	(3%)
Other	$44,672	(2%)

Leadership PACs	$153,935
Oil & Gas	$146,850
Computers/Internet	$119,425
Real Estate	$103,700
Credit Unions	$94,737
Lobbyists	$83,400
Lawyers/Law Firms	$82,900
Misc Defense	$78,000
Health Professionals	$68,483
Automotive	$62,600
Waste Management	$57,700
Mining	$56,150
Defense Aerospace	$50,500
Insurance	$49,050
Electric Utilities	$47,294
Business Services	$44,227
Misc Business	$40,550
Building Materials & Equipment	$39,250
Air Transport	$37,299
Defense Electronics	$34,500

Sector Totals

Sector	Total	PACs	Indivs
Agribusiness	$84,001	$62,000	$22,001
Communications/Electronics	$174,275	$56,400	$117,875
Construction	$104,750	$79,000	$25,750
Defense	$163,000	$161,000	$2,000
Energy & Natural Resources	$310,994	$254,444	$56,550
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	$346,737	$201,797	$144,940
Health	$117,733	$77,000	$40,733
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$166,300	$15,750	$150,550
Transportation	$125,149	$113,499	$11,650
Misc Business	$201,827	$107,500	$94,327
Labor	$5,700	$5,700	$0
Ideological/Single-Issue	$234,035	$223,285	$10,750
Other	$44,670	$2,000	$42,670

Contributor	Total	Indivs	PACs
Es3 Inc	$95,900	$95,900	$0
National Assn of Realtors	$66,250	$1,250	$65,000
Credit Union National Assn	$61,647	$4,650	$56,997
National Auto Dealers Assn	$58,500	$0	$58,500
EnergySolutions Inc	$57,400	$23,900	$33,500
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn	$34,294	$0	$34,294
Alliant Techsystems	$33,000	$0	$33,000
Northrop Grumman	$33,000	$0	$33,000
National Beer Wholesalers Assn	$32,500	$0	$32,500
Campaign for America's Future	$25,000	$0	$25,000
OrrinPAC	$25,000	$0	$25,000
National Assn of Home Builders	$23,000	$0	$23,000
United Parcel Service	$22,499	$0	$22,499
Lockheed Martin	$22,000	$0	$22,000
Qwest Communications	$21,000	$3,000	$18,000
American Medical Assn	$20,000	$0	$20,000
L-3 Communications	$20,000	$0	$20,000
Nucor Corp	$18,900	$4,400	$14,500
National Mining Assn	$18,000	$0	$18,000
Howard, Phillips & Andersen	$17,400	$17,400	$17,400

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rob_Bishop

Robert William Bishop, a Republican, has represented the First Congressional District of Utah in the U. S. House of Representatives since 2002. (map)

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Record and controversies

Iraq War

For more information see the chart of U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War.

Environmental record

For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal

Bio

Bishop was born July 13, 1951 in Kaysville, Utah and received a B.A. from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1974. He was a teacher and a legislative**lobbyist**,and a member of the Utah state assembly from 1979 until 1995. He was speaker of the assembly from 1992 until 1994.Bishop was first elected to Congress in 2002 and reelected in 2004.

Congressional career

"Rob has worked at nearly every level of the Republican party, from precinct chair to member of the Republican National Committee, and has spent years working in every corner of this District. He has gone from Vice-Chair of the Davis County Teenage Republicans in 1968 to the advisor of the Utah Teenage Republicans in 1996. In 1997, he was elected Chairman of the Utah Republican Party. He served for two terms."[1]

Bishop is pro-life, supports "**wise use**" of natural resources, works to cut taxes, defends the Second Amendment (right to bear arms), and is working toward a fiscally sound Social Security system. [2]

2006 elections

In 2006, Democrats nominated Steven Olsen to face Bishop in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [3] Bishop retained his seat.

Quotes

Land Use "I am committed to helping Congress strike a balance for wise management of our public lands. Protecting private property rightsand our Western way of life are goals I have as we begin our work on this Committee. I am confident that the principles of multiple-use and protecting our environment can go hand-in-hand." [4]

Money in politics

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Fundraising profile:	2006 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation:	2006 election cycle	Career totals
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Fundraising profile:

2006 election cycle

Career totals

Top contributors by organization/corporation:

2006 election cycle

Career totals

Top contributors by industry:

2006 election cycle

Career totals

Revolving door profile for Rob Bishop from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
2006 privately funded travel profile for Rob Bishop from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
Personal finance profile for Rob Bishop from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.

