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Western Caucus Releases the “War on Western Jobs” Report

This Administration’s anti-business, anti-multiple use agenda threatens western communities. It is killing jobs and undermining state and local budgets.

September 30, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senate Western Caucus Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY), Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT), and members of the Senate and House Western Caucuses released the “War on Western Jobs” report.  The report outlines the Administration’s policies and their negative impact on jobs and communities throughout the West.

“Instead of making it easier for western businesses and communities to create new jobs, this Administration enforced an anti-business, anti-multiple use agenda that only makes the situation worse.  The findings of our report detail how this Administration’s policies are suffocating western economies, killing jobs and severely weakening America’s energy security.  Members of the Western Caucuses will continue to fight against Washington overreach and for a common sense agenda that promotes personal freedom and helps Western families and small businesses.”
- U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Senate Western Caucus Chairman

“This report illuminates the unforgiving challenges that so many throughout the West are currently facing as a result of the current Administration’s job-killing policies. Westerners pride themselves on their determination to tackle any challenge before them- it’s the essence of the pioneer spirit. However, new policies targeting Western industries like energy, mining, ranching and other public land uses have made these already though economic times even harder for many to overcome. Both the House and Senate Western Caucuses will continue to fight to reduce the burdens that hinder job creation throughout the West and this report targets some of the areas that are among our highest priorities.” 
- Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT), House Western Caucus Chairman

In the report, the Caucuses identified ten specific areas that demonstrate the severe economic impact of the Administration’s job killing agenda:

1. Taxing energy use 
2. Federalizing all surface water within the 50 states and territories
3. Restricting access to America’s vast reserves of affordable, American oil and natural gas
4. Imposing “one size fits all” mandates on western communities
5. Putting a priority on protecting species over American jobs
6. Blocking a multiple-use policy in our National Forests
7. Over-regulating coal
8. Seizing additional private western lands and placing them under control of the federal government
9. Requiring new federal permitting requirements into new areas of the western economy
10. Stopping domestic mining in favor of the importation of foreign minerals

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