EXCELLENT! Louie Gohmert will be head of the subcommittee responsible for overseeing the Bureau of Land Management! What a perfect person to do that! QUOTE: U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert (R-TX) was appointed chairman of the House Subcommittee for Natural Resources Oversight and Investigations. This subcommittee has, among other responsibilities, oversight of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Gohmert received the committee chairmanship despite his recent historic challenge to House Speaker John Boehner earlier this month. “It is an absolute privilege to represent the Lone Star State, more specifically east Texas, in the capacity of subcommittee chairman of such a relevant and responsible subcommittee,” Chairman Gohmert told Breitbart Texas. “This administration has hindered the United States’ ability to produce and manage our own vast resources, but I am really looking forward to helping the federal government become more responsible.” ... The Natural Resources Committee has oversight of the Department of Interior, which includes: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, National Park Service , Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement , U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey. During the summer of 2014, the Bureau of Land Management announced a study that could mean the loss of up to 90,000 acres of land privately owned by Texas farmers and ranchers along the Red River boundary between Texas and Oklahoma. Then Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and Senator Ted Cruz strongly objected to the BLM’s actions and demanded answers to a series of questions as was previously reported by Breitbart Texas. This issue is still in dispute and Gohmert’s appointment could play a significant role in moving the issue forward.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 06:39:51 +0000