WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) spoke on the Senate floor Tuesday about how under Bidenomics, Americans barely have enough money to pay their bills, let alone save for the future. Excerpts from Sen. Barrasso's remarks: "President Biden has a message for all of these people who are wincing as they fill up, who are worried about the cost of groceries, and who are raiding their savings acc  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and 21 of their Republican colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden raising concerns and requesting transparency regarding Executive Order 14019, which instructed federal agencies to engage in voter mobilization and submit to the White House a plan for doing so. The Biden administration's use of Wy  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) issued the following statement in response to the Black Butte Coal Company layoffs. "Today, we are unfortunately witnessing the tragic reality of President Biden's Green New Deal agenda and my heart breaks for the 19 Black Butte Coal Company employees losing their jobs. Their hard work keeps the lights and heat on in Wyoming during frigid winter nig  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement on Nov. 29, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Harriet Hageman issued the following statement on the announced layoff of 19 employees from the Black Butte Coal Company: "President Biden's cruel "green bad deal" policies are creating the damage I have warned about for years. "19 Black Butte Coal Company employees losing their jobs is a completely avoidable situation and one that is entirely related to Biden's failu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: The Safeguarding Electoral Integrity Act of 2023 was passed by the Committee on House Administration and will now move to a vote of the full House of Representatives. Congresswoman Hageman stated, "States have the authority and responsibility for holding elections, not the federal government. The executive order that this bill repeals is yet another example of many where the Biden administration believes   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: The Wyoming Public Service Commission announced plans to reduce Rocky Mountain Power's (RMP) 22% rate hike by nearly half (A second, 8% hike has yet to be addressed). The excessive increase demanded by the power company would have impacted nearly 150,000 customers. In response to the Wyoming Public Service Commission decision, Rep. Hageman stated, "RMP, as a state sanctioned monopoly, is tasked with prov  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Rep. Harriet Hageman responded to the announcement of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will result in extensive investment in Wyoming's uranium industry. The agreement will result in increased uranium development and enrichment by Uranium Energy Corp's Wyoming-based operations for the TerraPower Natrium reactor currently being built in Kemmerer, WY. "I congratulate TerraPower and Uranium Energy Co  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following written testimony by Don Newton, administrator of the Wyoming Abandoned Mine Land Division at the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, involving a hearing on Nov. 9, 2023, entitled "To Examine the Implementation of Federal Coal Mine Land Reclamation and Abandoned Coal Mine Land Economic Revitalization Programs": * * * Good morning, Chairman Manchin, Ranking Member Barrasso, and members of the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- 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), and U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), ranking member of the ENR Subcommittee on Energy, sent a letter yesterday highlighting Special Envoy John Kerry's failure to address China's abuse of the international climate system. In the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- 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 remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the opportunities and challenges associated with advanced nuclear reactor commercialization. The hearing featured testimony from Dr. John C. Wagner, Director, Idaho Nation  more