WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman joined Speaker Mike Johnson and ten House of Representatives colleagues to deliver Articles of Impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate. Representative Hageman will serve as an impeachment manager for any Senate trial of Secretary Mayorkas. Rep. Hageman stated, "Secretary Mayorkas has violated his oath of office and is derelic  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Senators John Barrasso, Cynthia Lummis and Congresswoman Harriet Hageman introduced bipartisan and bicameral legislation - the Postal Operations Stay Timely and Local (POSTAL) Act, which prevents the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from closing, consolidating, or downgrading its processing and distribution centers (P&DC) nationwide if such an action would remove the sole P&DC within a state or negatively im  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (both R-Wyo.) joined U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and their Republican colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Actjoint resolution of disapproval to overturn the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) radical climate disclosure rule. The rule requires any public company to include climate-related disclosures in annual reports, including direct   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Report Illegal Alien Attempts to Purchase Firearms Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senators Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Cynthia Lummis, (R-Wyoming), and John Boozman (R-Arkansas), today introduced the Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act. The legislation would require the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to noti  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: In response to the Schumer led Senate dismissal of impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman issued the following comment: "Never in the history of the United States has an impeachment been dismissed without any evidence being allowed to be presented...until today. All 51 Democrats desperately want to avoid responsibility for the 11 million  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Today Congresswoman Harriet Hageman announced that she will host 4 town hall meetings in Carbon, Fremont, Washakie, and Hot Springs Counties, between April 23rd and 27th. These events will mark the completion of 12 town halls this year and 35 since being sworn-in to Congress. "I promised to host a town hall in every county, every year, and I am continuing to honor that promise in 2024, just as I did in  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources advanced Rep. Hageman's bill, H.R. 7375, which reforms the way in which expression of interest (EOI) fees are assessed under the Mineral Leasing Act. Under this bill, operators will not have to pay EOI fees unless the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) holds a lease sale for the parcel of interest. In addition, it would extend an EOI's validity from three to f  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) in introducing the Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act which seeks to prevent foreign nationals from improperly influencing American elections. The bill will prohibit Chinese, Iranian and other foreign nationals from funneling money through a complicated web of entities to tip the scales in elections  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its new per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) rule that declares PFAS a hazardous substance under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) which would greatly harm Wyoming's rural water providers and ratepayers who will have to foot the bill   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statement after Senate Democrats denied the people of Wyoming the right to hold Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas accountable for willfully skirting the rule of law and endangering the American people. "The people of Wyoming deserve the transparency a full trial in the Senate affords them, not the rushed and largely symbo  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) issued the following statement after her bill, the Legacy Mine Cleanup Act, passed the Senate. This bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Lummis and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) codifies the Trump administration's Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This is critical to Wyoming communities as it ensures decisions impacting hardroc  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, introduced the bipartisan Lummis-Gillibrand Payment Stablecoin Act, landmark bipartisan legislation that creates a clear regulatory framework for payment stablecoins that will protect consumers, enable innovation and promote U.S. dollar dominance  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and House Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse (R-WA) issued the following statements slamming the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Conservation and Landscape Health final rule, which erodes multiple use requirements on federal lands that are essential to local communities throughout the west. By making conservation an official use of federal lands, activ  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman and Senator Cynthia Lummis introduced bipartisan and bicameral legislation - the Postal Operations Stay Timely and Local (POSTAL) Act, which prevents the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from closing, consolidating, or downgrading its processing and distribution centers (P&DC) nationwide if such an action would remove the sole P&DC within a state or negatively impact mail d  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) pressed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel on the IRS' direct filing program, increased spending and bloated funding request. Senator Barrasso highlighted how the IRS' direct filing portal puts American taxpayers at risk. By replacing the successful private sector options used by millions of taxpayers, this portal gives th  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) joined U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and their Republican colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging the administration to not renew oil sanctions relief for Venezuela. "We write to urge you to not renew General License 44 'Authorizing Transactions Related to Oil or Gas Sector Operations in Venezuela' when it comes up for renewal on April 18th," the senator  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released their finalized Public Lands Rule. This rule subverts the multiple-use requirement under the Federal Land Policy Management Act and will block access to federal lands. In effect, this rule   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today slammed Senate Democrats for unanimously voting to dismiss the Senate impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas without a full and fair trial as required by the United States Constitution. "Chuck Schumer and the Democrats refused to do our Constitutional duty to hold an impeachment trial. "Here's what that means  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, slammed the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision to block the Ambler Road Project. "President Biden is determined to make the United States more dependent on China. By mandating electric vehicles and s  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, issued the below statement in response to the Biden Administration's attempt to restrict oil and natural gas production in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska. The rule blocks energy production across mil  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on April 18, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released their finalized Public Lands Rule. This rule subverts the multiple-use requirement under the Federal Land Policy Man  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 16, 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 President's budget request for the U.S. Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2025. The hearing featured testimony from the Honorable Jennife  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (both R-Wyo.) joined U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and their Republican colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act joint resolution of disapproval to overturn the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) radical climate disclosure rule. The rule requires any public company to include climate-related disclosures in annual report  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) led her colleagues Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) in introducing the Postal Operations Stay Timely and Local (POSTAL) Act, bipartisan legislation to prevent the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from closing, consolidating or downgrading its processing and distribution centers nationwide if it eliminates the sole sorting center in a  more