Rep. Pombo pursues key resources post Tracy Congressman seeks to head panel on water, logging, mining WASHINGTON -- He hasn't been there the longest. He hasn't pushed through the most bills. But Rep. Richard Pombo is mounting what insiders call the most aggressive campaign in Congress to become the next Republican in charge of steering the nation's mining, logging, endangered species and water use policies, along with a host of other divisive land use issues. A former rancher from Tracy who is perhaps best known for the cowboy hat he wears in congressional photographs, Pombo is the popular favorite among...