{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where chamber = \"Senate\", state = \"WY\" and year = 2024 sorted by date descending", "rows": [["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/president-signs-lummis-mullin-bill-to-designate-the-bald-eagle-as-the-national-bird/", "President Signs Lummis, Mullin Bill to Designate the Bald Eagle as the National Bird", "2024-12-27", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 This week, President Joe Biden signed legislation introduced by Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) to designate the bald eagle as the National Bird of the United States.\n\n\u201cThe bald eagle is an enduring symbol of American freedom and values, and I am thrilled it is finally getting the recognition it deserves as our official national bird,\u201d said Lummis.\n\n\u201cThe bald eagle has long been a symbol of freedom and patriotism for our nation,\u201dsaid Mullin. \u201cIt\u2019s only fitting we officially designate the bald eagle the national bird of the United States. I\u2019m happy to see this signed into law by the president and was happy to work in a bipartisan fashion to get it to his desk.\u201d\n\nSenators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith (both D-MN) cosponsored the legislation. Reps. Brad Finstad (R-MN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), and Don Beyer (D-VA) introduced the House companion bill.\n\nThe bald eagle has proudly been depicted as the national symbol of the United States since June 20, 1782, when our country\u2019s Founding Fathers at the Second Continental Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States. Since that time, the bald eagle has appeared on official documents, currency, flags, public buildings, sports teams and other government-related items. Today, the bald eagle is synonymous with American life and this legislation will officially designate it as the National Bird of the United States.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-statement-on-passing-of-jinx-clark/", "Barrasso Statement on Passing of Jinx Clark", "2024-12-23", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "Sen. Barrasso and Jinx Clark on the Speaker\u2019s Balcony of the U.S. Capitol Building.\n\nCASPER, WY \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement regarding the loss of his former state staff director and current top aide, Jinx Clark. Jinx, a U.S. Navy veteran, passed away this past weekend.\n\n\u201cWyoming and the Congressional delegation lost a wonderful mentor, colleague, and friend. Jinx was truly dedicated to serving others. She has been by my side in Wyoming since the day I started in the U.S. Senate. Both as a leader and guidepost, she helped ensure we stayed on track and achieved our mission.\n\n\u201cWhile she radiated kindness, Jinx was tough as nails. Her experience serving our country as an officer in the U.S. Navy trained her to face any problems and obstacles head-on. Jinx could always be trusted to get the job done and do it well.\n\n\u201cJinx helped so many people across our state \u2013 whether it was through her work in the Senate or her beloved church community. We are all better off today for having Jinx in our lives. I\u2019m beyond grateful I was able to serve Wyoming alongside her for so many years. My prayers are with her sister Kim, brother Bill, and her entire extended family.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-fights-to-address-water-scarcity-and-shore-up-drought-preparedness-measures/", "Lummis Fights to Address Water Scarcity and Shore Up Drought Preparedness Measures", "2024-12-20", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 This week, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis\u2019 (R-WY) legislation to shore up drought preparedness measures and address water scarcity in Wyoming and the west passed the Senate. Lummis headed to the Senate floor to urgently seek support for the bipartisan Water Data Improvement Act and the Drought Preparedness Act, and the bills were passed by unanimous consent. They now head to the president\u2019s desk to be signed into law.\n\n\u201cThe west\u2019s ability to continue leading our nation in cutting-edge water conservation and management hinges on preserving proven policies that mitigate drought threats,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cWe must act urgently to ensure our state, local and Tribal governments are adequately prepared to deal with droughts and shore up our water infrastructure across Wyoming and western states.\u201d\n\nThe Water Data Improvement Act would:\n\nSupport the National Groundwater Resources Monitoring Network, which promotes collaborative groundwater monitoring between federal, state, and local programs, by reauthorizing the program at $4 million annually.\n\nReauthorize the National Streamflow Information Program at $10 million annually to help monitor water levels.\n\nImprove water estimation and monitoring technologies by reauthorizing the grant programs for agencies, academic institutions and private entities to develop and implement new methodologies and technologies.\n\nImprove collaboration between the Department of Interior (DOI) and other federal and state agencies to streamline and centralize water data collection systems and water supply forecasting techniques.\n\nThe Drought Preparedness Act would:\n\nReauthorize the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act through 2028.\n\nContinue authorities for DOI to prepare drought contingency plans and provide technical assistance to State, local, and Tribal governments on their drought contingency plans.\n\nMaintain authorities for DOI loans to water users for drought mitigation projects.\n\nSupport emergency response actions to minimize damages from drought.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-meets-with-fbi-director-nominee-kash-patel/", "Lummis Meets with FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel", "2024-12-19", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Today, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statement after meeting with President Donald Trump\u2019s FBI Director Nominee, Kash Patel.\n\n\u201cKash Patel is an accomplished lawyer, seasoned former public defender and trusted advisor who has dedicated his career to exposing corruption and standing up for the American people,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cUnder his leadership, the FBI will end America\u2019s out of control crime epidemic and punish migrant gangs taking advantage of the Biden administration\u2019s open borders. President Trump has made it his mission to stamp out corruption within the FBI, and Kash is a great choice to restore the FBI to its intended mission of protecting the American people rather than targeting political opponents.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-meets-with-secretary-of-defense-nominee-pete-hegseth/", "Lummis Meets with Secretary of Defense Nominee Pete Hegseth", "2024-12-19", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statement after meeting with President Donald Trump\u2019s Secretary of Defense nominee, Pete Hegseth.\n\n\u201cFor years, the Biden administration has made our nation look weak on the world stage, emboldening our enemies and pushing radical military policies,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cPete Hegseth\u2019s extensive service to our nation makes him uniquely qualified to serve as Defense Secretary, and I am confident he will revoke the woke policies that have infiltrated the military and restore our fighting forces. We need to build a U.S. military Americans can be proud of, and Pete Hegseth will be the one to do it.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-on-passage-of-the-national-defense-authorization-act/", "Barrasso on Passage of the National Defense Authorization Act", "2024-12-18", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement after voting to pass the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).\n\n\u201cAmerica needs a strong military to defend our nation at home and abroad. As we face increasing threats from our adversaries, we need to make sure our military has top-of-the-line resources,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cThis year\u2019s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) eliminates woke Pentagon policies and prioritizes military readiness and modernization. It gives our troops a significant and much-deserved pay raise. It also includes funding for critical projects at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne. Signing this bill into law as soon as possible will make sure our servicemen and women have the resources they need to protect all Americans and our freedoms.\u201d\n\nThis year\u2019s NDAA authorizes funding to support a 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted servicemembers (E1-E4) and a 4.5% pay raise for all other military members. It also includes Senator Barrasso\u2019s legislation with U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to ensure the Air Force maintains at least 271 total C-130 aircraft.\n\nThe NDAA includes funding for the much-needed Rip and Replace program at the Federal Communications Commission. This program will enhance security in our networks by removing banned Chinese telecommunications equipment in Wyoming and across the country.\n\nBarrasso was also successful in securing critical funding and provisions for Wyoming\u2019s F.E. Warren Air Force Base.\n\nKey Wyoming Provisions Included in the NDAA:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-secures-funding-for-rip-and-replace-to-protect-the-people-of-wyomings-privacy/", "Lummis Secures Funding for\u00a0Rip\u00a0and\u00a0Replace\u00a0to Protect the People of Wyoming\u2019s Privacy", "2024-12-18", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) announced she secured key funding for Rip and Replace in the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024. Rip and Replace funding is integral to our national security because it will remove dangerous Chinese components from our wireless communications systems and replace them with safe and secure equipment. Without this funding, Wyoming communities could lose their access to telecommunications services.\n\n\u201cChinese-manufactured equipment used to build out our broadband networks pose a serious threat to our national security and the privacy of the people of Wyoming,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cThe NDAA fully funds Rip and Replace, ensuring small wireless and broadband carriers throughout Wyoming will not be saddled with millions of dollars in costs that could result in service blackouts and companies closing down. Poor connectivity continues to be one of Wyoming\u2019s biggest challenges and now more than ever, we have the ability to not only ensure even the most rural corners of the Cowboy State have reliable broadband access but also protect this critical resource from foreign adversaries.\u201d\n\nLummis has been a strong proponent of funding Rip and Replace due to the dangerous risk to Wyoming communities of service being cut entirely due to the high costs to fund these projects.\n\nEarlier this year, she introduced an amendment to the appropriations bill to fully fund Rip and Replace and ensure Wyoming communities continue having access to reliable broadband and wireless services.\n\nShe also spoke at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing about the threats Chinese-manufactured equipment in our broadband and wireless networks pose to our communities and the urgent need for Congress to fund Rip and Replace.\n\nIn February 2023, Lummis penned an op-ed in the Hill expressing her serious concerns over the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s ability to spy on the people of Wyoming through the equipment used to build out broadband and wireless networks in the state and the urgent need for Rip and Replace to be fully funded.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-mullin-bipartisan-bill-to-designate-the-bald-eagle-as-national-bird-heads-to-the-presidents-desk/", "Lummis, Mullin Bipartisan Bill to Designate the Bald Eagle as National Bird Heads to the President\u2019s Desk", "2024-12-17", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) announced their bipartisan legislation to designate the bald eagle as the National Bird of the United States passed the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. It is now heading to the President\u2019s desk to be signed into law.\n\n\u201cI am thrilled our bipartisan bill just passed the House,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cThe bald eagle is an enduring symbol of American freedom and values, and thanks to bipartisan support, we are one step closer to officially designating the bald eagle as our national bird.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe bald eagle has long been a symbol of freedom and patriotism for our nation,\u201d said Sen. Mullin. \u201cIt\u2019s only fitting we officially designate the bald eagle the national bird of the United States. I was glad to join my colleagues in leading this bipartisan effort and appreciate the House\u2019s swift consideration.\u201d\n\nSenators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith (both D-MN) cosponsored the legislation. Reps. Brad Finstad (R-MN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), and Don Beyer (D-VA) introduced the House companion bill.\n\nThe bald eagle has proudly been depicted as the national symbol of the United States since June 20, 1782, when our country\u2019s Founding Fathers at the Second Continental Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States. Since that time, the bald eagle has appeared on official documents, currency, flags, public buildings, sports teams and other government-related items. Today, the bald eagle is synonymous with American life and this legislation will officially designate it as the National Bird of the United States.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-names-rock-springs-native-brad-bunning-as-new-chief-of-staff/", "Barrasso Names Rock Springs Native Brad Bunning as New Chief of Staff", "2024-12-13", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo) named longtime policy advisor and Wyoming native Brad Bunning as his Chief of Staff.\n\nBunning will take the reins from Barrasso\u2019s former Chief of Staff and Laramie native Dan Kunsman. Barrasso recently named Kunsman Staff Director for the Office of the Senate Republican Whip.\n\nBarrasso praised Bunning\u2019s experience to lead staff and serve the people of Wyoming well.\n\n\u201cBrad has been with me from day one. He\u2019s spent his entire career helping people across Wyoming and beyond,\u201d said Barrasso. \u201cBrad\u2019s extensive policy experience and deep knowledge of our state make him an outstanding choice to lead my office as Chief of Staff.\u201d\n\nBunning, who grew up in Rock Springs, has served in the U.S. Senate for more than 20 years. His career started in 2001 with an internship for U.S. Senator Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.). He quickly rose through the ranks serving in a variety of roles including as systems administrator, telecom policy aide, legislative assistant, senior policy advisor and senior professional staff member at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.\n\nBunning was instrumental in shaping nuclear fuel policy and reviving uranium production in Wyoming and across America. He led the effort to introduce and pass legislation prohibiting Russian uranium imports and securing the future of American nuclear fuel production.