Committees and Affiliations

Committees

House Committee on Education and Labor
- Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education

House Committee on Armed Services
- Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces
- Subcommittee on Readiness

House Committee on Natural Resources
- Subcommitee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, Ranking Member

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

House Rules Committee

More Background Data

Background information on Rob Bishop from Project Vote Smart

Interest group scorecard ratings for Rob Bishop from Project Vote Smart

Voting record for Rob Bishop from the Washington Post database

Information on Rob Bishop from Congress Merge

Wikipedia also has an article on Rob Bishop. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.

Contact

DC Office:

124 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515-4401

Phone: 202-225-0453

Fax: 202-225-5857

Web Email

Website

District Office- Brigham City:

6 North Main Street

Brigham City, UT 84302

Phone: 435-734-2270

Fax: 435-734-2290

District Office- Ogden:

324 25th Street, Suite 1017

Ogden, UT 84401

Phone: 801-625-0107

Fax: 801-625-0124

District Office- Salt Lake City:

2001 South State Street

Number N4100

Salt Lake City, UT 84190

Phone: 801-468-3570

Fax: 801-468-2292

Articles and resources

Sources

External resources

Official website
Technorati Search: Rob Bishop
Google News Search: Rob Bishop
Yahoo! News Search: Rob Bishop
Power Trips: How much did Rob Bishop travel?
GovTrack Statistics: Rob Bishop
Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database

Local blogs and discussion sites

External articles

Bishop 'pumped up' over his House service in first term by Josh Loftin, Deseret Morning News, 10/11/04.
Legacy Effort Fails by Leigh Dethman, Deseret Morning News, 7/29/05.

Corresponding article on Wikipedia and Cause Caller. (If Cause Caller link does not work, pick from its list of senators andrepresentatives.)

nyt

House Republicans hit back yesterday against Boxer's attacks.

Responding to Boxer's comments that the 2007 Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v. EPA gave the agency authority to act on emissions under the Clean Air Act, Upton chastised Boxer for not including language pre-empting that power in a climate bill that she steered through her committee last year. He noted that Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) did include more pre-emption in their bill, which passed the House in 2009 (*E&ENews PM*, Jan. 6).

One of Upton's colleagues, Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), was more directly critical. "Upton's right," he said. "She's wrong."

Echoing concerns raised by fellow conservatives and tea party activists, Bishop painted a broader picture of EPA as a poster child for executive-branch overreach. The agency and others like it, he said, "simply try to go around Congress rather than work with Congress. That has not helped the relationship, which wasn't great to begin."

Bishop had stronger words still for House Republicans' relationship with Boxer. "With Senator Boxer, there has never been a working relationship," he said. "It probably doesn't do any more damage than has been done for the last 10 years."

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Early life and education

Career

Utah politics

U.S. House of Representatives

Political positions

Federalism

Land use and the environment

Utah GOP closed primary

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Is the United States About to Lose Its Best Conservation Program?

The probe

Chinese activities

Okinawa dugongs

Here's Who's Getting Paid to Destroy the Endangered Species Act

Contents

Record and controversies

Iraq War

Environmental record

Bio

Congressional career

2006 elections

Quotes

Money in politics

Committees and Affiliations

Committees

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

More Background Data

Contact

Articles and resources

Sources

External resources

Local blogs and discussion sites

External articles

Sector Totals

Bill Summary & Status

FIRST ELECTED:2002

Leadership PAC (1):

Career Fundraising

Top 5 Contributors, 2002 - 2014

Top 5 Industries, 2002 - 2014

Source of Funds

Sector Totals

Record and controversies

Iraq War

Environmental record

Bio

Congressional career

2006 elections

Quotes

Money in politics

Committees and Affiliations

Committees

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

More Background Data

Contact

Articles and resources

Sources

External resources

Local blogs and discussion sites

External articles

Attachments