Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) issued the following statement regarding the release of President Obama’s budget proposal. Read more »

Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment introduced legislation to reform the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) scientific advisory processes. The bill, H.R.1422, the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2013, makes changes to the EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) to enhance public participation, improve the process for selecting expert advisors, expand transparency requirements and limit non-scientific policy advice. Original cosponsors of the bill include: Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Vice Chairman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), Chairman Emeritus Ralph Hall (R-Texas), Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) and Rep. Dan Benishek (R-Mich.). Read more »

Rep. Chris Stewart spent the two week recess traveling all over Utah, visiting with constituents. Look at following info-graphic to see his reach. Read more »

Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) voted in favor of the Republican Budget that passed the House of Representatives today. Following the vote, he released the following statement: Read more »

Today, the Subcommittee on Environment, which Rep. Chris Stewart chairs, held a hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) process for receiving independent scientific advice. Read more »

Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) introduced The White House Tour Resolution, asking President Obama to refrain from taking more vacations at the taxpayers’ expense until he reopens the White House for tours. Read more »

U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Reps. Rob Bishop (UT-01) and Chris Stewart (UT-02) have introduced legislation in the Senate and House, respectively, that would transfer 100 acres of land currently owned by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to the city of Fruit Heights in Davis County. The land will be used as a cemetery for the city. Fruit Heights currently has an agreement with neighboring Kaysville for burials, however due to the significant population growth the region has seen, Fruit Heights has been notified that its residents will soon no longer be able to be interred in the Kaysville cemetery. Read more »

Congressman Chris Stewart (R-Utah) delivered a speech on the House floor expressing his support for the Second Amendment, Americans' right to keep and bear arms. He urged the White House to stop pushing its gun cotnrol agenda saying that, "stricter laws to ban guns will not solve problems,... [instead] we need to do a better job of enforcing the laws in place". The full text of the speech is available below and in the video above. Read more »

Today, freshman Congressman Chris Stewart (R-Utah) was named Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment as part of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. Read more »

On March 1, the across-the-board spending cuts, referred to as President Obama's sequester will officially go into effect. Budgets in every government program from national defense to education will be significantly reduced unless the sequester is replaced with common-sense spending cuts. Read more »