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-newhouse-slam-biden-administrations-eleventh-hour-attempt-to-appease-climate-extremists/", "Lummis, Newhouse Slam Biden Administration\u2019s Eleventh Hour Attempt to Appease Climate Extremists", "2024-12-13", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Congressional Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse (R-WA) slammed the Biden administration\u2019s last ditch attempts to appease climate activists by listing the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, senselessly hogtying landowners with restrictive regulations to score some final political points.\n\n\u201cThe Endangered Species Act is in dire need of reform, and this listing by the Fish and Wildlife Service only further drives home this point,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cAs Republicans prepare to control the Senate, House, and White House next year, I look forward to prioritizing legislative and administrative reforms that will protect species without hindering economic development.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis announcement by the Fish and Wildlife Service to list the monarch butterfly as threatened highlights the need for comprehensive reform to the Endangered Species Act,\u201d said Newhouse. \u201cFor far too long, the ESA has been used to stifle development while encroaching on the rights of private landowners. The Western Caucus will continue to prioritize reforms to the ESA, including the ESA Amendments Act, to make the law work better for species, landowners and rural communities alike.\u201d\n\nMonarch butterfly populations are found across the contiguous U.S., including Wyoming.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-repeal-the-biden-car-bribe/", "Barrasso: Repeal the Biden Car Bribe", "2024-12-11", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cTaxpayers should not be forced to pay for the cost of luxury vehicles. It is wrong for tax dollars from working families to subsidize the car purchases of wealthy elites. Americans refuse to be force-fed electric vehicles.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) spoke on the Senate floor today calling for the repeal of Democrats\u2019 $7,500 electric vehicle handout.\n\nThe Democrats\u2019 EV subsidies are a bribe to push their unpopular climate agenda, killing American jobs and abusing taxpayer funds. Repealing this subsidy will put Americans back in the driver\u2019s seat.\n\nSen Barrasso\u2019s remarks:\n\n\u201cThe new Senate Republican Majority begins January 3, 2025. So, our day one starts in three weeks. Republicans will enter the next Congress with a long \u2018Fix It\u2019 list on behalf of the American people.\n\n\u201cAt the top of that list is an agenda that lowers costs and restores American energy dominance.\n\n\u201cPrices today we know, are 20 percent higher than they were 4 years ago. And just this morning, we learned once again that prices have gone up in November.\n\n\u201cAnd we know the culprits \u2013 the problem behind the high prices: Wasteful Washington Spending. And we\u2019ve seen a lot of it the last four years. The other reason, of course, is the Democrats\u2019 throttling American energy production.\n\n\u201cRepublicans are going to fix the fiscal insanity of the past four years. We\u2019ll put Americans \u2013 not Washington bureaucrats \u2013 back into the driver\u2019s seat.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to start by repealing the \u2018Biden Car Bribe\u2019. This is something President Trump strongly supports, and he is supporting what we are promoting. He\u2019s asked for it. He\u2019s campaigned on it.\n\n\u201cEliminating this car bribe by the Biden administration, it is one of the most wasteful policies that we\u2019ve seen from this administration in the last four years. It is Democrats\u2019 $7,500 subsidy for people buying electric vehicles. It was included in their reckless tax-and-spend legislation. It received zero \u2013 zero \u2013 Republican votes. Not a one.\n\n\u201cIt is an attempt by the Democrats to bribe the American people to go along with their unpopular climate fantasy. It is a welfare check for wealthy elites and for green corporations. It\u2019s a giveaway to Communist China, which controls key parts of the EV supply chain.\n\n\u201cWe were initially told by the Joint Committee on Taxation that these subsidies would cost about $14 billion. Well, the price tag has continued to tick up since then.\n\n\u201cToday, there have been some revised estimates, and they have ballooned to projected costs of way over $300 billion. That\u2019s right over $393 billion. That\u2019s for vehicles that most Americans don\u2019t want, can\u2019t afford, and don\u2019t work for them or their families.\n\n\u201cThe auto dealers in Wyoming tell me it takes much, much longer to try to sell these things compared to the traditional gas-powered vehicles. They say they can\u2019t even sell them at a loss. They\u2019re stuck piling up on the lots.\n\n\u201cLess than 10 percent of new car sales in America last year were EVs. The sale figures have been abysmal. EVs lost market share \u2013 hard to believe \u2013 actually lost market share in 2024.\n\n\u201cSo you have these carmakers from around the country who are now hemorrhaging cash, losing tons of money. And we have auto workers who have lost their jobs.\n\n\u201cThe CEO of Ford says his company is projected to lose $5 billion this year on their EV market.\n\n\u201cStellantis, which owns Chrysler, is also in the ditch. In August, it announced plans to lay off thousands of auto workers at its plants in Michigan.\n\n\u201cYet last week, it won a $7.54 billion loan, an additional loan from the Biden administration, over $7.5 billion for something that\u2019s failing. Joe Biden is leaving the White House the same way he led it \u2013 by doubling down on failure.\n\n\u201cAmerica now has fewer manufacturing jobs today than it did last year.\n\n\u201cAnd do you want to know the dirtiest Democrat secrets in terms of this \u2018Biden Car Bribe\u2019? It sends taxpayer money to Communist China.\n\n\u201cBut the original law was clear. It said, if your EV was made with Chinese batteries or used their critical minerals, it would then be ineligible \u2013 not eligible \u2013 for taxpayer-funded subsidies. China batteries, China components \u2013 can\u2019t get any of the subsidy benefits.\n\n\u201cJoe Manchin, he actually wrote that provision into that bill. Republicans still voted against the entire bill. We thought it was a waste of taxpayer dollars. Joe Biden signed it, and then EV sales stalled out.\n\n\u201cSo what did Democrats do? They doubled down. They could have made it easier to mine more critical minerals in America, use our own supply chain. But, no, President Biden decided to overrule the China ban.\n\n\u201cHis own Department of Treasury came out with lax rules on sourcing materials, meaning that China, Communist China, will benefit from American tax dollars. It also means that American workers will pay a higher price for policy and for vehicles they don\u2019t want.\n\n\u201cWe need to go back to a consumer-driven, free-enterprise system.\n\n\u201cThis is the United States of America. We should never be dependent on dictators and despots \u2013 like those we have in Communist China.\n\n\u201cElectric vehicles make sense for some people, but they\u2019re not an option for all people. Consumers have legitimate anxiety about the range of these vehicles, about costly repairs, and about extremely expensive insurance because often a minor ding on one of these electric vehicles with the damage done. Well, they will call it a total and complete loss of the vehicle. That\u2019s why the insurance is much higher on electric vehicles than traditional vehicles\n\n\u201cIf EVs were better options, then government wouldn\u2019t need to bribe Americans all across the country to buy them, or to bribe businesses to build them.\n\n\u201cElectric vehicles are a luxury item. They are toys with severe limitations. They are not must-have means of transportation.\n\n\u201cTaxpayers shouldn\u2019t be forced to pay for the cost of luxury vehicles. It\u2019s wrong for taxpayers and tax dollars from working families to subsidize the car purchases of wealthy elites.\n\n\u201cThe American people have proven to refuse to be force-fed these electric vehicles. Can\u2019t be pushed into buying them, can\u2019t be bribed into buying them. \u2018No thank you,\u2019 said the American consumer.\n\n\u201cBut that\u2019s exactly what the Democrats have been trying to do \u2013 to ban traditional vehicles and to bribe people to buy electric vehicles.\n\n\u201cDemocrats want to pick what you can drive and want to punish anyone who doesn\u2019t want to do it. All as a result of their smug moral superiority.\n\n\u201cWell, I have a message for my colleagues. It is the same message that Americans sent in November. When taxpayers and voters went to the polls, they said government, big government, Democrat government does not know better than We the People.\n\n\u201cSenate Democrats don\u2019t know better than We the People. We the People have a right to decide what is best for us and what\u2019s best for our families.\n\n\u201cThe incoming Trump administration and the Republican Senate Majority will get rid of the \u2018Biden Car Bribe\u2019 and the \u2018Biden Car Ban\u2019.\n\n\u201cWe will embrace free enterprise and fiscal responsibility. We will lower prices for American families and restore American independence and dominance. We will strengthen our manufacturing and bring back good paying jobs.\n\n\u201cWe will put Americans back in the driver\u2019s seat.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-joins-doge-caucus-to-hold-unelected-bureaucrats-accountable-reduce-size-of-federal-government/", "Lummis Joins DOGE Caucus to Hold Unelected Bureaucrats Accountable, Reduce Size of Federal Government", "2024-12-05", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Today, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) announced she will join the Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency Caucus, chaired by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), to rein in the federal government\u2019s wasteful spending and hold unelected bureaucrats accountable to the American people.\n\n\u201cFor four years, the people of Wyoming have watched as the Biden-Harris administration has enabled unelected bureaucrats to become untouchable and unaccountable to the people they serve, but on January 20, 2025, that will come to a screeching halt,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cWe have a responsibility to cut wasteful spending, restore transparency, eliminate fraud and abuse within the federal government and give power back to the American people. The DOGE Caucus will play an integral role in sniffing out government waste, and I look forward to partnering with my colleagues and President Trump to rein in Biden\u2019s Big Government.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-newhouse-slam-biden-harris-blms-out-of-touch-greater-sage-grouse-plan/", "Lummis, Newhouse Slam Biden-Harris BLM\u2019s Out of Touch Greater Sage Grouse Plan", "2024-12-05", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Congressional Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse (R-WA) wrote a letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning expressing their concerns with its final Greater Sage-Grouse Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA).\n\n\u201cWhile the Biden-Harris administration spends its final days catering to its radical climate change base, farmers, ranchers and landowners across the west will bear the consequences of its catastrophic failures for years to come,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cInstead of trusting Wyoming\u2019s experts who have a proven track record on sage-grouse management, this administration continues grasping for control of the west by awarding decision-making power to unelected D.C. bureaucrats who do not know the first thing about western land management. Rep. Newhouse and I are calling on the BLM to immediately cease any work on the RMPA in this lame duck period to spare the west from a few more weeks of this administration\u2019s Green New Deal policies.\u201d\n\n\u201cBLM\u2019s sage-grouse proposal implements an unworkable one-size-fits-all approach to population management that will fail landowners across the west,\u201d said Newhouse. \u201cI\u2019m proud to join Senator Lummis in requesting the agency return control to state and local officials who best know how to manage populations. This is clearly a last-ditch effort by a lame duck administration to inflict further harm on the American West, and I look forward to supporting the repeal of this regulation in the new Congress.\u201d\n\nThis plan will affect sage-grouse habitats in Wyoming, California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota.\n\nIn March, Lummis and Newhouse urged the BLM to extend the comment period on this sage-grouse plan in order for those who live and work on the lands affected by the proposal to have ample time to provide public comment.\n\nIn October 2023, Senate Western Caucus member Jim Risch (R-ID) led a letter to Senate leadership to keep the greater sage-grouse off the endangered species list and for states to continue species management.\n\nIn July 2023, Lummis led a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies urging the committee to continue prohibiting the listing of the greater sage-grouse.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-presses-for-urgent-action-on-ndaa/", "Barrasso Presses for Urgent Action on NDAA", "2024-12-04", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cDemocrats\u2019 dithering and delaying \u2013 it\u2019s downright dangerous. It sends a terrible message that America\u2019s deterrence isn\u2019t incredible. As a result of the November elections, that\u2019s about to change\u2026\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) spoke on the Senate floor today to call for urgent passage the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Senator Barrasso also discussed how he spent Thanksgiving in the Middle East with Wyoming service members.\n\nWith global tensions escalating, passing the NDAA has become more urgent than ever. Senate Democrats have selfishly stalled its passage, withholding critical resources for our troops, their families, and military operations.\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks.\n\nSen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks:\n\n\u201cI spent Thanksgiving in the Middle East with 400 members of our Wyoming National Guard. These heroes come from actually 40 different hometowns all across the Cowboy State \u2013 small towns, our larger towns, East, West, North, and South.\n\n\u201cI spend every Thanksgiving with deployed Wyoming troops. I go to thank them \u2013 thank them for all they\u2019re doing to keep all of us safe and free.\n\n\u201cMost Americans celebrate Thanksgiving surrounded by their loved ones. These soldiers spent Thanksgiving not with family and neighbors, but in the neighborhood of America\u2019s enemies.\n\n\u201cOur enemies today are much more dangerous, aggressive, menacing, and powerful than they were just four years ago. For the past four years, Americans have seen the current administration surrender, squander, and sell out our nation\u2019s strategic advantages.