CASPER, Wyoming, Dec. 23 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement on Dec. 22, 2022, and letter: * * * U.S. Senator Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after the Senate voted to approve an omnibus spending bill. "Over the past week, I've been with my wife Bobbi as she continues treatment for cancer. During this time, the Senate voted on an omnibus funding bill. "This fall, I made it clear in a letter that my strong preference was to support a clean, shor  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: A bipartisan bill to improve rural health care by U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Co-Chairs of the Senate Rural Health Caucus, passed the Senate by unanimous consent. The State Offices of Rural Health (SORH) Reauthorization Act of 2022 (https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/831abcd2-c8dd-4f08-a713-3778c81eace3/bai22450.pdf) will reauthorize a key program that su  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) was signed into law by President Joe Biden. This legislation aims to reduce the spread of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination at commercial airports. Airports in Wyoming are required to u  more

CASPER, Wyoming, Dec. 22 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) congratulated Riverton resident Ruby Calvert on being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be a member of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) board. This will be Ruby's second term on the board. "Ruby has served in the public television system in Wyoming and nationally for nearly 40 years. She's a fierce advocate for public media that enriches, info  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: The Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS) Act introduced by U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Roger Wicker (R-MS) passed the Senate. The bipartisan ORBITS Act would create a first-of-its-kind demonstration program to reduce the amount of space junk in orbit. Space junk, or orbital debris, poses a threat to satellites that people in Wyoming rely on for ba  more