Governor Cox is fighting federal overreach.
The Cox Administration is fighting Federal OVerreach. Why?
- Help shape environmental assessments and environmental impact statements 
- Ensure the Utah leads on watershed plans, range improvements, and restoration projects 
- Ensure that federal actions are consistent with our state resource management plan. 
Here are some of the most important efforts to fight Federal overreach by Governor Cox in his First Term:
- March 2021 letter to OMB regarding challenges with Metropolitan Statistical Areas 
- May 2021 joint letter to President Biden regarding border crisis 
- June 2021 joint letter to President Biden opposing court packing proposal 
- June 2021 letter to Deputy Secretary of Interior Beaudreau regarding management of federal lands 
- August 2021 letter to President Biden regarding COVID school policies 
- August 2021 letter to Surface Transportation Board regarding Uinta Basin Railway 
- September 2021 letter to Secretary of Interior Haaland supporting the Northern Corridor 
- September 2021 joint letter to President Biden regarding the border crisis 
- November 2021 letter to President Biden opposing the 30x30 plan 
- January 2022 joint letter to President supporting expanded visa programs 
- February 2022 letter to Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack supporting Uinta Basin Railway 
- February 2022 joint letter to President Biden supporting EPA Small Refinery Exemption 
- March 2022 letter to President Biden supporting energy and critical minerals on public lands 
- March 2022 letter to Secretary of Energy Granholm regarding content-based siting policies 
- April 2022 letter to President Biden opposing SEC climate disclosure rules 
- April 2022 joint letter to President Biden opposing project labor agreements 
- May 2022 joint letter to President Biden and SEC Chair Gensler opposing SEC climate disclosure rules 
- May 2022 letter to President Biden regarding baby formula shortage 
- June 2022 letter to Secretary of Interior Haaland supporting Northern Corridor 
- June 2022 letter to President Biden regarding EPA Renewable Fuel Standard and E15 waiver 
- August 2022 letter to President Biden regarding Title IX changes 
- August 2022 letter to Secretary of Transportation Buttigieg opposing USDOT’s greenhouse gas policies 
- September 2022 letter to President Biden opposing student loan forgiveness plan 
- November 2022 letter to Secretary of HHS Becerra proposing CCDF flexibility 
- December 2022 joint letter to President Biden regarding Public Health Emergency 
- January 2023 joint letter to President Biden opposing revised definition of Waters of the U.S. 
- May 2023 letter to President Biden opposing loan level pricing adjustment policy 
- May 2023 letter to Secretary of Education Cardona opposing Title IX changes 
- June 2023 joint letter to Secretary of Interior Haaland opposing BLM conservation rule 
- August 2023 letter to President Biden (hand delivered during POTUS visit) 
- September 2023 joint letter to President Biden regarding the border crisis 
- September 2023 letter to Secretary of Interior Haaland regarding Great Salt Lake 
- November 2023 joint letter to BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning opposing changes to grazing policies 
