WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Today, the House of Representatives passed by voice vote Congresswoman Hageman's bill, H.R. 3415, the Pilot Butte Power Plant Conveyance Act. This bill, which now advances to the Senate, will transfer ownership of an unused hydropower plant located in Pavillion, Wyoming from the Bureau of Reclamation to the local Midvale Irrigation District. Congresswoman Hageman stated, "The passage of H.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) recently wrote an op-ed published in the Epoch Times about protecting our domestic energy and manufacturing industries from a carbon tax.  Click here to find the full op-ed or read the full text below. The European Union Wants to Tax American Producers; Here's How We Can Protect Our Industries The Epoch Times For decades, the United States h  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will narrow its final particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) from 12 to 9 micrograms per cubic meter, an unattainable standard for many areas across the country. This new standard would be devastating to many industries throughou  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and eight of her colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen imploring the Biden administration to comply with Section 123 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Section 123 requires the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to submit a report to Congress every five years on the economic impact of financial services  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and 15 of their Senate Western Caucus colleagues in introducing a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to block the U.S. Department of Energy's final rule on gas furnace efficiency standards. The Biden administration's rule is set to go into effect on February 16, 2024, and forces manufacturers   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman cosigned an Amicus Brief for Fischer v. United States, led by Senator Tom Cotton and Representative Jim Jordan, that would decide whether the D.C. Circuit Court misapplied Statute 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1512(c)(2), the obstruction of an official proceeding law in January 6th cases. Representative Hageman stated, "We have seen clear evidence of the weaponizatio  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman introduced legislation to streamline the federal grant submission process and make it easier to find information related to federal grant availability and filing. Representative Hageman stated, "There are over 1,000 federal grant programs spanning 26 grant-making agencies and billions of dollars available in annual awards. Navigating this complex syste  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) sent a letter along with four Republican colleagues to our nation's governors expressing profound concern at reports of a 14-year-old girl from Glasgow, Montana, being transferred by Montana's Child and Family Services to Wyoming against her parents' wishes for "gender-affirming care." The group writes: "We are horrified that Montana CPS and hospitals, and potentially ot  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will narrow its final particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) from 12 to 9 micrograms per cubic meter. This level is unattainable for many parts of the country and poses a serious threat to American industries. "The Bide  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement on the Senate border proposal. "For three years President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats fought against every attempt to protect Americans from the crisis at our Southern Border. The results of their open-border policies have been predictable and deadly. In those three years, there have been 8.8 million illegal b  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), slammed President Biden's decision to stop new American liquefied natural gas (LNG) export approvals in both an ENR hearing and then again at a press conference. "Russia, Iran, Qatar are ranked one, two, a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: Today, 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 administration's pause on liquefied natural gas (LNG) export approvals and the Department of Energy's process for assessing LNG export applicatio  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for an executive business meeting at 10 a.m. on Feb. 8, 2024, at 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building: I. Nominees * Ann Marie McIff Allen, to be United States District Judge for the District of Utah * Susan M. Bazis, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska * Ernest Gonzalez, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas * Kelly Harrison Rankin, to be United Sta  more

CASPER, Wyoming, Feb. 6 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: A bipartisan bill honoring the life and legacy of former Shoshoni Postmaster Dessie A. Bebout passed the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs last week. The bipartisan legislation, introduced by U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Tom Carper (D-Del.), honors Dessie Bebout by naming the local post office in Shoshoni, Wyoming after her. Bebout  more