WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso Scorches Senator Schumer's Trillion-Dollar Shakedown * "Today, Senator Schumer has written not a Dear Colleague letter, but the biggest ransom note in American history. One trillion dollars in ransom for four weeks of keeping the government open. It is filled with partisan poison pills that will never become law...The Schumer Shakedown is designed to lead to a Schumer Shutdown." WASHING  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso Slams Radical Schumer Shutdown Plan * "The Schumer Shutdown Plan reads like a draft of the future platform for the 2028 Democrat National Convention... Democrats have a long and spirited history of wasting American tax dollars. This plan is no different." WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate Floor exposing the extreme po  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming generates over $8.4 million in revenue * CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management leased 32 parcels totaling 39,225 acres in Wyoming for $8,450,944 in total receipts for its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. Combined lease bonus bids and rentals are distributed between the federal government and state where parcels are loca  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Loudermilk Issues Statement After Speaker Johnson Appoints Republicans to Serve on New Select Subcommittee on January 6 * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11) issued the following statement after Speaker Mike Johnson announced the five Republican members that will serve on the newly formed Select Subcommittee on January 6, a panel created under the Judiciary Com  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Hageman Introduces Legislation to Protect the American Taxpayer from Climate Change Reparations * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (WY-AL), alongside Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07), introduced legislation protecting the American taxpayer from attempts by international courts to impose climate change reparations on the U.S. In July, the International Court   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Harriet Hageman Introduces the FAIR Act to Safeguard Truth and Objectivity in Federal AI Procurement * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (WY-AL), joined by Congressman Barry Moore (AL-01), introduced H.R. 5315 (link is external), the Fair Artificial Intelligence Realization (FAIR) Act, to codify the principle that the federal government may only use artificial intell  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service is conducting five-year status reviews for 14 plant and six animal species in the Mountain-Prairie Region. This review is required by the Endangered Species Act and is intended to assess each species' status based on the best scientific and commercial data available. The listed species are from the states of Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 16 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following news on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * Funding Education Opportunity: How states are reacting to the new federal tax-credit scholarship Plus: The D.C. scholarship program, and school choice news from Kentucky and Wyoming. By Jude Schwalbach, Senior Policy Analyst The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text), passed this summer, included the Educational Choice for Childre  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The Government Accountability Office has partially dismissed and partially denied a protest from Subsidium Inc., a small business in Manassas, Virginia, over a State Department contract. The protest challenged the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement for human resources and acquisition support with Concordant LLC, a small business from Laramie, Wyoming. Subsidium's protest had two main arguments: first, that the agency failed to provide a timely brief explanatio  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Hardworking Americans Pay the Price for a Schumer Shutdown * "The American people should not be forced to pay the cost of Democrats' political games. Shutdowns are political acts. Political acts are choices. Congress has the tools to avoid this chaos. It requires cooperation from the Democrats." WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Sena  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Lummis Highlights $8M Wyoming Oil Lease Sale Under Trump, Contrasts with $27K Biden-Era Results * Washington, D.C.-- Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) today touted the announcement of a successful Bureau of Land Management lease sale in Wyoming, representing a resounding victory for President Trump's America First energy agenda and a decisive rejection of the Biden administration's anti-energy pol  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Lummis Releases Statement on the Assassination of Charlie Kirk * Washington, D.C.-- Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statement following the sickening assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. "Today's assassination of Charlie Kirk in Utah is sickening and horrific. Charlie Kirk was a young leader, a husband, a father, and someone who had visited the Univer  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2025: * * * Reclamation cautions public ahead of annual drawdown of Alcova Reservoir MILLS, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation will begin lowering the water level in Alcova Reservoir following the end of the irrigation season. The annual drawdown is scheduled to start on Wednesday, Oct. 1. "Boat owners and recreationists should be aware of the declining level of A  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Secretary McMahon Visits Wyoming on the Returning Education to the States Tour * JACKSON, WYOMING - Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Wyoming on her Returning Education to the States Tour. Secretary McMahon toured Jackson Hole Classical Academy and participated in a roundtable discussion with Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan De  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Republicans Will Clear the Nominee Blockade and Move America Forward * "It is time for the Senate to clear the nominations backlog and clear it quickly, and so we will. That way, the Senate can get back to work of legislating, working on behalf of the American people." WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate Floor ahead of vo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture released the following testimony by Korin A. Schmidt, director of the Wyoming Department of Family Services, from a Sept. 9, 2025, hearing entitled "Exploring State Options in SNAP." SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. * * * Good morning, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Hayes, and distinguished Committee Members. My name is Korin Schmidt and I am the Director of the Wyoming Departmen  more