WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) reintroduced legislation that would end handouts to China funded by American taxpayers. The Ending China's Unfair Advantage Act, would prohibit any American taxpayer dollars from funding the Montreal Protocol, a United Nations treaty, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) until China is no longer defined as a developing country. Current  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., recently introduced legislation to help small, rural airports unfairly affected by burdensome regulations from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that put their federal funding at risk. Many small, rural airports across the country have been forced to reduce air service and have not been able to meet federal mandates to continue receiving  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-WY, voted to overturn the Biden administration's Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval. Overturning the WOTUS rule is critically important to Wyoming farmers, ranchers, landowners and builders. "Wyoming doesn't need the federal government telling us what to do with our wat  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, chair of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, issued the following statement on March 29, 2023: * * * The Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on the challenges and opportunities for improving health care delivery in tribal communities. Subcommittee Chair Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement in response: "The Indian Health Service, or IHS, is the primary   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Today Congresswoman Harriet Hageman issued the following statement on the politically motivated investigation by New York City District Attorney Alvin Bragg: "During his short tenure, D.A. Alvin Bragg has downgraded fifty two percent of all felony cases, including violent crimes, to misdemeanors and declined to prosecute thirty five percent more felony cases than New York City prosecuted in 2019. Despit  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Harriet Hageman voted in favor of restoring America to energy independence and lowering the cost of energy for all Americans. By a vote of 225-204 the House passed H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act. Hageman stated, "This administration has from day one sought to reorganize our national and foreign policy around the concept of relying upon tyrants, despots, and dictators to set domestic en  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 1 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) with Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) led 17 of their colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to retain the regulatory definition of habitat within the Endangered Species Act (ESA). By defining habitat, this CRA will provide clarity and transparency to landowners and businesses in Wyoming and throughout the west. Senators John Barrasso  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) questioned witnesses about the impact of the Biden administration's far-left green agenda on Wyoming jobs and energy grid during a Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing. Senator Lummis raised particular concern about the impact of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed Good Neighbor Rule. "The final rule is anticipated to close more th  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) gave opening remarks at the Western Caucus Foundation's Forestry and Wildfire Policy Summit today. She focused her remarks on the essential role forests play in Wyoming and western economies as well as the risk that forest mismanagement plays in western states. "Wyoming is home to hundreds of thousands of acres of forests, and our nat  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: During a Senate Banking Committee hearing exploring the reasons behind recent bank failures, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) pressed Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr about federal regulators' failure to address glaring warning signs at Silicon Valley Bank prior to its collapse. Senator Lummis additionally pushed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman of th  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) led 17 of her colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to retain the regulatory definition of habitat within the Endangered Species Act (ESA). By defining habitat, this CRA will provide clarity and transparency to landowners and businesses in Wyoming and throughout the west. "There is an important distinction betw  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) reintroduced the bipartisan Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act to create a short-term authorization of funds to increase truck parking capacity and to improve existing truck parking infrastructure. The legislation is cosponsored by Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and John Boozman (R-AR). Representatives Mike Bost (R-IL) and Angie Craig (D-MN) intro  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- 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), joined Senators Jim Risch (R-ID), Mike Lee (R-UT), John Hoeven (R-ND), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in introducing the Natural Gas Appliances Standards (Natural GAS) Act of 2023. This legislation will block any rulemaking by the Dep  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- 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 passage of H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, by the House of Representatives. This legislation came to the House floor after action in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, chaired by Representative Cathy Mc  more