\n\n\u201cThis administration stopped enforcing sanctions on Iranian oil sales, then allowed Iran to sell discounted oil to China. Iran got richer and more menacing as a result of all the money they got. China got more powerful by being able to buy cheap energy.\n\n\u201cWell, the Wyoming soldiers that I had a chance to visit, they\u2019re strong, they\u2019re tough, they are brave. The thing that is so interesting though, is I believe that they\u2019re being failed by a Congress that hasn\u2019t done its job. It is incumbent upon Congress to make sure that all of these soldiers \u2013 each and every one of them \u2013 is fully equipped to protect our freedoms.\n\n\u201cThe Senate should have passed a bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act months ago. It increases troop pay, modernizes our military. It also refocuses our forces on specific military hard power, instead of this politically-correct, woke policies that the military has been working under over the past several years.\n\n\u201cRight now, high prices are crushing military families. Prices are 20 percent higher right now than they were four years ago. As a result, one in seven servicemembers today relies on food stamps or food banks just to support their families.\n\n\u201cThis of course has a direct impact in our problems, in terms of trying to recruit more and more members into our military. The pay rise means that a stronger military and a stronger America will be there on the world stage.\n\n\u201cNow, as for military modernization, we need to overcome four years of weakness. The current administration has failed to keep us safe.\n\n\u201cIt allowed 10 million illegal immigrants to cross our Southern Border. It allowed a Chinese spy balloon to fly across America. It led a deadly and disastrous retreat from Afghanistan. And it slashed away at America\u2019s hard power.\n\n\u201cUnder the Democrats, America became a nation in retreat. Well, the National Defense Authorization Act reverses that.\n\n\u201cIt equips our military. It equips them to meet the challenges of a dangerous world. So, why hasn\u2019t the Senate \u2013 this body, who is here today in session \u2013 why hasn\u2019t it yet passed the National Defense Authorization Act? Well, the problem isn\u2019t the product, it\u2019s the process.\n\n\u201cIn the final weeks of the majority, the Democrats in the Senate have prioritized voting to confirm radical judges rather than protecting our nation\u2019s security. As one Democrat Senator said last month, he said, Democrats are \u2018hell-bent\u2019, he said, on getting liberal judges confirmed.\n\n\u201cWhy can\u2019t Democrats show that same level of passion for supporting our troops?\n\n\u201cDemocrats\u2019 dithering and delaying \u2013 it\u2019s downright dangerous. It sends a terrible message that America\u2019s deterrence isn\u2019t incredible.\n\n\u201cAs a result of the November elections, that\u2019s about to change. The Senate\u2019s going to change. The American people voted for change. They voted to return to a nation that is safe and strong.\n\n\u201cIn less than 60 days, America will once again have a president and a Senate majority that prioritizes making America safe and strong again.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-announces-support-for-lee-zeldins-confirmation/", "Lummis Announces Support for Lee Zeldin\u2019s Confirmation", "2024-12-04", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee announced her support for former Congressman Lee Zeldin\u2019s nomination to serve as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).\n\n\u201cLee Zeldin has my total and complete support to lead the EPA due to his commitment to cutting onerous regulations and unnecessary red tape that has destroyed industries throughout Wyoming and the west,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cLee and I served together in the U.S. House, and I have been honored to call him a friend and colleague for many years. I cannot wait to work with him in his next role as EPA Administrator.\u201d\n\nThis morning, Lummis met with Zeldin to discuss her priorities for EPA including rolling back the Biden administration\u2019s attacks on western energy. Sen. Lummis also highlighted the important role Wyoming plays in powering the nation and the world.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-joins-nbcs-meet-the-press-to-talk-republicans-historic-election-wins/", "Barrasso Joins NBC\u2019s Meet The Press to talk Republicans\u2019 Historic Election Wins", "2024-11-10", "2024", "2024-11", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cAmerica \u2013 the people of this country \u2013 voted. They want to get this country back on track.\u201d\n\nSen. Barrasso joins NBC\u2019s Meet The Press with Kristen Welker on Sunday.\n\nCASPER, WY \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), appeared on NBC\u2019s Meet The Press to discuss Republicans\u2019 historic election wins, the Senate Republican Majority\u2019s legislative priorities, and the need to quickly put President-Elect Donald Trump\u2019s team in place.\n\nBelow are key excerpts from the interview:\n\nOn Republicans\u2019 Historic Election Victories and Mandate:\n\n\u201cWhat you saw there really was an earthquake election. The biggest comeback politically in the history of our country. You know, they used to call Bill Clinton the \u2018comeback kid\u2019 \u2013 Donald Trump is the Comeback King. He has comeback from two impeachments, from being dragged through the courts, from getting shot. And he won with over 300 electoral votes, a majority of the people, winning all these demographic areas. And you know, he brought us four new Republican Senators \u2013 we now have 53 Republican Senators. What that proves is America \u2013 the people of this country \u2013 voted. They want to get this country back on track.\n\n\u201cThe mandate are the two things that people care the most about, which is the high costs and the open border. And those are the things we\u2019re going to start working on immediately. We\u2019ve been working with the transition team on those things. Now, there are some things that the President can do as soon as he takes office in terms of making some new turns on these bad policies of the current administration in terms of unleashing American energy. In terms of the policies with the border, reversing so many of these executive orders that were put in place four years ago.\n\n\u201cI expect to see the President put back in place the \u2018remain in Mexico\u2019 policy, stop this \u2018catch and release\u2019 policy.\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on the 2024 Republican mandate.\n\nOn Getting President-Elect Trump\u2019s Team in Place:\n\n\u201cAnd the Senate also wants to work very quickly \u2013 actually before the inauguration \u2013 making sure the President\u2019s cabinet is in place. We\u2019re going to have hearings and votes so that on day one, January 20th, when the President takes over, he\u2019s going to have as much of the cabinet in place as we can get. And he met huge resistance in 2016 when he was inaugurated in 2017 with getting his cabinet in place. What I\u2019m hoping is that as a result of this huge landslide victory, that we get a little more cooperation from the Democrats in helping President Trump get that cabinet in place for day one.\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on President-Elect Trump\u2019s team.\n\nOn Securing Our Border and Deporting Criminal Illegal Immigrants:\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s no price tag on protecting the safety and security of our country and our citizens. President Trump is going to enforce the law, and we haven\u2019t had that over the last four years. There are over ten million illegal immigrants in this country right now \u2013 and we\u2019re talking about people who are from criminal cartels, drug dealers, people on the terrorist watch list. These are people who are here in this country who have been murdering, raping, poisoning our citizens, and what the President said is he wants to prioritize and go after those people first to deport those individuals. But Kristen, if you take a look \u2013 and you didn\u2019t get to this with the poll numbers \u2013 the number of people that support deporting these individuals, it is a supermajority of Americans. And I believe it had a lot to do with the President\u2019s success \u2013 his overwhelming success \u2013 at the polls last Tuesday.\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on securing our border.\n\nOn Stopping Democrat Tax Hikes:\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been working with the transition team. And I will tell you in the hopes that we took the presidency, the House, and the Senate, members of the Senate have been meeting. I\u2019m on the Finance Committee \u2013 we have been meeting through the summer and the fall. In terms of saying, \u2018What can we do? How can we make sure we can continue these tax cuts from 2017 and extend them and make them permanent? What sort of things can we claw back from some of the excessive spending that the Democrats have done in terms of money that\u2019s going out or hasn\u2019t gone out yet? \u2019 So we\u2019ve been working on this all the way through and we\u2019re going to continue to do that.\n\n\u201cNow, first, as you know, this is something we would do through reconciliation, so we have to win the House to make it happen and pass a budget. But we\u2019ve been working with Lindsey Graham \u2013 he\u2019ll be chairman of the Budget Committee in the Senate \u2013 to make sure we can accomplish as much as we possibly can to give the tax relief that the American people deserve and need. And we know that it was all this massive spending by the last administration that gave us this inflation that hurt the country so much [\u2026]What we know is when we cut taxes last time, the amount of money coming into the Treasury actually went up. It stimulated the economy less burden on businesses, less burden on families and individuals.\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on Democrat tax hikes.\n\nOn President Trump\u2019s Historic Selection for White House Chief of Staff:\n\n\u201cAnd he\u2019s made one decision already \u2013 and that\u2019s putting Susie Wiles in as the Chief of Staff. That\u2019s a historic decision as well. She is the first woman Chief of Staff of the White House in history \u2013 President Trump has done that. She\u2019s terrific.\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on Susie Wiles.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:02:12Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-statement-on-president-donald-j-trump-victory/", "Barrasso Statement on President Donald J. Trump Victory", "2024-11-06", "2024", "2024-11", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "CASPER, WY \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump was elected the 47th President of the United States.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s victory today is a mandate from the American people to get this country back on track. Millions chose a new President who puts America first. We chose a President who values our freedom, not the heavy hand of Washington bureaucrats. We chose a President who will unleash American energy, secure the border, lower prices, and restore peace through strength.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s agenda runs through the Republican-led United States Senate. Working together, we will deliver for the American people.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:02:12Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-calls-out-biden-harris-administrations-blatant-discrimination-against-starlink-internet-access/", "Lummis, Calls Out Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s Blatant Discrimination Against Starlink Internet Access", "2024-11-01", "2024", "2024-11", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C\u2014Today, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in calling out the Biden-Harris administration for spreading misinformation about broadband connectivity in the U.S. in a letter to the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). In their letter, the senators highlight how this administration is intentionally excluding from data on connectivity millions of households that rely on wireless and satellite technologies, particularly in our nation\u2019s most rural and hard-to-reach areas, including many in Wyoming.\n\n\u201cMany households across Wyoming rely on wireless and satellite technologies for connectivity in the most rural parts of our state, yet this administration\u2019s decision to play politics continues to push our goal of bridging the digital divide further out of reach,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cBy unnecessarily picking winners and losers, this administration has sabotaged bipartisan programs best equipped to provide connectivity to underserved areas and perpetuates misinformation about broadband in rural communities.\u201d\n\nThe Biden-Harris administration\u2019s prioritization of politics over sound broadband policy has sabotaged the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, which was intended to help more Americans connect to high-speed internet.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:02:12Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-wyoming-delegation-joins-colleagues-demanding-answers-from-doj-on-illegal-aliens-registering-to-vote/", "Wyoming Delegation Joins Colleagues Demanding Answers from DOJ on Illegal Aliens Registering to Vote", "2024-10-08", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis as well as U.S. Representative Harriet Hageman (all R-Wyo.) recently joined Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), and a large congressional coalition in demanding answers from U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on alarming recent reports of illegal aliens registering to vote in the United States.\n\n\u201cWe are deeply concerned by reports of non-citizens registering to vote and voting in federal elections,\u201d the Members of Congress wrote. \u201cAs of today, there has been no response from you or your Department regarding the inquiry on July 12, 2024, seeking information on efforts undertaken by your Department to enforce laws prohibiting non-citizen voting. Given that the 2024 Presidential Election is in less than 34 days, your Department\u2019s inaction and refusal to provide any information regarding its efforts to promote public trust and confidence in our elections is especially alarming.\u201d\n\n\u201cClearly, there is a non-negligible amount of voter participation by non-citizens in federal elections, which is not only a serious threat to the integrity of our elections and the democratic process they represent, but also has the potential to reduce Americans\u2019 trust and confidence in election results,\u201d the Members of Congress continued.\n\nThe letter was led by Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and Representative Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.-05). Co-signers of the letter include Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), John Kennedy (R-La.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), along with Representatives Andy Harris (R-Md.-01), Clay Higgins (R-La.-03), Gary Palmer (R-Ala.-06), Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.-02), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.