WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Wyoming Congresswoman and House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) joined Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Monday to renew their calls for President Trump to end all civil-nuclear waivers and invoke the United Nations snapback to restore international sanctions and restrictions on Iran in response to reports that Iran will cease abiding by restrictions outlined by the Joint Comprehensive P  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Wyoming Congresswoman and House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) joined Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Monday to renew their calls for President Trump to end all civil-nuclear waivers and invoke the United Nations snapback to restore international sanctions and restrictions on Iran in response to reports that Iran will cease abiding by restrictions outlined by the Joint Comprehensive P  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: This morning, Wyoming Congresswoman and House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) appeared on Fox and Friends where she spoke about the latest developments after Iran launched missiles at U.S. bases in Iran. Watch the full interview here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvBV9fZbli8&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=House+GOP+Media+List&utm_campaign=b283724d08-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_03_06_14_COPY_01&utm_medium=emai  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: During this morning's House Republican leadership press conference, Wyoming Congresswoman and House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) stressed the importance of Congress unifying behind President Trump in support of his actions in Iran. Watch the video here (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__house.us11.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D301a28247b80ab82279e92afb-26id-3D1e29a04327-26e-3D  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following remarks on Jan. 8 at a hearing titled, "The Nonpoint Source Management Program Under the Clean Water Act: Perspectives from States": The hearing featured testimony from Jennifer Zygmunt, nonpoint source program coordinator at the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality; and Ben Grumbles, secretary of the environment at the Maryland Department of the Enviro  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate unanimously passed America's Conservation Enhancement Act: The ACE Act language served as a substitute amendment to the North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act (H.R. 925). "The Senate has taken important bipartisan action to protect our wildlife. "The ACE Act will help states and tribes partner with Washington on cons  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement applauding the White House Council on Environmental Quality for proposing regulatory updates to the National Environmental Policy Act: "The Trump administration is taking common sense steps to make the National Environmental Policy Act work better for the American people. "Too often, important projects are slowed down because of lengthy permitting   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyoming, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Dec. 19, on the budget enforcement levels for fiscal 2020: Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, BBEDCA, establishes statutory limits on discretionary spending and allows for various adjustments to those limits. In addition, sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 allow the chairman of the   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., joined his colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee to vote in support of the United States, Mexico and Canada Agreement (USMCA), bringing the deal one step closer to final approval. Enzi said the new agreement would help boost economic growth in Wyoming and across the country by modernizing the quarter-of-a-century old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). "This i  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Senate conducted 2 committee hearings on Jan. 8, 2020: NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Nonpoint Source Management Program under the Clean Water Act, focusing on perspectives from states, after receiving testimony from Jennifer Zygmunt, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Cheyenne; and Ben Grumbles, Maryland Secretary of the Environment, Baltimore. NOMINATIONS Com  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following hearing information: "The Nonpoint Source Management Program Under the Clean Water Act: Perspectives from States" at 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building at 10 a.m. on Jan. 8: Panel 1: * Jennifer Zygmunt, Nonpoint Source Program Coordinator, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality * Ben Grumbles, Secretary of the Environment, Maryland Department of the Environment  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * - Barrasso welcomes Ms. Zygmunt to the committee * * * U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), welcomed Jennifer Zygmunt, nonpoint source program coordinator at the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, to the committee. Zygmunt was testifying before the committee   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, and and Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statements after the Senate unanimously passed America's Conservation Enhancement Act: The ACE Act language served as a substitute amendment to the North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act (H.R. 925). "The Senate has taken important bipartisan action to protect our wildlife," said Barrasso. "The ACE Act will help s  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: In response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's unprecedented attempt to prevent an impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate, Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) introduced a resolution to update Senate rules to allow a motion to dismiss articles of impeachment for lack of prosecution. Senators Rick Scott (R-Florida), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Ted Cruz (R-Texas),  more