WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), slammed the partisan markup of the House Democrats' transportation infrastructure bill. The legislation advanced out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on a party line vote. This vote stands in stark contrast to  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) raised a budget point of order under the Senate's pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rule against the Great American Outdoors Act, which would increase the deficit by more than $17 billion over the next 10 years. "This bill is just the latest in an unprecedented spending spree Congress has been on for the past year," said Chairman E  more

WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania, June 19 -- Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Mental Health & Developmental Services will receive $4,000,000 over a four-year period from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance grant program. The funds will help the  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Wyoming Congresswoman and House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY), along with 40 of her House Republican colleagues, sent a letter to President Trump this morning that expresses support for his commitment to including China in meaningful U.S. arms control efforts and urges the Administration to comprehensively modernize our nation's nuclear triad. As first reported by The Washington Free Beacon, the lett  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following remarks on June 17 at an oversight hearing entitled "Responding to the Challenges Facing Recycling in the U.S.": The hearing featured testimony from Bridget Croke, managing director of Closed Loop Partners; Meghan Stasz, vice president of packaging and sustainability at Consumer Brands Association; and Nina Bellucci Butler, chief executive officer of More Rec  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 16: A broad group of stakeholders are voicing support for bipartisan highway infrastructure legislation. As the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee considers partisan highway legislation, stakeholders are looking to the Senate's bipartisan bill, America's Transportation Infrastructure Act (ATIA), as a model. ATIA was introd  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) raised a budget point of order under the Senate's pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rule against the Great American Outdoors Act, which would increase the deficit by more than $17 billion over the next 10 years. "This bill is just the latest in an unprecedented spending spree Congress has been on for the past year," said Chairman Enzi. "During this fiscal year we hav  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following statement after Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, Chair of the House Republican Conference, introduced companion legislation to Rounds' the New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act in the House: "While our major meat processing facilities continue working to get up and running at full capacity, allowing state Meat and Poultry Inspection programs to sell their meat across state lines will help address our current  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Mike Enzi, both R-Wyo., introduced legislation to reauthorize and modernize the collection of the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation fee. The AML fee collection authority is set to expire in September 2021. The Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fee Reauthorization Act prioritizes using $2.2 billion in previously collected AML fees to reclaim the most environmentally hazardo  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Mike Enzi, both R-Wyo., introduced legislation to reauthorize and modernize the collection of the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation fee. The AML fee collection authority is set to expire in September 2021. The Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fee Reauthorization Act prioritizes using $2.2 billion in previously collected AML fees to reclaim the most environmentally hazar  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., introduced bipartisan legislation to allow the U.S. Mint to adjust the metal content of circulating coins in an effort to save taxpayer dollars. The bill could also help the U.S. Mint to produce more coins as banks face a temporary coin shortage due to COVID-19. The U.S. Mint estimates that by adjusting the metal content of coins, the federal gov  more