WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee and Shelley Moore Capito, Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, introduced two pieces of legislation to substantively reform the nation's broken permitting and environmental review processes, which are currently delaying key energy, infrastructure, and tran  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: The Congressional Coal Caucus announced Rep. Harriet Hageman, along with fellow House Members; Reps. Morgan Griffith, Bill Johnson, and Dan Meuser, were chosen as caucus co-chairs for the 118th Congress. Rep. Hageman stated, "I am proud to join with my colleagues as a co-chair of the Coal Caucus because America must have accessible and affordable energy and coal is a prime source of that energy now - and w  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and John Barrasso led six of their Senate colleagues from Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Utah on a letter to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm in support of the Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub LLC's (WIH2) application for a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-established grant program at the Department's Office of Clean Energy Demonstration. WI  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued the following testimony by Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, at an April 18, 2023, member day hearing on transportation and infrastructure priorities: * * * Thank you Chairman Graves and Ranking Member Larsen for welcoming me before your committee today. The issues within your jurisdiction are incredibly important to the State of Wyoming, our businesses, and our citizens, and I appreciate the opportunity to dis  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) in introducing the Revitalizing the Economy by Simplifying Timelines and Assuring Regulatory Transparency (RESTART) Act, which would provide meaningful reform to our nation's permitting and environmental review processes. This legislation would speed up the federal permitting process for important energy, infrastructure and transpo  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced five bills to ensure industries and municipalities are not subject to liability claims if the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designates per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) compounds as hazardous substances. The covered entities in these bills either do not contribute to PFAS contamination or are required to use PFAS-containing subs  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) discussed how to reform federal housing programs to improve affordable housing options in rural Wyoming during a Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development hearing. Expanding affordable rural housing is a priority for Senator Lummis because roughly two-thirds of people in Wyoming live in a rural area. Too often, federal funding for   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- 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 conduct oversight of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission). The hearing featured testimony from the Honorable Willie Phillips, Chairman of FERC; The  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- 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), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee and Shelley Moore Capito, Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, introduced two pieces of legislation to substantively reform the nation's broken permitting and environmental review processes, which are c  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- 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), John Hoeven (R-ND), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mitt Romney (R-UT), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), introduced legislation to p  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm regarding the award of taxpayer funds to Microvast. * * * Dear Secretary Granholm, I write to you to formally request that the Department of Energy (Department)   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- 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 President's budget request for the U.S. Department of the Interior for Fiscal Year 2024. The hearing featured testimony from the Honorable Deb Haaland, Secretar  more