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Curtis, Neguse Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Support The Health Of Wildfire Emergency Response Teams During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Mitigate Future Fire Risk To Communities

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Today, Congressman John Curtis, Deputy Republican Leader of the National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee on the House Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement after introducing the Wildfire and Community Health Response Act of 2020 with Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO). The bipartisan bill aims to support the health of firefighters and…

Curtis Leads Letter to Secretary Bernhardt Urging COVID-19 Relief for Rural Utah

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 Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT) led a letter to US Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt asking that he temporarily suspend, defer, or reduce royalty rates to help essential industries survive the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Royalty payments are paid by certain industries for the development of the America’s energy and natural…

Conservatives Are Reclaiming Environmentalism

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By: John Curtis and Benji Backer https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2020/03/13/john-curtis-benji-backer/ There’s nothing partisan about being a good steward and caring for our planet. In fact, it’s one of few common beliefs held by all Americans. Regardless of party, we all want breathable air and drinkable water. We all want our children and grandchildren to…

Reps. Curtis and McNerneys Bipartisan Climate Intervention Legislation Bill Sails Through Subcomittee

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 Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT) and Representative Jerry McNerney (D-CA) issued the following statement after their bill,  H.R. 5519, the Atmospheric Climate Intervention Research Act, passed unanimously out of the House Science, Space & Technology Subcommittee on Environment. “We know that climate change is a complex problem requiring…

Rep. Curtis Encourages Bipartisan Efforts to Reduce Carbon Emissions

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Today, Rep. John Curtis (R-UT), Deputy Republican Leader of the National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee on the House Natural Resources Committee, advocated for bipartisan efforts to spur innovation, export US clean energy technology, and combat foreign rising emissions during this morning’s Natural Resources hearing. The hearing addressed the Trillion Trees…

Curtis, Bicameral Utah Colleagues Spearhead Bipartisan Effort to Bring New Research Laboratory to Emery County

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The SRERC would play a key role in advancing new energy technologies. Last week, Representative John Curtis (R-UT) led a group of his Utah congressional colleagues including Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT), Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT), and Rep. Ben McAdams (D-UT). in writing a letter to the United States Department of Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette to request the…

Curtis, Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Boost Funding for Recreational Trails

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Bipartisan bill would update funding formula and provide fair funding to support recreational trails. Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), Deputy Republican Leader of the National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee on the House Natural Resources Committee, along with Representatives Peter Welch (D-VT) and Angie Craig (D-MN) introduced legislation that will more than…

Curtis, Garamendi, Romney, Bennett Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Emergency Wildfire Cleanup Bill

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Washington, DC—Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), Deputy Republican Leader of the National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee on the House Natural Resources Committee, along with Representative John Garamendi (D-CA) and Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Making Access to Cleanup Happen (MATCH) Act.

Curtis Introduces Clean Energy Incentivizing INVEST Act

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Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), introduced H.R 5409, the Incentivizing New and Valuable Energy Storage Technology (INVEST) Act, which promotes storage technology in the energy industry. Passage of this bill will accelerate broad deployment new energy storage technologies across all segments of the energy ecosystem – utilities, customers, and…

Curtis "Miracle Mountain" Bill Sails Through Committee

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Today, Rep. John Curtis (R-UT), Deputy Republican Leader of the National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee, released the following after his bill, H.R. 722, designating a mountain in the State of Utah as “Miracle Mountain” passed the House Natural Resources Committee unanimously last week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKXdF8UOGnI&feature=youtu.be Video…