WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced pro-growth legislation to help small businesses, farmers, and ranchers purchase the equipment and supplies they need to build their operations and support their employees. The Small Business Growth Act (S. 2609) will reduce tax bills for business owners looking to purchase equipment--including farming equipment, office furniture, manufacturing tools, machinery,   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming), along with U.S. Representative Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho), introduced the Grizzly Bear Review and Resource Restart (Grrr) Act to fully delist the grizzly bear in the lower 48 states from the endangered species list. "Idaho's wildlife is best managed at the local level through collaborative efforts among federal, state and tribal enti  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the bipartisan Strengthening Telehealth and Education for Rural Communities Act to increase rural access to telehealth and education services. This legislation would reauthorize the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program which provides funding to tribal and rural communities in Wyoming to facilitate telehealth and learning   more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: Last week the Senate unanimously passed the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act, legislation sponsored and championed by U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY). This bill would accelerate the review and processing of mortgages on trust land by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), making tribal homeownership easier in Wyoming. "The Bureau of Indian Affairs' mortgage review process has become  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee and Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the ENR Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Homer Wilkes and U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore, urging them to avoid creating new policies th  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following commentary to Fox News: * * * In an op-ed for Fox News, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member for the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), commented on Climate Envoy John Kerry's failed climate trip to China. Read the full op-ed here and below. * * * China is playing Biden officials for suckers on climate Fox News Ju  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- 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), spoke on the Senate floor ahead of the passage of his amendment (#999), the Nuclear Fuel Security Act, which was cosponsored by Senators Manchin (D-WV) and Risch (R-ID). The Senate overwhelmingly passed this bipartisan legislati  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023, and a letter: * * * Yesterday, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm urging her to disclose former employee Sam Brinton's official travel itineraries and address continuing c  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- 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 the following remarks at a full committee hearing to examine opportunities for Congress to reform the process for permitting electric transmission lines, pipelines, and energy production on federal lands. The hearing  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- 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. Pete Obermueller, President of the Petroleum Association of Wyoming. Mr. Obermueller, testified before the committee at a legislative hearing to examine opportunities for Congress to reform the federal leasing and p  more