Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) and 34 other members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Obama expressing concern about the administration’s plan to take executive action on immigration reform. Instead of signing an executive order, House members urge the President to work with Congress to reform immigration. Read more »

Today, the House passed Rep. Chris Stewart’s (R-Utah) bill which reforms the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) scientific advisory process. The EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act 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. Read more »

Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) released the following statement regarding the decision by U.S. Supreme Court to not review several cases involving the definition of marriage: Read more »

Today, Congressman Chris Stewart (R-Utah) voted in favor of the Continuing Resolution, which passed the House of Representatives. The Continuing Resolution funds the government through mid-December and prevents another government shutdown. It also funds the important and necessary fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Read more »

Today, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) honored Congressman Chris Stewart (R-Utah) as a recipient of the Guardian of Small Business Award for his strong record of supporting pro-business, pro-growth legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. Read more »

Five members of Utah’s Congressional Delegation – U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee, and Representatives Rob Bishop, Jason Chaffetz, and Chris Stewart – today wrote to President Barack Obama and Secretary of the Department of Interior (DOI) Sally Jewel to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Canyonlands National Park. In the letter, the delegation also urged President Obama and Secretary Jewel to work with them as the delegation continues working on a public lands bill that will benefit all stakeholders in Utah. Read more »

Having spent 14 years as an Air Force pilot, flying both combat rescue helicopters and B-1 bombers, I understand the tremendous strain that the years since 9/11 have placed on our military equipment, our soldiers and their families. The result of our long fight against terror is that our nation has become war weary and understandably reluctant to get into another fight. Throughout his administrati... Read more »

Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to discuss Rep. Chris Stewart's (R-Utah) Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014. This bill would amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973, to require that the federal government count all species dwelling on both public and private lands, when determining the recovery of a species. Read more »

Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) voted in favor of the House bill that addresses the southern border immigration crisis. Read more »

Today, Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) introduced legislation that would give states and Indian Tribes the option to take over the management of wild horses and burros. The Wild Horse Oversight Act of 2014 would preserve all protections under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, and simply allow states to implement horse and burro management plans that address the specific needs of their own state. Read more »