-05), Eli Crane (R-Ariz.-02), Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.-05), Aaron Bean (R-Fla.-04), Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.-02), Nancy Mace (R-S.C.-01), Bob Good (R-Va.-05), Eric Burlison (R-Mo.-07), Mike Ezell (R-Miss.-04), Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.-03), Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.-07), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.-03), Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.-24), Michael Guest (R-Miss.-03), Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.-01), Ben Cline (R-Va.-06), Chip Roy (R-Texas-21), Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.-11), Mary Miller (R-Ill.-15), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.-09), Lance Gooden (R-Texas-05), Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.-03), Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.-01), Barry Moore (R-Ala.-02), Mike Collins (R-Ga.-10), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.-02), Greg Lopez (R-Colo.-04), Keith Self (R-Texas-03), Brian Babin (R-Texas-36), August Pfluger (R-Texas-11), Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.-02), Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.-01), Randy Weber (R-Texas-14), Rich McCormick (R-Ga.-06), and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.-01).\n\nA copy of the letter can be found here and below.\n\nDear Attorney General Garland:\n\nWe are deeply concerned by reports of non-citizens registering to vote and voting in federal elections. As of today, there has been no response from you or your Department regarding the inquiry on July 12, 2024, seeking information on efforts undertaken by your Department to enforce laws prohibiting non-citizen voting. Given that the 2024 Presidential Election is in less than 34 days, your Department\u2019s inaction and refusal to provide any information regarding its efforts to promote public trust and confidence in our elections is especially alarming.\n\nSince the initial letter, several more concerning reports have been released by state officials indicating that a large number of non-citizens appear on their voter rolls. For example, the Virginia Attorney General recently announced that 6,303 non-citizens were identified on and removed from Virginia\u2019s voter rolls in 2022 and 2023. In another troubling report released in August, over 6,500 non-citizens registered to vote in Texas were identified and removed from voter rolls. Of the 6,500 non-citizens identified, 1,930 had a voter history.\n\nClearly, there is a non-negligible amount of voter participation by non-citizens in federal elections, which is not only a serious threat to the integrity of our elections and the democratic process they represent, but also has the potential to reduce Americans\u2019 trust and confidence in election results.\n\nAccordingly, we respectfully reiterate the July 12 request for information on your Department\u2019s enforcement efforts. The initial deadline for providing this information was July 26, 2024, so the response is now 9 weeks overdue.\n\nPlease provide responses to the following no later than October 16, 2024:\n\n1. Please provide the number of aliens who have been charged, tried, or convicted under 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 611 since January 20, 2021, including the status of each case.\n\n2. Please provide the number of aliens who been charged, tried, or convicted under 52 U.S.C. \u00a7 20511 since January 20, 2021, including the status of each case.\n\n3. Please provide the number of aliens who have been prosecuted under 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 911 since 2021, including the status of each case.\n\n4. Please provide the number of referrals received from other government officials or the public in reference to the statutes cited in questions 1 through 3.\n\n5. How does the Department of Justice investigate allegations received of non-citizen voting or voter registration?\n\n6. What affirmative steps have the Department of Justice taken to detect, prevent, and deter illegal aliens and other non-citizens from registering and voting in federal elections?\n\n7. What affirmative steps have the Department taken to obtain relevant information from the Department of Homeland Security on aliens who have registered or voted in elections?\n\n8. What steps have been taken by U.S. Attorneys and the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division, which is responsible for prosecuting election crimes and assisting U.S. Attorneys in prosecuting election crimes, to obtain jury-related information that indicates aliens have unlawfully registered to vote?\n\n9. As the 2024 election nears, what steps will the Department take to detect, investigate, and prosecute non-citizens who violate 18 U.S.C.\u00a7 911, 52 U.S.C. \u00a7 20511, or 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 611 by voting or registering to vote in the 2024 election?\n\n10. What steps have the Department taken to contact Virginia and Texas election officials to obtain information and the voter registration and voter history files on each of the aliens removed from the voter rolls who were unlawfully registered and voting in those states?\n\nThank you for your attention to this matter and we look forward to your prompt reply.\n\nSincerely,\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:55:29Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/wyoming-delegation-joins-colleagues-demanding-answers-from-doj-on-illegal-aliens-registering-to-vote/", "Wyoming Delegation Joins Colleagues Demanding Answers from DOJ on Illegal Aliens Registering to Vote", "2024-10-08", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis as well as U.S. Representative Harriet Hageman (all R-Wyo.) recently joined Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), and a large congressional coalition in demanding answers from U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on alarming recent reports of illegal aliens registering to vote in the United States.\n\n\u201cWe are deeply concerned by reports of non-citizens registering to vote and voting in federal elections,\u201d the Members of Congress wrote. \u201cAs of today, there has been no response from you or your Department regarding the inquiry on July 12, 2024, seeking information on efforts undertaken by your Department to enforce laws prohibiting non-citizen voting. Given that the 2024 Presidential Election is in less than 34 days, your Department\u2019s inaction and refusal to provide any information regarding its efforts to promote public trust and confidence in our elections is especially alarming.\u201d\n\n\u201cClearly, there is a non-negligible amount of voter participation by non-citizens in federal elections, which is not only a serious threat to the integrity of our elections and the democratic process they represent, but also has the potential to reduce Americans\u2019 trust and confidence in election results,\u201d the Members of Congress continued.\n\nThe letter was led by Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and Representative Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.-05). Co-signers of the letter include Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), John Kennedy (R-La.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), along with Representatives Andy Harris (R-Md.-01), Clay Higgins (R-La.-03), Gary Palmer (R-Ala.-06), Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.-02), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.-05), Eli Crane (R-Ariz.-02), Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.-05), Aaron Bean (R-Fla.-04), Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.-02), Nancy Mace (R-S.C.-01), Bob Good (R-Va.-05), Eric Burlison (R-Mo.-07), Mike Ezell (R-Miss.-04), Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.-03), Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.-07), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.-03), Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.-24), Michael Guest (R-Miss.-03), Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.-01), Ben Cline (R-Va.-06), Chip Roy (R-Texas-21), Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.-11), Mary Miller (R-Ill.-15), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.-09), Lance Gooden (R-Texas-05), Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.-03), Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.-01), Barry Moore (R-Ala.-02), Mike Collins (R-Ga.-10), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.-02), Greg Lopez (R-Colo.-04), Keith Self (R-Texas-03), Brian Babin (R-Texas-36), August Pfluger (R-Texas-11), Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.-02), Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.-01), Randy Weber (R-Texas-14), Rich McCormick (R-Ga.-06), and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.-01).\n\nA copy of the letter can be found here and below.\n\nDear Attorney General Garland:\n\nWe are deeply concerned by reports of non-citizens registering to vote and voting in federal elections. As of today, there has been no response from you or your Department regarding the inquiry on July 12, 2024, seeking information on efforts undertaken by your Department to enforce laws prohibiting non-citizen voting. Given that the 2024 Presidential Election is in less than 34 days, your Department\u2019s inaction and refusal to provide any information regarding its efforts to promote public trust and confidence in our elections is especially alarming.\n\nSince the initial letter, several more concerning reports have been released by state officials indicating that a large number of non-citizens appear on their voter rolls. For example, the Virginia Attorney General recently announced that 6,303 non-citizens were identified on and removed from Virginia\u2019s voter rolls in 2022 and 2023. In another troubling report released in August, over 6,500 non-citizens registered to vote in Texas were identified and removed from voter rolls. Of the 6,500 non-citizens identified, 1,930 had a voter history.\n\nClearly, there is a non-negligible amount of voter participation by non-citizens in federal elections, which is not only a serious threat to the integrity of our elections and the democratic process they represent, but also has the potential to reduce Americans\u2019 trust and confidence in election results.\n\nAccordingly, we respectfully reiterate the July 12 request for information on your Department\u2019s enforcement efforts. The initial deadline for providing this information was July 26, 2024, so the response is now 9 weeks overdue.\n\nPlease provide responses to the following no later than October 16, 2024:\n\n1. Please provide the number of aliens who have been charged, tried, or convicted under 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 611 since January 20, 2021, including the status of each case.\n\n2. Please provide the number of aliens who been charged, tried, or convicted under 52 U.S.C. \u00a7 20511 since January 20, 2021, including the status of each case.\n\n3. Please provide the number of aliens who have been prosecuted under 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 911 since 2021, including the status of each case.\n\n4. Please provide the number of referrals received from other government officials or the public in reference to the statutes cited in questions 1 through 3.\n\n5. How does the Department of Justice investigate allegations received of non-citizen voting or voter registration?\n\n6. What affirmative steps have the Department of Justice taken to detect, prevent, and deter illegal aliens and other non-citizens from registering and voting in federal elections?\n\n7. What affirmative steps have the Department taken to obtain relevant information from the Department of Homeland Security on aliens who have registered or voted in elections?\n\n8. What steps have been taken by U.S. Attorneys and the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division, which is responsible for prosecuting election crimes and assisting U.S. Attorneys in prosecuting election crimes, to obtain jury-related information that indicates aliens have unlawfully registered to vote?\n\n9. As the 2024 election nears, what steps will the Department take to detect, investigate, and prosecute non-citizens who violate 18 U.S.C.\u00a7 911, 52 U.S.C. \u00a7 20511, or 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 611 by voting or registering to vote in the 2024 election?\n\n10. What steps have the Department taken to contact Virginia and Texas election officials to obtain information and the voter registration and voter history files on each of the aliens removed from the voter rolls who were unlawfully registered and voting in those states?\n\nThank you for your attention to this matter and we look forward to your prompt reply.\n\nSincerely,\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:55:29Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-colleagues-introduce-resolution-to-celebrate-domestic-energy-producers/", "Lummis, Colleagues Introduce Resolution to Celebrate Domestic Energy Producers", "2024-10-04", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced a resolution to designate October 4, 2024, as National Energy Appreciation Day to celebrate the men and women who work to power our nation and the world. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), James Lankford (R-OK), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), John Hoeven (R-ND), Jim Risch (R-ID), Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) cosponsored the resolution.\n\n\u201cWyoming\u2019s energy producers work tirelessly each and every day to power our nation, yet our domestic energy industry is under attack like never before due to the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s war on energy production,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cI introduced this resolution to recognize and celebrate the men and women in the Cowboy State and throughout the country who work to power not only our nation, but the entire world.\u201d\n\n\u201cAmerican energy production fuels American success,\u201d said Barrasso. \u201cWyoming is America\u2019s energy breadbasket. Our workers produce the energy and resources that keep America running and our economy strong. While this administration wages war on American energy, Wyoming will proudly celebrate National Energy Appreciation Day and continue to unleash American energy.\u201d\n\n\u201cLouisiana energy workers are the reason we have the fuel to run our cars and electricity to power our homes,\u201d said Dr. Cassidy. \u201cThanks for powering the American economy.\u201d\n\n\u201cOklahoma energy producers and energy innovators are leading America to energy dominance,\u201dsaid Lankford. \u201cThey continue their great work to provide clean, affordable, and reliable energy to our state, despite the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s agenda to raise energy prices and surrender our energy future to China.\u201d\n\n\u201cEnergy generated in West Virginia, made possible by our skilled and dedicated workforce, continues to keep homes warm, lights on, and move our nation forward,\u201d said Capito. \u201cWest Virginia energy producers have done this for generations, and this tradition will always be a central aspect of our identity and culture in the Mountain State. On National Energy Appreciation Day, we recognize how this sector strengthens our national security and improves the lives of our people, country, and world. I\u2019m proud to join my colleagues to once again establish this day of appreciation and highlight the importance of American energy and the personnel behind it.