WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), praised the House's passage of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers' (R-WA) bill to prohibit the administration from drawing down the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) without implementing a plan to increase oil and gas production on fed  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., joined U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) in reintroducing the Debt Cancellation Accountability Act. This legislation would prevent the Biden administration from enacting an overreaching and irresponsible blanket cancellation of student loans. It requires the U.S. Department of Education to obtain an express appropriation from Congress to pay for a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., joined U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and their Republican colleagues in reintroducing the Stop the Nosy Obsession with Online Payments (SNOOP) Act. This bill would strike the tax code provision inserted by the Biden administration in the so-called "American Rescue Plan" that requires third-party payment platforms to report businesses' t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., joined U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and their Republican colleagues in reintroducing the Stop the Nosy Obsession with Online Payments (SNOOP) Act. This bill would strike the tax code provision inserted by the Biden administration in the so-called "American Rescue Plan" that requires third-party payment platforms to report businesses' trans  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2023: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) recently spoke on the Senate floor about the need to unleash American energy to counter the Biden administration's radical climate policies. Senator Barrasso also spoke about legislation he introduced this week to protect and prioritize America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and ban SPR sales to China. Click here (https://youtu.be/aYV973_KvRQ) to wat  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release and letter: Following a letter from Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced it is delaying the effective date of the final rule to reclassify the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act. This bat is found   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the bipartisan Choice in Affordable Housing Act alongside Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND). This legislation would make it easier for people in Wyoming to access Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV), often referred to as Section 8 vouchers, and attract and retain landlords to the program. As a result, eligible low-income families in Wyoming would  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), along with Senators Jim Risch (R-ID), Mike Lee (R-UT), Steve Daines (R-MT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John Hoeven (R-ND), James Lankford (R-OK), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Kevin Cramer   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following issued the following commentary on the Washington Times, on Jan. 23, 2023: * * * Democrats in Washington feel burned, thanks to the loose lips of a Biden appointee. Consumer Product Safety Commission member Richard Trumka Jr. recently announced that the CPSC would take a hard look at gas-powered stoves with an eye toward regulating them, or even bann  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), along with Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) reintroduced legislation to protect privately owned waters from being seized by the federal government. "We must protect private water rights. Water is the lifeblood o  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Chair of the Senate Western Caucus, and U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Chair of the Congressional Western Caucus, held a press conference to announce their legislative priorities for the 118th Congress. Their platform will prioritize defending the western way of life by promoting local decision-making and smart public land management, re-establishing America  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) joined Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), to reintroduce the Water Rights Protection Act, legislation to protect privately owned waters from being seized by the federal government. "Idaho has a long-standing and admirable history of effectively managing water rights without encroac  more