DeFazio Reacts To Natural Resource Issues in the State of the Union Address

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JANUARY 28, 2014
CONTACT: JEN GILBREATH (RESOURCES), 202-225-4081

DEFAZIO REACTS TO NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUES IN STATE OF THE UNION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement in response to natural resource issues included in President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union address:

"Last week, over 100 Democrats joined together to ask the Obama Administration to use its authority to protect and conserve national treasures. I was very pleased to hear the President say he is willing to make critical conservation decisions that this deeply partisan Congress will not. I look forward to working with the administration to protect our iconic landscapes for our kids and grandkids.

"I agree with the President: climate change is a fact. It is the single greatest challenge of our time - and Congress must act now. The best way, the proven way, to reduce carbon pollution is through the regulatory authorities of the Clean Air Act."

Click here to read the letter co-signed by 109 House Democrats urging Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell to protect and conserve national treasures under the Antiquities Act:

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