Rep. Paul Gosar

Rep. Paul Gosar Continues Fight With Wildlife Officials

By • Jun 5, 2017
AP Photo/Matt York

A wildly unpopular effort to impose wake restrictions on Lake Havasu boaters has the local congressman ready to do battle with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including getting the agency's regional director taken off his job.

Mexican Gray Wolf Management Measure Passes US House

By • Jul 15, 2016

Two Western Republican congressmen have succeeded in getting legislation through the U.S. House that would shift management of the endangered Mexican gray wolf from the federal government to states.

Rep. Gosar Campaigns On His Boycott Of Pope's Visit

By • Oct 1, 2015
AP Photo/Matt York

Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar is touting his boycott of Pope Francis' address to Congress in a fundraising email.

The Republican represents the 4th District in the northwestern portion of the state. His email said that when the "Pope chooses to act and talk like a leftist politician, then he can expect to be treated like one."

Gosar boycotted the event in protest of the pontiff's expected focus on climate change in his speech.

Arizona Republicans Urge Against Grand Canyon Watershed National Monument

By • Feb 20, 2015
NPS

Twenty five members of Congress, including four Arizona Republicans, are urging President Obama not to designate nearly 2 million acres near the Grand Canyon as a national monument. As Arizona Public Radio’s Ryan Heinsius reports, the representatives say such a move would be an overreach by the president.

Tonto NF Supervisor Meets with Native Americans Protesting Resolution Copper Mine

By • Feb 19, 2015
Jennifer Johnson

Earlier this week, the supervisor of the Tonto National Forest met with a group of Native Americans hoping to prevent copper mining at a sacred site east of Phoenix. As Arizona Public Radio’s Ryan Heinsius reports, recent federal legislation cleared the way for the Oak Flat area to become part of North America’s largest copper mine.

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