WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, chair of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, issued the following statement on March 20, 2024: Today, the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing on tribal self-determination through the 477 program. Subcommittee Chair Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement in response: "It is important for our committee to focus on tribal autonomy and the ways Congress can  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and John Barrasso (R-Wyoming ) urged the Biden Administration's U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to withdraw its proposed changes to the National Apprenticeship System. The partisan rule--entitled "the National Apprenticeship System Enhancements"--would impose significant regulatory burdens on apprenticeship programs nationwide. It introduces a rigid mandate for  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman voted YES on two bills that will help restore American energy independence, H.R. 1121 - the Protecting American Energy Production Act, would prevent any president from unilaterally banning the practice of fracking, and H.R. 6009 - the Restoring American Energy Dominance Act, nullifies the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) proposed rule entitled "Fluid Mineral Leases a  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Today, Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and 6 Senate Western Caucus members sent a letter to President Joe Biden demanding he withdraw Julie Su's nomination to be Secretary of Labor. The letter cites how Su, who has been serving as Acting Secretary for more than a year without Senate confirmation, has enacted policies that have inflicted such significant financial hardship on farmers,   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Today, Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) sent a letter to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning requesting a comment period extension on the agency's Greater Sage-Grouse Rangewide Planning Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft RMPA/EIS) released last   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01), RSC's Budget and Spending Task Force Chairman Ben Cline (VA-06), and Members of the Budget and Spending Task Force unveiled the RSC's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget proposal today, titled "Fiscal Sanity to Save America". The RSC Budget is a thorough plan to address our federal spending problem and start paying down our debts. The FY-25 budget balances in   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement on March 20, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released finalized rules on new emissions standards on cars, trucks and SUVs. "The out-of-touch Biden administration is trying to force Americans into expensive electric vehicles they don't want, don't need and can't afford. Democrats are already telling America  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) led his Republican colleagues in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) urging the Biden administration to withdraw its proposed changes to the National Apprenticeship System. The proposed rule, entitled "National Apprenticeship System Enhancements," is misguided and partisan. If enacted, it would impose significant burdens and Washington regulations on   more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) pressed U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen on the Biden administration's $110 billion tax hike targeting American energy that will hurt oil, gas, and coal producers across the country. Senator Barrasso called out Secretary Yellen and the Biden administration for weaponizing the tax code against energy producers to the point that many wo  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) led his Republican colleagues in a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressing serious concern over the $110 billion in target tax increases on the production of oil, gas, and coal in the Biden administration's General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2025 Revenue Proposals (Green Book). The senators detail how the administration's proposed  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) spoke recently on the Senate floor about President Biden's new electric vehicle mandate. This mandate is President Biden's latest attack on Americans' freedoms, consumer choice, American jobs, and energy security. Sen. Barrasso's Remarks: "I come to the floor today to speak about the president's most recent attack upon the freedoms of the American peo  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on March 21, 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 consider nominations to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The hearing considered the nominations of: * David Rosner to be a Member of the Feder  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- 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), joined republican leaders to call on the Biden administration to explain its rationale for creating a special definition for "old growth and mature forests" on federal lands. The signers of this letter are tasked with overseein  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- 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, and U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, sent a letter to Dr. Fatih Birol, Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), urging him to return the agency to its c  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- 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 Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, joined Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Jim Risch (R-ID) in sending a letter to President Biden's Climate Envoy John Podesta, urging an "immediate reversal" of the Biden administration's ban on new LNG exports. Speci  more