WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., joined Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and 24 other Republican senators in sending a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin denouncing the department's policy of using taxpayer dollars to pay for travel expenses for servicemembers and dependents seeking abortions. In the letter, the senators highlight how the Department of   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., joined Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and 24 other Republican senators in sending a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin denouncing the department's policy of using taxpayer dollars to pay for travel expenses for servicemembers and dependents seeking abortions. In the letter, the senators highlight how the Department of Defense does not have th  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced legislation to make it easier for ranchers to make range improvements on federal land. The Ranching Without Red Tape Act streamlines the permitting process and ensures a timelier response from federal agencies for America's ranchers. Under current law, ranchers who hold a grazing permit on federal lands must renegotiate their permit to make range improvements   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) recently questioned medical professionals about telehealth services for Wyoming's seniors on Medicare at a Senate Committee on Finance hearing. Specifically, Senator Barrasso spoke about the outsourcing of previously direct patient services to telehealth services and the impacts of this on patients in Wyoming. He also discussed the technology systems req  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) grilled Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg after the Wall Street Journal published reports of a toxic work environment and pervasive sexual harassment at the FDIC. In the exchange, Senator Lummis expressed her outrage at Chairman Gruenberg's inability to fix the alleged toxic culture at the FDIC and called o  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) led a letter to the prudential regulators alongside Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry Patrick McHenry (R-NC) urging them to clarify that Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 121 is not enforceable after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that it is a rule for purposes of the Congress  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) emphasized the importance of backing state-level collaborative efforts to restore migration corridors rather than introducing blanket federal regulations that could do more harm than good in states like Wyoming during an Environmental and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and Wildlife hearing titled, "Challenges and   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) voted in support of Senate Joint Resolution 43 (S. J. Res. 43), a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution, which sought to overturn the U.S. Department of Education rule that drastically reduces the amount student loan borrowers have to pay back through Income Driven Repayment plans. It would have prevented hardworking people in Wyoming from being   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, issued the following statement on Nov. 14, 2023: * * * The Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing examining the challenges and opportunities for improving public safety in tribal communities. Subcommittee Chair Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement in response: "Everyone deserves to feel safe in their commun  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: Rep. Harriet Hageman (WY) today blasted a frivolous lawsuit filed by a retired lawyer from Laramie seeking to block former President Donald J. Trump and Sen. Cynthia Lummis (WY) from appearing on election ballots in 2024. The suit included Lummis for an unknown reason, since she is not up for reelection until 2026 and will not be appearing on the ballot next year. Hageman issued the foll  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Harriet Hageman voted against H.R. 6363, the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act. The legislation, which passed with 209 Democrat votes in support, continues current government spending levels into January and February of 2024 and includes no concessions for border security. Representative Hageman stated, "While I appreciate the predicament that Speaker Johnson finds   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: In honor of the many dedicated rural health care providers and our nation's patients that depend on their services, the U.S. Senate has declared November 16, 2023 National Rural Health Day. The bipartisan resolution was introduced by U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), co-chairs of the Senate Rural Health Caucus. The resolut  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Challenges and Opportunities to Facilitate Wildlife Movement and Improve Migration Corridors" at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 14, 2023, at 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Panel 1 * Charlton "Chuck" Bonham, Director, California Department of Fish and Wildlife * Madeleine West, Director, Center for Public Lands, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership * Richard King, C  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Vice Chair Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and 20 of their colleagues sent a letter to the Executive Director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (FPISC) demanding the council rescind its proposal to limit the type of mining projects eligible for the improved permitting process established under Title 41 of the Fixing America's  more