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Jun 10, 2012
| The Colorado Observer
House GOP touts Gardner, Tipton, Lamborn and Coffman energy proposals
Rep. Scott Tipton (R-Cortez) proposes requiring the Secretary of Interior to establish goals for federal land energy production from all energy sources, including oil, natural gas, coal, and renewable. Echoing one of President Obama’s signature phrases, Tipton said the proposal was a “true all-of-the-above strategy.”
Jun 10, 2012
| The Colorado Observer
State officials criticize proposed Obama fracking rule
Rep. Scott Tipton (R-Cortez) said in a statement that “Governor Hickenlooper and the State of Colorado have done a good job of regulating and monitoring fracking” and that he “is confident that they can continue to do this without adding more government to the mix.”
Jun 10, 2012
| Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Stop mailing money with surveys, Tipton tells Reclamation bureau
A practice of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to mail money with public-opinion surveys to encourage recipients to fill out forms and send them back amounts to a case of “blatant waste, abuse and fraud,” said U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo.
Jun 4, 2012
| Pueblo Chieftain
House approves Pinon Canyon ban
Issues: Fiscal Responsibility
The House of Representatives approved a 2013 military construction budget Thursday that for the sixth year bars the Army from spending any money to expand the 238,000-acre Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site northeast of Trinidad.
Jun 4, 2012
| Durango Herald
Petition pushes Obama on Chimney Rock
The U.S. House of Representatives already has passed a bill by Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, to designate Chimney Rock, an ancestral Puebloan site near Pagosa Springs, Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., has a similar bill that is awaiting action in the Senate.
Jun 4, 2012
| Pueblo Chieftain
Tipton, Graves meet with Pueblo business owners
U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton and his Republican colleague, U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, used a meeting with Pueblo business owners Thursday to argue that too much federal regulation — pushed by Democrats and President Barack Obama — is hurting the economy and helping to drive up unemployment.
May 20, 2012
| Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Clear-cut the rules, beetle foes say
U.S. Forest Service land managers need more latitude and the forest-management industry more certainty if the mountain pine beetle is to be repelled, or at least contained, in Colorado’s high country, witnesses testified Monday before a congressional field hearing.
May 20, 2012
Chimney Rock deserves to be a national monument
The U.S. House on Wednesday approved a bill to establish Chimney Rock as a national monument. Now the action moves to the Senate, where we hope the idea will prevail as well.
May 20, 2012
| KREX TV Grand Junction
Rep. Scott Tipton gathers input on potential name change for monument
Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., met with a committee designated to survey the community in regard to their opinions on changing the Colorado National Monument to National Park status.
May 20, 2012
| Durango Herald
U.S. House lawmakers pass Chimney Rock bill
The bill to establish Chimney Rock as a national monument passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. The bill, introduced by Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, passed with bipartisan support in a voice vote.