\u201d\n\n\u201cNational Energy Appreciation Day recognizes the vital role that American energy and its workers play in our quality of life and the success of our economy,\u201d said Hoeven. \u201cThat\u2019s why we continue working to rescind costly federal rules and provide regulatory relief to ensure our nation can continue to utilize all of its abundant energy resources, including coal, oil and gas, making energy affordable again for Americans.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe thousands of hardworking Mississippians and Americans producing domestic energy are vital to our daily lives and the very foundation of our national and economic security,\u201d said Hyde-Smith. \u201cIt is undeniable that U.S.-produced energy is not only more affordable, but also cleaner and safer than the options our current administration favors from foreign adversaries. I am proud to join Senator Lummis in championing this resolution, and I appreciate the efforts of the American energy industry that powers our nation\u2019s progress.\u201d\n\n\u201cWith American innovation and abundant natural resources, the United States has everything we need to be energy independent and secure,\u201d said Risch. \u201cI\u2019m proud to join my colleagues in celebrating American energy and will continue pushing for policies that cut red tape, boost investment, and ensure affordable, reliable energy for every home and business in Idaho.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe United States produces the cheapest, cleanest, and best energy in the world, and nowhere is that more evident than in North Dakota,\u201d said Cramer. \u201cOn National Energy Appreciation Day, we celebrate the men and women who keep our energy secure, reliable, and affordable.\u201d\n\nSen. Cruz said, \u201cEnergy and prosperity are inseparable, and America\u2019s energy producers drive the growth and strength of our nation. The American oil and gas industry, led by Texas producers, is the backbone of our economy, supporting millions of hardworking families and producing billions of dollars. Catastrophically, the Biden-Harris administration has pursued an extreme climate agenda that disregards these basic facts and undermines American energy production. I am proud to join Senator Lummis and my fellow Republican Senators in introducing this resolution, which recognizes the importance of this vital industry.\u201d\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nAmerican energy plays an integral role in keeping energy affordable, reliable and efficient while also supporting economic growth and creating upward mobility. Not only have domestic energy advancements greatly reduced emissions, but widespread access to energy has more than doubled life expectancy and reduced the percentage of people living in poverty to less than 10%.\n\nThe American energy industry accounts for more than seven million jobs and ultimately supports more than 10 million jobs across the United States.\n\nThe U.S. oil and natural gas industry generates nearly $1.8 billion in gross domestic product annually. Federal oil and natural gas leases for onshore and offshore development brought in $15.9 billion for the federal government in 2023. This is $6.3 billion less than 2022, due in large part to the administration\u2019s war on American energy, including banning exports of liquified natural gas.\n\nSince day one of the Biden-Harris administration, President Biden and Vice President Harris have taken several actions to greatly restrict domestic energy production including:\n\nHalting construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.\n\nBanning exports of liquified natural gas (LNG).\n\nDrastically increasing royalty rates for domestic gas production on federal lands.\n\nPutting Resource Management Plans (RMPs) in place to effectively end oil and gas production on federal lands.\n\nHalting offshore oil and gas leases in the gulf due to the potential for the Rices Whale to be impacted despite no scientific evidence the whale is impacted by offshore drilling.\n\nFor a copy of the resolution, click here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:55:29Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-statement-on-elk-fire-impacting-sheridan-county/", "Barrasso Statement on Elk Fire Impacting Sheridan County", "2024-10-02", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "CASPER, WY \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement offering support for those impacted by the Elk Fire in Sheridan County.\n\n\u201cMy prayers are with all those affected by the unprecedented Elk Fire in northern Wyoming. It\u2019s vital that residents of Sheridan County and the surrounding areas follow the local evacuation guidelines. I encourage everyone to monitor the Sheridan County website (http://sheridancountywy.gov) for emergency updates and information on helpful resources.\n\n\u201cMy office is working with the state to do everything we can to assist those on the ground in relief efforts. Thank you to all our brave firefighters in Wyoming who risk their lives to keep us safe and protect our homes and communities.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:55:29Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-bill-cuts-red-tape-on-rural-economic-development-grants/", "Barrasso Bill Cuts Red Tape on Rural Economic Development Grants", "2024-09-27", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) recently introduced legislation to make federal grants more accessible for rural communities in Wyoming and across the country. The bill would require the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to work with leaders in rural communities to streamline and simplify the grant application process.\n\n\u201cOur rural communities and small businesses are the backbone of Wyoming\u2019s economy,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cToo many of Wyoming\u2019s smaller communities miss out on federal grant opportunities due to the confusing, burdensome and time-consuming application process. The EDA Short Form Application Act will bring economic development grants within rural Wyoming\u2019s reach. Cutting red tape and creating a shorter, more relevant process will make it easier for Wyoming\u2019s rural communities to successfully apply for these valuable grants.\u201d\n\nThe EDA Short Form Application Act would:\n\nRequire the establishment and use of short form applications for rural communities applying for economic development grant programs, and for other purposes.\n\nRequire the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to consult a representative group of rural stakeholders for input on the following criteria:\n\nThe length of the applications,\n\nThe information and documentation required or requested to be submitted as part of the applications,\n\nThe degree of applicability to rural communities of questions in the applications and information and documentation described requested, and\n\nAny other considerations the Assistant Secretary determines to be necessary for the establishment of the short form application.\n\nFull text of the legislation can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-cosponsor-legislation-to-protect-domestic-agriculture-supply-chains-from-foreign-threats/", "Barrasso, Lummis Cosponsor Legislation to Protect Domestic Agriculture Supply Chains from Foreign Threats", "2024-09-26", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (both R-WY) joined U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) in introducing the bipartisan Securing American Agriculture Act. This legislation would protect Wyoming food and agriculture supply chains from being taken over by foreign adversaries.\n\n\u201cProtecting America\u2019s agricultural and food supply chains from Chinese Communist Party threats is a top priority,\u201d said Barrasso. \u201cChina\u2019s alarming influence on the global agricultural supply chain puts our national security at risk. This legislation will strengthen our agricultural and food security and enable us to act on potential threats against America\u2019s supply chain.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) extends far beyond our borders. From the content we consume on our devices to threats in the Pacific to the slave labor being used to manufacture clothing, the CCP has had an incredibly damaging influence on the United States. We cannot allow our foreign adversaries like China to control us. This commonsense, bipartisan legislation is a crucial step toward safeguarding America\u2019s future,\u201d said Lummis.\n\nChina controls more than 90% of global production of many essential vitamins used in agricultural production, particularly in animal feed. A disruption in the supply of these key inputs could severely damage U.S. supply chains, affecting productivity and food prices.\n\nThe Securing American Agriculture Act would:\n\nRequire the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the U.S. Trade Representative and the Department of Commerce, to conduct an annual threat assessment of critical food and agricultural supply chains.\n\nRequire the Secretary of Agriculture to provide recommendations to mitigate potential threats from the PRC and for legislative and regulatory actions to reduce barriers to domestic critical input production.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/barrasso-lummis-cosponsor-legislation-to-protect-domestic-agriculture-supply-chains-from-foreign-threats/", "Barrasso, Lummis Cosponsor Legislation to Protect Domestic Agriculture Supply Chains from Foreign Threats", "2024-09-26", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (both R-WY) joined U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) in introducing the bipartisan Securing American Agriculture Act. This legislation would protect Wyoming food and agriculture supply chains from being taken over by foreign adversaries.\n\n\u201cProtecting America\u2019s agricultural and food supply chains from Chinese Communist Party threats is a top priority,\u201d said Barrasso. \u201cChina\u2019s alarming influence on the global agricultural supply chain puts our national security at risk. This legislation will strengthen our agricultural and food security and enable us to act on potential threats against America\u2019s supply chain.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) extends far beyond our borders. From the content we consume on our devices to threats in the Pacific to the slave labor being used to manufacture clothing, the CCP has had an incredibly damaging influence on the United States. We cannot allow our foreign adversaries like China to control us. This commonsense, bipartisan legislation is a crucial step toward safeguarding America\u2019s future,\u201d said Lummis.\n\nChina controls more than 90% of global production of many essential vitamins used in agricultural production, particularly in animal feed. A disruption in the supply of these key inputs could severely damage U.S. supply chains, affecting productivity and food prices.\n\nThe Securing American Agriculture Act would:\n\nRequire the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the U.S. Trade Representative and the Department of Commerce, to conduct an annual threat assessment of critical food and agricultural supply chains.\n\nRequire the Secretary of Agriculture to provide recommendations to mitigate potential threats from the PRC and for legislative and regulatory actions to reduce barriers to domestic critical input production.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-introduces-enhanced-energy-recovery-act/", "Barrasso Introduces Enhanced Energy Recovery Act", "2024-09-25", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) was joined by U.S. Senators James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in introducing legislation to enhance carbon capture incentives and energy production.\n\nThe Enhanced Energy Recovery Act (S. 5212) would create parity under the Section 45Q carbon capture tax credit by giving across-the-board, equal treatment for carbon captured for increased energy production, utilization, and sequestration.\n\n\u201cFor years, Wyoming has proudly led the way on carbon capture projects,\u201d said Sen. Barrasso. \u201cWe\u2019ve successfully used this technology to take carbon out of the air and find productive uses for it. One of those uses includes enhanced oil and natural gas recovery \u2013 a technique that significantly increases energy production while reducing carbon emissions. Recent changes to Section 45Q have made it harder for American energy producers and manufacturers to use this credit. The Enhanced Energy Recovery Act fixes this policy by ensuring equal treatment for energy production, utilization, and sequestration. This will bolster our nation\u2019s energy security, support Wyoming\u2019s energy workers, and help lower costs for American families.\u201d\n\n\u201cBuilding the infrastructure to capture carbon in Louisiana will create tens of thousands of jobs and there will be tens of billions of dollars of investment,\u201d said Dr. Cassidy. \u201cThis will help Louisiana continue to lead as an energy and manufacturing state.\u201d\n\n\u201cLong before carbon storage became national buzzwords, Wyoming\u2019s oil and gas workers were already permanently storing CO2 in enhanced oil recovery projects. For over 30 years CO2 injection has not only sequestered carbon in Wyoming but also helped produce millions of barrels of oil that the United States requires to meet energy demand. Senator Barrasso\u2019s bill recognizes that enhanced oil recovery using CO2 deserves equal treatment to non-productive sequestration not only to create a level playing field in the tax code, but also because it supports high-paying oil and gas careers and pumps revenue into state and federal coffers. We applaud Senator Barrasso and urge speedy passage of the Enhanced Energy Recovery Act.\u201d \u2013 Pete Obermueller, President, Petroleum Association of Wyoming\n\n\u201cAt a time where energy demand is soaring, it is more important than ever to ensure that the United States relies on domestic energy sources for our security. Wyoming has long been a leader in carbon management, whether it be using CO2 as a commodity for enhanced oil recovery or paving the way with CCUS technologies. Capturing CO2 and using it to increase our domestic production, keeping energy reliable and affordable for all Americans, is a win for our nation. This bill is a crucial piece of legislation to ensure a level playing field for the growing markets that use CO2. We applaud Senator Barrasso\u2019s continued leadership and efforts to support Wyoming\u2019s energy industry.\u201d \u2013 Rob Creager, Executive Director of the Wyoming Energy Authority\n\n\u201cThe Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) supports Senator Barrasso\u2019s Enhanced Energy Recovery Act. Providing parity between carbon sequestration and utilization within the tax code ensures that CO2 is captured and stored in the most economically viable manner possible. The bill further incentivizes companies to continue to use direct air capture technology, fostering ongoing development and deployment of these cutting-edge emissions reduction technologies with the promise of working toward the goals of overall emissions reduction in the United States. IPAA thanks Senator Barrasso for taking a pragmatic, forward looking approach to management of carbon dioxide emissions.