WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement on March 9, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today issued the following statement on President Biden's FY2024 budget request to Congress. "President Biden's bloated budget reveals how out-of-touch he is with families in Wyoming and across the country. This president wants to raise taxes on hardworking families so he can fund his reckless, radical   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) led their colleagues in reintroducing the bipartisan Local Radio Freedom Act. The Local Radio Freedom Act is a bipartisan resolution that underscores the critical importance of locally owned radio stations to families, small businesses, and our communities. It also declares that Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., introduced legislation to rein in out-of-control Washington spending. The Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act requires any increase or suspension of the debt limit to be balanced by equal or greater spending cuts over the next 10 years. "Democrats have used their reckless tax and spend process to add more money to our nation's debt. We cannot  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) spoke on the Senate floor today about the soft-on-crime policies of Democrat led cities and how Republicans will vote to make Washington, D.C. a safer place for all Americans. Excerpts from Sen. Barrasso's remarks: "I come to the floor to talk about the soft-on-crime policies of Democrats in Washington, D.C. "In 2020, Democrats all across the country s  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), with U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Tedd Budd (R-North Carolina), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), John Hoeven (R-North Dakota), Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Josh Hawley (R-Misso  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), with U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Tedd Budd (R-North Carolina), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), John Hoeven (R-North Dakota), Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Josh Hawley (R-Mis  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) applauded a decision by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that tightens the requirements for beef, pork, chicken and eggs to earn a 'Product of the US' label. The new regulation will recognize the superiority of Wyoming agriculture products and better inform consumers about the country of origin and quality of their food. "Throughout my time in the House and Sen  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following remarks on March 9, 2023: During a hearing in the Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development on the Biden administration's plan to reduce homelessness, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) delivered an opening statement criticizing President Biden's Department of Housing and Urban Development for attempting to reduce homelessness by ineffectively throwing billions of dollars at the probl  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) highlighted the hypocrisy in the Biden administration's stance on energy usage during a Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety hearing titled, "Air, Climate and Environmental Impacts of Crypto Mining." "The Biden administration is speaking out of both sides of its mouth when it comes to our energy usage in this countr  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell about America's competitiveness on the global stage, especially as it pertains to our policies surrounding digital assets. Senator Lummis also brought special attention to our country's unsustainable national debt and the Federal Reserve's actions on Wyoming Special Purpose Depository Institutions. "The   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis and John Barrasso (both R-WY) along with eight of their Senate Republican colleagues sent a letter to Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm seeking clarity regarding its process for vetting and approving Wyoming's small refinery exemptions to the renewable fuel standard. The letter reads: "On November 3, 2022, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) publi  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and nine of her Senate Republican colleagues sent a letter to Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm seeking clarity regarding its process for vetting and approving small refinery exemptions to the renewable fuel standard. The letter reads: "On November 3, 2022, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report titled, 'Renewable Fuel Standa  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- 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), delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the nuclear fuel cycle. The hearing featured testimony from the Honorable Kathryn Huff, assistant secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy;  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Jim Risch (R-ID), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced bipartisan legislation to ban imports of Russian uranium. The bill is the Senate companion to H.R. 1042, which was introduced last month by U.S. Representatives   more