{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-introduces-legislation-stop-biden-administrations-blatant-land", "Newhouse Introduces Legislation to Stop the Biden Administration\u2019s Blatant Land Grab", "2023-05-22", "2023", "2023-05", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Dan Newhouse", "N000189", "newhouse.house.gov", "newhouse", "https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced legislation to direct the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to withdraw the proposed rule titled \u201cConservation and Landscape Health.\u201d The proposed rule undermines FLPMA\u2019s multiple-use requirement for BLM lands and would hinder access to public lands for energy and critical mineral development, grazing forest management, and recreation, which would have an outsized effect on Central Washington\u2019s ranchers and its residents.\n\n\u201cIn Central Washington, we know locking up lands with preservationist designations does not automatically guarantee healthy landscapes. In fact, the opposite is often the case,\u201d said Rep. Newhouse. \u201cFarmers and ranchers are the best stewards of the land, not bureaucrats in Washington D.C. who seek to hamper our land managers\u2019 ability to conserve the land they rely on for their livelihoods. The BLM has time and again shown their aim is to drastically reduce, or even eliminate, grazing on public lands, and this proposed rule is the latest iteration of this effort. I am proud to introduce legislation to rescind it.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Washington Cattlemen\u2019s Association (WCA) exists to protect, preserve and grow the cattle industry in the State of Washington,\u201d said Chelsea Hajny, Executive Vice President, Washington Cattlemen\u2019s Association. \u201cGrazing on public lands is critical to our ranchers. We applaud Congressman Dan Newhouse for introducing legislation to rescind the BLM\u2019s proposed rule that would threaten this grazing. Cattlemen have, and will continue to be, the ultimate stewards of the land while simultaneously producing the most desired protein source in the world.\u201d\n\nOriginal sponsors of the legislation include Reps. Dan Newhouse (WA-04), John Curtis (UT-03), Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Mark Amodei (NV-02), Pete Stauber (MN-08), Chris Stewart (UT-02), Russ Fulcher (ID-01), Harriet Hageman (WY-AL), Paul Gosar (AZ-09), Blake Moore (UT-01), Burgess Owens (UT-04), Cliff Bentz (OR-02), and Ryan Zinke (MT-01).\n\nRead the full text of H.R. 3397 here.\n\nBackground:\n\nYesterday, Rep. Newhouse and Senator Cynthia Lummis sent a letter to BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning to point out how the new rule would lock up public land and hurt local communities and request the BLM extend their public comment period to a minimum of 120 days to hear from people across the west about the impacts of the new rule.\n\nBLM\u2019s proposed rule subverts the Congressional \u201cmultiple-use\u201d mandate\u2014established by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act\u2014that federal land and its resources must be utilized for various purposes to \u201cbest meet the needs of the people.\" By enacting a restrictive framework for \u2018conservation leases,\u2019 the rule threatens access to federal lands for other critical purposes such as grazing, mining, outdoor recreation, and energy development projects while giving conservation lease holders the power to prevent access to public lands.\n\nSenators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Mike Lee (R-Utah), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) introduced companion legislation in the Senate.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:55:44Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-introduces-legislation-stop-biden-administrations-blatant-land"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7125937156379223, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}