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WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Pete Stauber’s (MN-08) bill to restore energy development on Alaska’s North Slope passed the House of Representatives. The Alaska’s Right to Produce Act will reverse the Biden Department of the Interior (DOI)’s decision to prohibit oil and gas development on 13 million acres within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the House of Representatives passed the Trust the Science Act, legislation Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) cosponsored to permanently delist the gray wolf in the lower 48 states and ensure this decision is not subject to judicial review.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber’s (MN-08) Superior National Forest Restoration Act passed the House of Representatives. This legislation will overturn the Biden Administration’s mineral withdrawal of 225,000 acres in the Superior National Forest, restore long-held mineral leases, and ensure timely reviews of Mine Plans of Operation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) introduced the Cooperation in Local Procurement Act, legislation that will amend the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act to help local governments who receive funding from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) complete local public transportation projects efficiently and economically by allowing them to participate in cooperative agreements for the purposes of procurement.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) voted to supporttwo separate security supplemental packages for Israel and Taiwan, while voting against the security supplemental package for Ukraine. After voting concluded, Stauber issued the following statement.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) introduced the Parity in Engineering Act, legislation that will make it easier for engineering firms in our state to do business by eliminating Minnesota’s exemption from common federal procurement requirements.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act, a package of permitting bills that includes Congressman Pete Stauber’s (MN-08) legislation to prevent permitting abuses by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the House Natural Resources Committee voted to advance H.R. 1657 authored by Congressman Pete Stauber, the bipartisan Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act to exchange 36.7 acres owned by Bowen Lodge for 17.5 acres managed by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the Chippewa National Forest. |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) made the following statement after learning that Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty moved ahead with charges against Minnesota State Patrol Trooper Ryan Londregan without considering the expert testimony of Jeffrey Noble, a use-of-force expert hired by her office to help determine whether the force used was justified.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address: “Tonight, President Joe Biden tried to tell the American people that the state of our union is strong. The American people were not convinced, and like me, they remain very concerned over the lack of leadership in the White House. |