Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Rob Bishop [R, UT-1]

Commission for Unbuilt Eisenhower Memorial Wants Another $51 Million From Taxpayers

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...pleased. In a strongly-worded letter sent Thursday to the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, and shared with Whispers, Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, and Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wa., both on the House Committee on National Resources, note that the Eisenhower family

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Weber 9/12 to meet with Rep. Bishop

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...Weber County 9/12 Project will meet for a dinner discussion with Congressman Rob Bishop at 6:30 p.m. May 31 at Bella’s Fresh Mexican Grill, 2651 N. 1850 West, North Ogden, just off of Interstate 15. This meeting is open to the public. Seating is limit

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House GOP Still Struggling for Consensus on Debt Limit

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...forward for dealing with the debt limit basically consisted of “a laundry list of everything imaginable,” in the words of Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah. That isn’t to say it was a surprise, or a disappointment. Leading up to the GOP leadership-convened

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House passes Ute tribe land swap

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...Indian Tribe and the State of Utah is quickly moving through Congress. The House approved the agreement sponsored by Rep. Rob Bishop on Wednesday and a Senate committee may take it up as soon as Thursday. The legislation would trade the mineral rights t

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Ogden airport tower to stay open for time being

2013-05-10T01:00:00Z

...were scheduled to close June 15 as part of the FAA’s plan to accommodate automatic spending cuts required by Congress. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, said he was pleased with LaHood’s decision. “This was the final confirmation we have been fighting and

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Ogden-Hinckley tower and others at small airports to stay open

2013-05-10T01:00:00Z

...15 as part of the FAA's plan to accommodate automatic spending cuts required by Congress. According to a news release from Rep. Rob Bishop's office, the Ogden-Hinckley tower is included in the decision, and it will remain open. "This was the final confi

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Airport tower topic of Lee, Bishop letter

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...D.C. — Two of Utah’s delegation, Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Rob Bishop, released a letter requesting information regarding conflicting statements about the decision to close the tower at Ogden-Hinckley Airport. The letter, dated Friday, was addressed to

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Heck seeks to cut red tape on desert, lake searches

2013-05-07T01:00:00Z

...and make their search.” Jodi Goldberg of Alexandria, Va., Keith’s sister, attended the session and spoke briefly with Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, chairman of the subcommittee that would consider the bill. Bishop called the search and rescue delays “a

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Lee, Bishop ask FAA for clarification of conflicting statements on Ogden tower closing

2013-05-06T01:00:00Z

...– Today, Senator Mike Lee and Rep. Rob Bishop released a letter they wrote to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta requesting information regarding conflicting statements about the

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Where have all the statesmen/women gone?

2013-05-05T01:00:00Z

...remember when Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Tea Party Snugglebunny for Utah’s 1st Congressional District, was a sensible gentleman. He was good-humored and easy to like. He would come to meet with the Standard-Examiner’s editorial board, cheerfully guzzling Dr

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Bishop, others seek assurance airport towers will remain

2013-05-04T01:00:00Z

...D.C. — Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, and 82 other members of Congress are asking Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to make an official announcement that would keep air traffic control towers open at small airports across the nation. The gro

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Future of Ogden airport tower still not clear; Lee, Bishop seek answers

2013-05-04T01:00:00Z

...said. "We just have to keep concentrating on the job, keeping the airplanes separated. It's frustrating not knowing." Rep. Rob Bishop and Sen. Mike Lee, both R-Utah, share that sentiment. They sent a letter Friday to the head of the U.S. Department of T

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Citizen's Group Announces: "Single Issue" Federal Amendment Conventions

2013-04-30T01:00:00Z

...plus many others. Members of Congress and State Legislators: Rep. John Culberson (R, TX), Rep. Henry Cuellar (D, TX), Rep. Rob Bishop (R, UT), Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R, WY), Rep. Tom McClintock (R, CA), Rep. Louie Gohmert (R, TX), Former Rep. Walt Minnick

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New lands bill

2013-04-23T01:00:00Z

...Rep. Rob Bishop has been talking up his efforts to create a lands bill for eastern Utah recently, and some of his remarks during those discussions give us reason for concern. We applaud efforts to bring all parties to the table environmentalists and de

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In our opinion: Fix Antiquities Act

2013-04-22T01:00:00Z

...unilateral land grab cost Utah's education system, including its students, untold billions of dollars. Utah Rep. Rob Bishop deserves credit for introducing legislation to limit presidential power under the Antiquities Act, which provided the authority f

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Shame on SUWA

2013-04-20T01:00:00Z

...Re " Bishop seeks grand bargain on public lands " (Tribune, April 16): Even as environmental groups begin discussions with Rep. Rob Bishop about his so-called grand plan for Utah wild lands, Utah’s poster boy for posturing (he has stiff competition fr

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HATCH, LEE, BISHOP, CHAFFETZ, STEWART LEAD EFFORTS TO STOP MANDATED WILDERNESS EXPANSION FROM WASHINGTON

2013-04-18T01:00:00Z

...– U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Reps. Rob Bishop (UT-1), Jason Chaffetz (UT-3) and Chris Stewart (UT-2), today urged their colleagues in the United States Senate and House of Representatives to not support the Red Rocks

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President's monument power questioned

2013-04-17T01:00:00Z

...resolution demanding that the federal government turn over all federal land to the state to manage. For Utah Republican Rep. Rob Bishop, chairman of the subcommittee, President Bill Clinton's creation of the 1.9 million-acre Grand Staircase Escalante Na

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Proposed new round of closures threatens Hill Air Force Base

2013-04-13T01:00:00Z

...in 2016 "after the economy is projected to have more fully recovered." The last round of base closures was in 2005. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, whose northern Utah district includes HAFB, said a new BRAC round would be counterproductive because it would ad

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Congressional Trips Abroad Continue Despite Sequester

2013-04-12T01:00:00Z

...Rob Bishop, R-Utah, took a privately-funded trip to Germany. Members of Congress and their staff have gone on multiple trips since House Speaker John Boehner announced last month congressional travel would be curbed as part of the sequester. Rep. Rob Bi

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