WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) reintroduced legislation (S. 1559) to repeal the largest tax hike from the Democrats' reckless tax and spending bill. The reckless tax and spend bill's book minimum tax is an arcane tax on U.S. job creators investing in America. The tax claws back longstanding provisions to help promote economic growth and investment, while creating loopholes for special i  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's new proposed rules for power plants. "Last year, the Supreme Court threw out the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) overreaching mandates on power plant emissions. "The Court rightful  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement on May 10, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, issued the following statement on the growing crisis along the Southern Border ahead of the end of Title 42 today. "We have a dangerous and deadly national security crisis unfolding at our Southern Border. The crisis is soon to become a catastrophe. "This has Joe Biden written all over it because on his f  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (both R-WY) joined U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and 40 of their Republican Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) explaining that any deal to raise the debt ceiling must include measures to rein in out-of-control spending. Barrasso and Lummis are committed to meaningful fiscal reforms that will allevi  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (both R-WY) alongside Governor Mark Gordon, announced they are hosting a Federal Funding Summit to provide free professional instruction, access to agency representatives and various resources to help localities, counties, and non-government organizations (NGO's) apply for, secure and manage federal funds. The Wyoming Federal Funding Summit   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement on May 10, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today issued the following statement after the April 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) revealed inflation accelerated last month and has risen nearly 16% since President Joe Biden took office. "Democrats' runaway spending continues to fuel today's high prices. Rising inflation is forcing all Americans to rei  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Chair of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, and Colorado U.S. Representative Joe Neguse introduced bicameral legislation to overhaul federal wildland firefighter pay and benefits - bolstering recruitment, retention, and well-being. The legislation, the Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Pay Parity and Classification Act (Tim's Act  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Campus Free Speech Restoration Act, a bill that protects the First Amendment rights of students at public universities from unconstitutional speech codes and so-called free speech zones. The legislation also requires private colleges and universities to honestly disclose their policies on free expression and obligates private institutions to  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and Mike (both R-Idaho) today voted to restore the 2020 definition of "habitat" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which provided needed clarity and transparency to landowners and businesses in Idaho and throughout the west. The Biden administration reversed of the 2020 definition of "habitat" in June 2022. Senators Crapo, Risch, Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyom  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) introduced legislation to protect multiple use policy on federal lands. The legislation blocks the Bureau of Land Management's proposed Public Lands Rule. "Idahoans are excellent stewards of public lands in our state," said Crapo. "If implemented, this rule will erode tenets of multiple-use from our public lands. This rule threatens   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Harriet Hageman voted in favor of H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023. This comprehensive legislation incorporates critical policies important to ending the illegal immigrant crisis on our southern border. It is a crisis that is directly the result of the failed policies and lack of enforcement by the Biden Administration - President Biden issued 94 executive orders related to the borde  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- 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), and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) evaluate the Department of Energy's (DOE) mismanagement of the Strategic Petro  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023: * * * The Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held a hearing to examine the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Indian Health Service (IHS). Subcommittee Chair Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement in response: "The IHS stated mission is 'to raise the physical, mental, social, and  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statement pushing back on the Biden administration's announcement of its Clean Power Plan 2.0. "The Biden administration is gravely harming Wyoming's economy and doing very little to work toward actual climate solutions. Enacting standards that are impossible to meet will ultimately shut down coal and natural gas fired power plant  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) sent a letter to Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo urging her to remove the requirement that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) restrict the geography of a Tech Hub to a single Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which would remove eligibility for most potential Tech Hub programs in Wyoming. In the letter, Senator Lummis wrote, "Cong  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in introducing the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act to reinstate the Migrants Protection Protocols, better known as the Remain in Mexico program that was highly effective at slowing the flow of illegal immigration during the Trump administration. The bill will immediately address the crisis at our sou  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: A Congressional Review Act resolution introduced by Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis' (R-WY) that would have retained the regulatory definition of habitat within the Endangered Species Act (ESA) passed the Senate by a vote of 51-49. By defining habitat, this CRA provides clarity and transparency for landowners and businesses in Wyoming and throughout the west. "There's an impor  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) voted in support of U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin's (R-OK) Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the northern long-eared bat's listing as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The classification would place an undue burden on Wyoming landowners, businesses and infrastructure projects without clear scientific ev  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO), Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Wildfire Caucus and Ranking Member of the United States House Subcommittee on Federal Lands and Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced bicameral legislation to overhaul federal firefighter pay and benefits - bolstering recruitment, retention, and well-being. The legislation, Tim's Act, is named in honor of Tim Hart, a brave smokejumper from Cody  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development, issued the following statement at a hearing on May 2, 2023, entitled "Rural Housing Legislation": * * * Thank you, Madame Chairwoman. I look forward to picking up where you and Senator Rounds, through your good work, left off in the last Congress, and moving forward with you and the subcommittee on this topic. A  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- 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 opportunities for Congress to reform the permitting process for energy and mineral projects. The hearing featured testimony from Mr. Jason Grumet, CEO of the Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- 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), welcomed Mr. Paul Ulrich, Vice President, Jonah Energy and Member, Wyoming Energy Authority Board of Directors, to the committee. Mr. Ulrich testified before the committee at a legislative hearing to examine opportunities for Con  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: The Senate passed Congressional Review Act resolutions to provide clarity and transparency for landowners and businesses throughout the west. The first resolution, led by Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), would retain the regulatory definition of habitat within the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The second, introduced by Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), would overturn the nor  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: A broad group of outside stakeholders and issue experts have voiced support for measures to reform and modernize America's broken permitting process. Last week Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR) and Shelley Moore Capito, Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works   more