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Four members of the U.S. Congress recently got a close look at Washington’s Snake River dams.
The four members of the Congressional Western Caucus, which Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, chairs, watched fish travel through various passage routes on Tuesday at Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River. A boat tour also led them through the lock system near the Tri-Cities.
Reps. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas; Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon; Matt Rosendale, R-Montana; and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, joined the tour.
Representative Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) led an energy field tour across Central Washington through the Western Caucus Foundation on the week of May 30. He outlined the energy portfolio offered by the region to members of the Congressional Western Caucus, Vice-Chair Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.), and Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.).
U.S. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and Ashley Hinson (R-IA) joined U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and their Iowa Republican colleagues in urging the Biden administration to address two ongoing rulemaking processes that could end production of bio-oil, cellulosic sugar and biochar.
Whether you’re a homebuilder in LeClaire, a soybean farmer in Mercer County, or a small-business owner in any one of the many communities we represent across southeast Iowa and central Illinois, it’s likely you have heard — or downright fear — the term “WOTUS,” or “waters of the United States.”
Memorial Day is a time when we come together and honor those who have given the ultimate sacrifice to their country. Since its formal creation in 1971, Americans come together to honor the fallen by visiting cemeteries, memorials, or holding family gatherings to celebrate the freedom that was earned through sacrifice.
With summer around the corner, Americans are feeling the financial strain of higher gas and energy prices due to supply chain crunches and inflation. Per AAA, the average cost for a gallon of gasoline is now sitting at $4.59.
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) led 15 of his GOP Doctors Caucus colleagues in advocating for Taiwan’s inclusion in the World Health Organization (WHO).
The members expressed “deep concern” with the WHO’s “continued marginalization of Taiwan’s participation in the WHO’s meetings, mechanisms and activities,” in a May 20 letter sent to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.