\u201d \u2013 Jeff Eshelman, President & CEO, Independent Petroleum Association of America\n\n\u201cWe are pleased to express our strong support for Senator Barrasso\u2019s Enhanced Energy Recovery Act, which takes a critical step forward in leveling the playing field for carbon oxide sequestration. This balanced approach provides a powerful incentive for the oil and gas industry to continue its leadership in carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) while also recognizing the role of EOR in safely managing carbon dioxide and extending the productive life of oil fields. Senator Barrasso\u2019s vision for equitable treatment of carbon management technologies aligns with the industry\u2019s commitment to reducing emissions, enhancing energy security, and delivering economic benefits to rural communities.\u201d \u2013 Jerry R. Simmons, President & CEO, Domestic Energy Producers Alliance\n\nFull text of the legislation can be found here.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe Enhanced Energy Recovery Act increases the effective value of the 45Q tax credit for captured carbon used in enhanced oil recovery and utilization to match that of sequestration.\n\nCurrently, the full tax credit incentive for carbon used in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and utilization is $60/metric ton, while the value for sequestration is $85/metric ton. This bill sets all three values at $85/metric ton for EOR, utilization, and sequestration.\n\nAdditionally, the bill creates equal treatment for carbon captured through Direct Air Capture (DAC). It increases the value of DAC-captured carbon used for EOR and utilization by increasing the incentive from $130/metric ton, up to $180/ton, consistent with the current value of captured carbon used in sequestration.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-if-harris-wanted-to-secure-the-border-why-hasnt-she-done-it-yet/", "Barrasso: If Harris Wanted to Secure the Border, Why Hasn\u2019t She Done It Yet?", "2024-09-24", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cThe crisis, the chaos, the crime, they are all a direct result of the terrible policies by Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. More than 10 million illegal immigrants have flooded into our country. They\u2019ve done that in just the last four years with Kamala Harris and Joe Biden in the White House.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, spoke on the Senate floor today slamming Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for creating the worst illegal immigration crisis in American history. He discussed how their open-border policies have allowed a violent Venezuelan gang \u2013 known as Tren de Aragua \u2013 to terrorize communities across the country. Senator Barrasso highlighted how one suspected gang member was recently imprisoned in Laramie County, Wyoming.\n\nSen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks:\n\n\u201cI rise today to discuss the crisis that we are facing today in America at our southern border. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have created the worst illegal immigrant crisis in American history.\n\n\u201cKamala Harris and Joe Biden removed every successful policy that was in place during the Trump administration. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden replaced them with policies that released millions upon millions of illegal immigrants into our country.\n\n\u201cThe crisis, the chaos, the crime, they are all a direct result of the terrible policies by Kamala Harris and Joe Biden.\n\n\u201cHere are the facts.\n\n\u201cMore than 10 million illegal immigrants have flooded into our country. They\u2019ve done that in just the last four years with Kamala Harris and Joe Biden in the White House.\n\n\u201cAt the same time, deadly drugs like fentanyl are flowing into our communities. Each year, tens of thousands of Americans are poisoned by fentanyl that comes across our southern border.\n\n\u201cOur communities in every state are being overrun and overwhelmed by this flood of illegal immigrants.\n\n\u201cLet\u2019s look at the horrible scenes that are developing now in Aurora, Colorado, just to the south of my home state of Wyoming. This is a city where members of violent Venezuelan gangs have turned apartment complexes into hellholes.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s exactly what they\u2019ve done. One resident said it\u2019s been a \u2018nightmare.\u2019\n\n\u201cSo how did these gangs find themselves in that situation, in that location? And how did people living in those communities find themselves in this terrorizing situation?\n\n\u201cWell, according to one report, the Harris-Biden administration, along with the city of Denver, provided the incentives.\n\n\u201cWhat are the incentives? Well, Denver offered illegal immigrants two months of subsidized rent. The source of the rent money came from Democrats\u2019 March 2021 reckless tax and spending spree of $1.9 trillion.\n\n\u201cStop and think about that for just a second. The same law that fueled 40-year high inflation \u2013 that caused prices to go up for families all across the country by 20% since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris came into office \u2013 that same bill has now incentivized the worst border crisis in American history.\n\n\u201cIt was Vice President Harris who came and sat in that chair and cast the critical tie-breaking vote right here in the Senate for that reckless spending bill.\n\n\u201cHer one single vote as Vice President \u2013 as President of this institution, the U.S. Senate \u2013 brought record high prices and a record-breaking border disaster.\n\n\u201cThese problems spill over from the sanctuary cities like those in Colorado, and they hit neighboring states like my home state of Wyoming.\n\n\u201cIn Laramie County, Wyoming, law enforcement officials say that the number of illegal immigrants in their jails has more than doubled.\n\n\u201cOne of those jailed illegal immigrants is a suspected member of that violent Venezuelan gang that took over the apartment complex in Colorado. A gang that has been described as \u2018MS-13 on steroids.\u2019\n\n\u201cMake no mistake, Vice President Harris is complicit in all of this border disaster.\n\n\u201cNow, just today, Vice President Harris says she wants to \u2018secure the border.\u2019 New language for her. Well, let me tell you, she hasn\u2019t done it yet.\n\n\u201cFor the past four years, Kamala Harris has been the second most powerful person in the world, and she was appointed by the President to be the Border Czar. He said she knew how, he had full confidence in her, she knew how to handle the problem. Well, as the Border Czar, she has the power to secure the southern border and has that power still today \u2013 not doing it.\n\n\u201cSo, let me ask again, why hasn\u2019t it been done?\n\n\u201cLet me tell you why.\n\n\u201cLike Joe Biden, Vice President Harris wants to smooth the flow of illegal immigrants. Doesn\u2019t want to stop it, oh no, doesn\u2019t want to stop it. Wants to smooth the flow.\n\n\u201cThis is an extreme position and out of touch with the American people.\n\n\u201cLike Joe Biden, Kamala Harris opposes the border wall. She had actually called the wall a \u2018stupid waste of money.\u2019 That\u2019s what we hear from the Vice President of the United States. That is an extreme position compared to what the American people would like to see happen today.\n\n\u201cKamala Harris also said that building the wall to prevent terrorists from entering the country, she said, was the \u2018height of irresponsibility.\u2019 The height of irresponsibility to try to keep terrorists out of the country. Nope, come on in, she wants.\n\n\u201cThis again: Kamala Harris, San Francisco Liberal, extreme position.\n\n\u201cRemember, terror suspects are exploiting our vulnerability. The number of terror suspects that we\u2019ve caught crossing the border has risen by 3,000 percent since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took over the presidency and the vice presidency.\n\n\u201cThis administration promises amnesty for illegal immigrants. This is an invitation. They\u2019re inviting millions upon millions of illegal immigrants into this country. This is an extreme position compared to what the American people want and expect from their elected officials.\n\n\u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing across the country is Kamala Harris, Democrats across the board, San Francisco, providing free health care for illegal immigrants. Another extreme position of the Democrats in the White House.\n\n\u201cThey demand that our hard-earned taxpayer dollars pay for free housing, free preloaded debit cards, free cell phones for illegal immigrants. The American public hate this. This is their taxpayer dollars.\n\n\u201cDemocrats\u2019 open border policies have cost the taxpayers plenty. The numbers are jaw-dropping. $451 billion so far, and the number keeps going up.\n\n\u201cLike President Biden, Kamala Harris wants to stop deporting criminals who are here in this country illegally. She wants to stop it. In the past, she said illegal immigration should not be a crime. Well, once again, out of touch with the American people. It\u2019s an extreme position.\n\n\u201cThis is the truth. Kamala Harris\u2019 policies are no different than the dangerous, disastrous, deadly policies of President Joe Biden, who signed 94 executive orders in his first 100 days in office.\n\n\u201cThis is the problem that our country faces today. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris threw open the borders. 10 million illegal immigrants have come on through.\n\n\u201cWhen this administration stopped building the wall and ended Remain in Mexico, Vice President Harris was right there cheering on Joe Biden.\n\n\u201cWhen Joe Biden brought back the failed policy of catch and release, Vice President Harris had his back.\n\n\u201cWhen Joe Biden wanted to send stimulus checks to illegal immigrants, what happened? Kamala Harris came into this chamber, sat in that chair, and cast the tie-breaking vote for this radical and reckless policy.\n\n\u201cSending stimulus checks to illegal immigrants, just giving them more and more free stuff funded by the American taxpayers.\n\n\u201cTo add insult to injury, Kamala Harris actually has said then, well, the border\u2019s secure. Nobody believes that. I don\u2019t even think she believes it. She should know better. If she does not, that should disqualify her from being a candidate for president or for being president.\n\n\u201cOn September 22nd, Vice President Harris claimed, \u2018we have a secure border\u2019. Who is she listening to? Why didn\u2019t she go and look for herself? Three days earlier, the illegal immigrant who murdered Laken Riley entered our country.\n\n\u201cIt is time to close the book on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and their dangerous border policies. It\u2019s time for us to get serious, Mr. President, about securing the border and making our communities safer.\n\n\u201cSenate Republicans have real solutions. It\u2019s finish the wall. It\u2019s end catch and release. It\u2019s restore the Remain in Mexico policy, a policy that worked. Our solution also includes deporting illegal immigrants and stopping illegal immigrants from voting in our elections.\n\n\u201cSo, I return to the question I asked at the beginning: if Kamala Harris wants to secure the border, why hasn\u2019t she done so yet?\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-thune-pressure-broadband-czar-harris-on-mismanagement-of-federal-initiatives/", "Lummis, Thune Pressure \u201cBroadband Czar\u201d Harris on Mismanagement of Federal Initiatives", "2024-09-23", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C\u2014U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD), in sending a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris regarding her egregious mismanagement of federal broadband initiatives. In 2021, President Biden assigned the Vice President to lead broadband service expansion to rural and unserved communities. Under Harris\u2019 reign as \u201cBroadband Czar,\u201d the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program has gone untouched, failing to connect a single person to the internet. The lack of broadband access is especially hurting our most rural states like Wyoming.\n\n\u201cThe digital divide is most apparent in the Cowboy State\u2019s most rural communities, and it is past time for the broadband czar to do her job and use the BEAD program to eliminate the difficulties people in Wyoming face when trying to access reliable broadband services. It is critical for Kamala Harris to prioritize deploying broadband throughout the west,\u201d said Lummis.\n\nFor a copy of the letter, click here. The text is below.\n\nDear Vice President Harris:\n\nWe are writing to express serious concerns regarding your role as the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s \u201cbroadband czar\u201d and the mismanagement of federal broadband initiatives under your leadership. It appears that your performance as \u201cbroadband czar\u201d has mirrored your performance as \u201cborder czar,\u201d marked by poor management and a lack of effectiveness despite significant federal broadband investments and your promises to deliver broadband to rural areas.\n\nAs you are aware, Congress, through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, provided the National Telecommunications and Information Administration with $42.45 billion for the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. These funds are intended to provide broadband access to unserved communities, particularly those in rural areas.\n\nIn 2021, you were specifically tasked by President Biden to lead the administration\u2019s efforts to expand broadband services to unserved Americans. And at the time, you stated, \u201cwe can bring broadband to rural America today.\u201d Despite your assurances over three years ago, rural and unserved communities continue to wait for the connectivity they were promised. Under your leadership, not a single person has been connected to the internet using the $42.45 billion allocated for the BEAD program. Indeed, Politico recently reported on \u201cthe messy, delayed rollout of\u201d this program.\n\nInstead of focusing on delivering broadband services to unserved areas, your administration has used the BEAD program to add partisan, extralegal requirements that were never envisioned by Congress and have obstructed broadband deployment. By imposing burdensome climate change mandates on infrastructure projects, prioritizing government-owned networks over private investment, mandating the use of unionized labor in states, and seeking to regulate broadband rates, your administration has caused unnecessary delays leaving millions of Americans unconnected.\n\nThe administration\u2019s lack of focus on truly connecting the unconnected has failed the American people and represents a gross misuse of limited taxpayer dollars. The American public deserves better.