CASPER, Wyoming, May 20 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 19, 2023: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) joined U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.), in introducing legislation to make tax relief for small businesses permanent. The Main Street Tax Certainty Act will support small businesses, help create jobs, and strengthen our economy. The tax is set to expire at the end of 2025 if Congress does not act to make it permanent. "Small businesses are the ba  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- 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 Committee for voting to advance his bipartisan Nuclear Fuel Security Act (S. 452) and America's Outdoor Recreation Act (S. 873). Senator Barrasso's remarks on the Nuclear Fuel Security Act: "I'd like to express my s  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement on May 17, 2023: * * * Statement from Congresswoman Harriet Hageman on the conclusion of the Durham investigation. "The conclusion of the Durham investigation and release of his report confirms what we have known all along - "Trump-Russia Collusion" was a lie from the very beginning. It was a Democrat initiated attempt to influence an election, led by Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton that was ena  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the Wildfire Response Aviation Modernization and Safety Act which would eliminate pointless regulations and allow wildfire response aircraft, like planes and helicopters leased by the state of Wyoming or federal agencies, to transport wildland firefighters. Wyoming communities are unnecessarily exposed to the threat of wildfires because  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 19, 2023: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) cosponsored legislation to prohibit states, localities or any other organization from using federal funding to maintain gun registries. The Gun-owner Registration Information Protection (GRIP) Act will protect the Second Amendment rights of people in Wyoming by clarifying existing law that prohibits states or local entities from using federal funding to   more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) pushed for a status update on Wyoming's petition to delist the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) Grizzly Bear during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing. During the hearing, Lummis also questioned Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Martha Williams for more information on critical habitat designations under the Endangered Speci  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and House Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse (R-WA) expressed their concerns over the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) proposed public lands rule which seeks to add 'conservation' to the approved uses of public land. This rule would have disastrous impacts in Wyoming, Washington and throughout the entire west. In the letter they sent to B  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- 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) introduced legislation to ensure unfriendly nations do not inappropriately benefit from American innovation and resources. "China and Russia are not our friends. President Biden should stop acting like they are. These bills will   more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- 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 letters to the Secretary of Interior and Secretary of Energy to encourage them to block access to ChatGPT and other third-party artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The letters note that the Environmental Protectio  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota), and Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska), today introduced   more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 16, 2023: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) took Signature Bank's former Chairman & co-founder Scott Shay and former President Eric Howell to task during a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs hearing over their handling of the bank's collapse. Lummis questioned the former bank executives on why they tried to scapegoat digital assets for Signature Bank's collapse despite the fact  more