\n\nSincerely,\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-lead-bill-to-bolster-security-for-presidential-nominees-in-the-wake-of-trump-assassination-attempts/", "Barrasso, Lummis Lead Bill to Bolster Security for Presidential Nominees in the Wake of Trump Assassination Attempts", "2024-09-20", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Following the second assassination attempt on President Trump in just 65 days, Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (both R-WY) joined Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) in leading 10 of their colleagues in introducing the Protect Our Presidents Act, which enhances U.S. Secret Service (USSS) protection for presidential nominees to the same level currently provided to a sitting U.S. president.\n\n\u201cOur nation has witnessed two horrifying assassination attempts on President Trump,\u201d said Barrasso. \u201cWe were merely inches away from a catastrophic event that would have changed the course of our history. This cannot happen again. The Protect Our Presidents Act will ensure all presidential nominees receive the same level of protection provided to the president. This will give law enforcement the resources they need to keep President Trump and all of the candidates safe.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe two confirmed assassination attempts against former President Trump have made it abundantly clear that we need to shore up protection details for presidential candidates,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cWhat President Trump and his family have gone through in the last 65 days is unimaginable. No presidential candidate should fear for their safety or the wellbeing of their family. I am partnering with Senator Rick Scott to ensure President Trump and all future presidential nominees have the protection they need so they can focus on promoting their respective platforms, not fearing for their safety.\u201d\n\nThe Protect Our Presidents Act would:\n\nRequire the USSS to provide presidential nominees the same level of protection provided to the president, as well as any necessary protective measures.\n\nThe nominee may decline the increased protection if they so choose.\n\nMandate regular reporting:\n\nThe USSS must brief and report on the status of the presidential nominee\u2019s protection to the Speaker of the House, the House Minority Leader, the Senate Majority Leader, the Senate Minority Leader, members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee every 15 days during a presidential election year.\n\nThis report will include the threat level for each presidential nominee, the security measures being implemented, associated costs, the number of personnel permanently assigned to each protective detail, and any unmet security needs.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/barrasso-lummis-lead-bill-to-bolster-security-for-presidential-nominees-in-the-wake-of-trump-assassination-attempts/", "Barrasso, Lummis Lead Bill to Bolster Security for Presidential Nominees in the Wake of Trump Assassination Attempts", "2024-09-20", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Following the second assassination attempt on President Trump in just 65 days, Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (both R-WY) joined Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) in leading 10 of their colleagues in introducing the Protect Our Presidents Act, which enhances U.S. Secret Service (USSS) protection for presidential nominees to the same level currently provided to a sitting U.S. president.\n\n\u201cOur nation has witnessed two horrifying assassination attempts on President Trump,\u201d said Barrasso. \u201cWe were merely inches away from a catastrophic event that would have changed the course of our history. This cannot happen again. The Protect Our Presidents Act will ensure all presidential nominees receive the same level of protection provided to the president. This will give law enforcement the resources they need to keep President Trump and all of the candidates safe.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe two confirmed assassination attempts against former President Trump have made it abundantly clear that we need to shore up protection details for presidential candidates,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cWhat President Trump and his family have gone through in the last 65 days is unimaginable. No presidential candidate should fear for their safety or the wellbeing of their family. I am partnering with Senator Rick Scott to ensure President Trump and all future presidential nominees have the protection they need so they can focus on promoting their respective platforms, not fearing for their safety.\u201d\n\nThe Protect Our Presidents Act would:\n\nRequire the USSS to provide presidential nominees the same level of protection provided to the president, as well as any necessary protective measures.\n\nThe nominee may decline the increased protection if they so choose.\n\nMandate regular reporting:\n\nThe USSS must brief and report on the status of the presidential nominee\u2019s protection to the Speaker of the House, the House Minority Leader, the Senate Majority Leader, the Senate Minority Leader, members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee every 15 days during a presidential election year.\n\nThis report will include the threat level for each presidential nominee, the security measures being implemented, associated costs, the number of personnel permanently assigned to each protective detail, and any unmet security needs.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-joins-charge-to-penalize-eco-terrorists-who-vandalize-pipelines/", "Lummis Joins Charge to Penalize Eco-Terrorists Who Vandalize Pipelines", "2024-09-17", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-Wy) joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), a member of the Senate Western Caucus, in introducing legislation to protect U.S. energy infrastructure from attacks and threats by radical environmentalists. The Safe and Secure Transportation of American Energy Act would expand criminal penalties to include vandalism, tampering and disruption of pipelines which will protect energy infrastructure out west.\n\n\u201cAmerica\u2019s energy industry is critical to our national security, yet there is little recourse for punishing eco-terrorists who attempt to tamper with or disrupt pipeline construction or operations,\u201d said Senator Lummis. \u201cWe can no longer allow far-left extremists to get a pass for their blatant disregard for the safety and well-being of innocent Americans which is why I am partnering with Senator Cruz to ensure these crimes do not go unpunished.\u201d\n\nCurrent federal law punishes those who damage or destroy operating pipelines but does not clearly cover vandalism, tampering or disruption of pipeline construction. The Safe and Secure Transportation of American Energy Act addresses this gap. In 2018, charges were dropped against environmental extremists who attempted to shut down Minnesota pipelines because it couldn\u2019t be proven their actions caused \u2018damage.\u2019\n\nSenators Deb Fischer (R-NE), Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) cosponsored the legislation.\n\nRead the full text of the legislation here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-democrat-tax-hikes-would-strangle-small-businesses/", "Barrasso: Democrat Tax Hikes Would Strangle Small Businesses", "2024-09-13", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cRepublicans have been very loud and clear that we\u2019re going to do everything that we can in our power to make sure these tax increases never happen.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 At Thursday\u2019s Senate Committee on Finance hearing, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) discussed the damaging impact of Democrats\u2019 proposed tax hikes on small businesses in Wyoming with tax policy experts Jeff Brabant of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and Daniel Bunn of the Tax Foundation.\n\nSpecifically, Senator Barrasso detailed the concerns expressed by Wyoming\u2019s small business owners about tax increases, as well as the negative impact that a supercharged death tax would have on family businesses.\n\nBrabant and Bunn testified at today\u2019s Senate Committee on Finance hearing on The 2025 Tax Policy Debate and Tax Avoidance Strategies.\n\nOn Democrats\u2019 Proposed Tax Hikes for Small Businesses\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve been a member of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) when I was practicing medicine in Casper, Wyoming. Our Casper Orthopedics was a proud member.\n\n\u201cThere are a couple of questions, things I\u2019d like to talk with you about in terms of what\u2019s happening here. Plenty of talk on the numerous tax increases that are facing small businesses coming into 2025.\n\n\u201cRepublicans have been very loud and clear that we\u2019re going to do everything that we can in our power to make sure these tax increases never happen.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve talked about the death tax, the expiration of the small business tax deduction, and increased tax rates across the board that would impact small business owners.\n\n\u201cTo go even further though, Democrats seem to want to add to that uncertainty that is facing the country and threaten small business owners with a new supercharged death tax, increased capital gains rates, an additional 5% surtax on small business income.\n\n\u201cI mean, this to me looks like a plan to strangle small businesses.\n\n\u201cSo are you hearing from small businesses and the owners about these provisions? And what are they telling you about the 2025 expirations and some of these new tax hikes and proposals that are being threatened?\u201d\n\nFollow-Up:\n\n\u201cSo the things I mentioned that you mentioned are inflation, increased prices, hiring fewer people, higher unemployment. So what impact are these tax proposals then going to have on our broader economy?\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on Democrat tax hikes.\n\nOn the Supercharged Death Tax and Family Businesses\n\n\u201cI travel all around Wyoming and talk to farmers, ranchers, and small business owners.\n\n\u201cOn Labor Day, I was in the small town of Meeteetse, Wyoming \u2013 a town that\u2019s so small that the high school football team plays in the six-man division because that\u2019s as many students as they have to be able to play.\n\n\u201cOne of the things that keeps them up at night is hearing this stuff about this stepped-up basis.\n\n\u201cMany operations across Wyoming and small businesses are generational. The Biden-Harris administration has proposed this supercharged death tax. If my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have their way in 2025, they\u2019d allow the current death tax exemption to expire.\n\n\u201cWhen I hear about this in Meeteetse, Wyoming, this has really gotten out a long way from Washington for people worried about what Washington may do that\u2019s going to apply to their freedoms, life, their livelihood.\n\n\u201cAre you hearing the same thing from members of NFIB about keeping the current death tax exemption in place, as well as concerns about these new supercharged death tax as well as this stepped-up basis?\u201d\n\nFollow-Up:\n\n\u201cWe have a group called the Centennial Ranch Group. We have a celebration each year for those that have kept the ranch in the family for 100 years in Wyoming. Wyoming has only been a state for a little less than 140 years.\n\n\u201cThese are families that have been through drought, fire, terrible winters, all of it. Yet, their biggest threat to continuing in the family business is the federal government on what they\u2019re doing along those lines. So I appreciate your comments on that.\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on the supercharged death tax.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-cosponsors-legislation-to-protect-farms-out-west-from-foreign-land-purchases/", "Lummis Cosponsors Legislation to Protect Farms out West from Foreign Land Purchases", "2024-09-12", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) and 15 of their colleagues in introducing the bipartisan Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024. This legislation increases oversight and flags agricultural land purchases made by foreign adversaries. This added layer of scrutiny impacts U.S. farmland acquisitions by China, North Korea, Russian and Iran and will protect western agriculture producers from being taken over by our adversaries.\n\n\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has invaded the west through farmland acquisition threatening the livelihood and safety of Wyoming residents. Food security is national security, and our country must prioritize keeping American farmland out of the hands of our enemies,\u201d said Sen. Lummis.\n\n\u201cChinese ownership of American farmland increased more than 20-fold in the past decade. The amount of American soil in the hands of our foreign adversaries will only go up if we do not implement restrictions and oversight, especially on nations that compromise our national security and agricultural supply chains. I\u2019m proud to lead this effort to protect American farms and food security,\u201d said Sen. Braun.\n\n\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party has proven over and over again they cannot be trusted. They are our adversary, not our ally. All Americans should be alarmed by the amount of American farmland China and other foreign entities own. Giving our adversaries any control over our agricultural resources is a direct threat to our national and food security. Senator Braun\u2019s legislation will help protect America\u2019s farms and safeguard our food supply,\u201d said Sen. Barrasso.\n\nSenators John Barrasso (R-WY), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Joni Ernst (R-IA), all members of the Senate Western Caucus, cosponsored this legislation.\n\nThe Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 would:\n\nPermanently include the Secretary of Agriculture as a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) with respect to covered transactions involving agricultural land, agricultural biotech or the transportation, storage and processing of agricultural products.\n\nAuthorize the Secretary of Agriculture to report both agricultural land transactions that involve foreign persons of China, North Korea, Russia or Iran and transactions that require AFIDA reporting to CFIUS.\n\nThe House passed the companion bill, introduced by Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), this week.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-americans-are-struggling-biden-harris-policies-are-to-blame/", "Barrasso: Americans are struggling. Biden-Harris policies are to blame.", "2024-09-11", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cMonth after month, year after year, Americans watch their costs go up and their savings go down\u2026 Americans cannot afford four more years of failure. Americans need a break from the damaging policies of Vice President Harris.\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Senator Barrasso\u2019s full remarks.\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, spoke today on the Senate floor about the economic nightmare caused by the policies of the Biden-Harris administration. Under the Biden-Harris administration, prices have risen over 20 percent, making life unaffordable for hardworking American families. Senate Republicans have solutions to make life more affordable and to unleash American energy.\n\nSenator Barrasso\u2019s Remarks:\n\n\u201cI come to the Floor today to discuss the need to get our Nation and our Economy back on track.\n\n\u201cWe learned the morning, new number have come out on inflation, prices are higher today than they were the day that the Biden-Harris administration took over by over 20 percent.\n\n\u201cI hear about in Wyoming every weekend. I heard about it this past weekend, how high prices have become and the crushing effect that has had on families in my state of Wyoming and all around the country.\n\n\u201cThis has been going on now for over three years. Prices have continued to go up.\n\n\u201cAnd this crisis of high prices has been cumulative. The impact on families has been cumulative. It is regrettably causing very hard choices for families to make. It shouldn\u2019t be this way.\n\n\u201cHere is a recent headline from CBS News: \u2018More Americans are having to choose between food and energy bills.\u2019 Clearly this is a reflection on the Biden-Harris administration.\n\n\u201cOne of the folks who talked about that was Stacy Freedman. Mrs. Freedman says her energy bills each month cost her hundreds of dollars. As she told CBS News, \u2018sometimes I have to choose whether I\u2019m going to pay the light bill\u201d or \u201cpay all the rent or buy food or not let my son\u2019 participate in a sport.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s what happened under the Biden-Harris administration. The impact of the high prices caused by the massive amounts of government spending\u2014passed without a single Republican vote\u2014 stimulated an amount of increase in prices, the highest in 40 years.\n\n\u201cMrs. Freedman\u2019s story is sadly all too common.\n\n\u201cMany Americans know are feeling the high cost and the high anxiety related to the high cost of goods and services in their lives. Nearly 4 out 10, 2 out of 5, Americans say they worry about their ability to pay their own bills.\n\n\u201cSince 2019, utilities cost the average American almost $300 more each month. Not $300 a month, $300 more each month from what they were paying before.\n\n\u201cThese are the costly and cumulative consequences of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris\u2019s war on affordable and reliable American energy.\n\n\u201cMr. President, if you ask people around the country, they know that this is an administration who has strongly come out against American energy.\n\n\u201cThey froze federal oil and gas leases. They discouraged new energy production. They issued regulations to ban gas-powered vehicles \u2013 the kind of vehicles most Americans drive.\n\n\u201cSo, it\u2019s not a surprise that high energy prices continue to bother and cause pain for families.\n\n\u201cMonth after month, year after year, Americans watch their costs go up and regrettably see their savings\u2014if they have savings\u2014go down.\n\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris administration has offered no solutions to our nation\u2019s cost of living crisis.\n\n\u201cDemocrats instead tell Americans not to believe the price tags at the grocery stores or the price at the gas pump. They want you to believe everything is okay. Americans know that isn\u2019t so.\n\n\u201cWe learned last month that the Bureau of Labor Statistics \u2013 which is supposed to keep accurate unemployment data \u2013 well they reported faulty numbers. A million jobs, touted by the Biden-Harris administration, do not actually exist.\n\n\u201cThey never existed. They were never created. Yet the Biden-Harris administration claimed credit for jobs that do not exist.\n\n\u201cMeanwhile, we\u2019ve had two straight months where job growth was lower than expected.\n\n\u201cAmerica today has fewer manufacturing jobs than we did last year.\n\n\u201cIn Michigan, autoworkers are getting laid off.\n\n\u201cLast month, the carmaker Stellantis announced plans to lay off more than 2,000 American workers from its plants in Detroit.\n\n\u201cThis is the same carmaker that received hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies \u2013 a tidal wave of electric vehicle grants from the Biden-Harris administration. And they\u2019re laying off people. Take the money from the government \u2013 from the Biden Administration from the Harris administration \u2013 and lay off workers.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s no surprise that last night in the debate Kamala Harris couldn\u2019t even answer the first question when asked \u201cAre you better off now than you were 4 years ago.\u201d Are you American people better off now than they were 4 years ago?\n\n\u201cShe could not defend herself. She could not say yes. Because people are not better off now than they were 4 years ago.\n\n\u201cThese recent layoffs come as they switch their assembly lines from gas-powered vehicles to electric vehicles.\n\n\u201cThousands of American workers soon to be put in the unemployment line as a result to what Harris and Biden and the Democrats are continuing to promote.\n\n\u201cDemocrats\u2019 regulations, Democrats\u2019 rhetoric of impending climate doom are crushing American jobs.\n\n\u201cIt is no wonder that Biden and Harris are now running from their record, and it is a record of ruin for the economy.\n\n\u201cThe flip flops, the walk backs, and the cover ups are all too apparent.\n\n\u201cThe American people know the policies of Vice President Harris had a chilling impact on our American economy.\n\n\u201cWhen then-Senator Harris was rated the most liberal member of the United States Senate, Americans listened.\n\n\u201cWhen Vice President Harris said recently that her values have not changed, people listened again.\n\n\u201cAmericans are struggling. Biden-Harris policies, and the Democrat polices, are to blame.\n\n\u201cRemember how we got here. Democrats passed trillions of dollars in reckless, radical, runaway spending.\n\n\u201cIt was so unpopular\u2014not a single Republican voted for it\u2014 it had to pass with a tie-breaking vote.\n\n\u201cAnd who broke the vote? Well, the Vice President of the United States, comes to the Senate to pass the tie-breaking vote and that would be Kamala Harris. Now the Democrat candidate for President of the United States.\n\n\u201cVice President Harris came to this chamber and sat in that chair and cast the vote that broke the tie that brought us record-high inflation. 40-year high inflation.\n\n\u201cAmericans cannot afford four more years of failure.\n\n\u201cAmericans need a break from the damaging policies of Vice President Harris.\n\n\u201cWhat Harris is proposing is more wasteful, Washington spending. Harris wants to raise taxes on the middle class, and impose socialist-style price controls.\n\n\u201cShe supports banning fracking. She supports banning gas-powered vehicles. She wants to make energy more expensive.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s how she\u2019s voted. That\u2019s how her rhetoric has been. And as she\u2019s said, her values haven\u2019t changed.\n\n\u201cVice President Harris would continue the nightmare of high prices and high taxes.\n\n\u201cLet\u2019s remember, it was different three and a half years ago under the Trump administration.\n\n\u201cBack then, paychecks were going up. Inflation was nonexistent. Americans were breaking free of poverty. America was energy dominant. Our Southern border was safe and secure. Not anymore.\n\n\u201cPeople want go back to those days of American prosperity again.\n\n\u201cSo, it is time to turn the page from the disastrous policies of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.\n\n\u201cRepublicans will work to lower prices, to unleash American energy, and to get this nation back on track.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-wyoming-delegation-urges-usda-to-support-local-wildfire-recovery-efforts/", "Wyoming Delegation Urges USDA to Support Local Wildfire Recovery Efforts", "2024-09-06", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis as well as U.S. Representative Harriet Hageman (all R-Wyo.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging approval of a disaster designation request in response to the devastating wildfires across the state. Having a formal disaster designation in place gives Governor Mark Gordon and the state of Wyoming access to federal resources and disaster relief programs for the impacted areas and industries.\n\nIn the letter, the delegation emphasized the immense damage suffered and its implications for Wyoming\u2019s agricultural production. The delegation expressed strong support for Gov. Gordon\u2019s disaster designation request and urged the USDA to allow for regulatory flexibility while Wyoming\u2019s agricultural infrastructure is rebuilt.\n\n\u201cWyoming has faced an extremely damaging fire season with more than half a million acres lost. The total number of fires so far in Wyoming this year is 522 with 24 being larger than 1,000 acres,\u201d the delegation wrote. \u201cA disproportionate amount of the area burned so far has occurred on private lands that are being used for agricultural production. As you consider this request, we urge you to consider the profound impact the disaster designation will have in sustaining Wyoming\u2019s producers and agricultural community.\u201d\n\nFull text of the letter can be found here.\n\nDear Secretary Vilsack,\n\nToday, we are writing you in support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Secretarial disaster designation request from Governor Mark Gordon due to the unprecedented wildfire losses Wyoming experienced in the 2024 fire season. Wyoming has faced an extremely damaging fire season with more than half a million acres lost. The total number of fires so far in Wyoming this year is 522 with 24 being larger than 1,000 acres. A disproportionate amount of the area burned so far has occurred on private lands that are being used for agricultural production. As you consider this request, we urge you to consider the profound impact the disaster designation will have in sustaining Wyoming\u2019s producers and agricultural community.\n\nOne significant example of the devastation occurring in Wyoming is the House Draw Fire in Johnson County, which has burned more than 170,000 acres. Approximately 84% of these acres is privately owned while the remainder is a combination of the Bureau of Land Management administered lands and State of Wyoming Trust lands. Presently this fire is 94% contained and expenditure will go above $25 million. This fire has resulted in the destruction of at least 590 miles of fence, numerous stock tanks, livestock forage, and sadly, livestock themselves. We believe similar statistics will emerge during the loss determination process for the other large wildfires in Eastern and Northern Wyoming in particular.\n\nWe would also ask for your consideration for allowing maximum program flexibility due to the nature of Wyoming\u2019s agriculture. For example, the impacted area is home to more than 35,000 sheep for which the wildlife friendly fencing standards of Natural Resource Conservation Service prohibit effective containment for some situations. Due to the amount of fencing lost in Wyoming this year, we would also support Governor Gordon\u2019s request for your consideration of a waiver for the in-person inspection requirement for damaged fencing along with any other streamlined review processes that could expedite the rebuilding of so much fence. Finally, any leeway you could provide with respect to payment limitations or adjusted gross income limits for program eligibility would be appreciated as Wyoming is home to the largest average size agricultural operation in the country which could inadvertently exclude producers whom cannot afford needed restoration. We believe the availability of the Emergency Environmental Quality Incentives Program would be a significant help in our efforts to recover from these fires.\n\nAgain, we request you carefully consider Wyoming\u2019s request. It will have a profound impact on our state\u2019s agricultural producers.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-slams-biden-harris-administrations-solar-plan/", "Lummis Slams Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s Solar Plan", "2024-08-30", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 Today, Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) issued the following statement after the Biden-Harris administration issued its updated solar plan which makes 31 million acres throughout the west, including in Wyoming, available for solar development.\n\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris administration is hellbent on destroying the western way of life by closing off access to public lands for oil and gas drilling, grazing, recreation and industries our states rely on to stay afloat, all in the name of climate extremism. It is outrageous that this same administration that wants to greatly limit access for most industries on federal lands now wants to drastically increase the amount of land available for solar energy development. It is time for this administration to stop picking winners and losers and prioritize multiple use of federal lands as is required under existing laws,\u201d said Lummis.\n\nThe solar plan adds five additional states, including Wyoming, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon, to the 2012 Obama-era Western Solar Plan. That plan prioritized solar development in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:32Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/barrasso-lummis-slam-blms-latest-land-grab-proposal-in-wyoming/", "Barrasso, Lummis Slam BLM\u2019s Latest Land Grab Proposal in Wyoming", "2024-08-22", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S.Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-WY, released the following statements in response to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)\u2019s misguided Rock Springs Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP).\n\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris administration is pushing Wyoming off an economic cliff with nothing more than a tattered parachute,\u201d said Barrasso. \u201cThe Rock Springs Resource Management Plan strangles responsible natural resource development. This plan isn\u2019t designed to manage Wyoming\u2019s natural resources. It is designed to suffocate them. While I\u2019m grateful for the efforts of those on the ground in Wyoming who worked to improve the original proposal, the plan unveiled today directly jeopardizes Wyoming\u2019s economy and our way of life.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris administration has made it abundantly clear that it is far more focused on appealing to radical environmentalists than supporting western communities,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cThe BLM\u2019s recently announced Rock Springs Resource Management Plan is only the latest in a series of land grabs that punishes Wyoming and the entire west. Locking up lands in southwestern Wyoming will deliver a seismic blow to Wyoming\u2019s economy, devastating our communities and further emboldening unelected bureaucrats in Washington to prioritize political pandering over the economic and environmental stability of the region. In brazenly bypassing over a decade\u2019s worth of knowledge from local experts and stakeholders, this administration not only punishes the state of Wyoming but jeopardizes America\u2019s energy independence and our national security.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:32Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-cosponsors-bipartisan-legislation-to-halt-the-flood-of-illicit-packages-into-the-united-states/", "Lummis Cosponsors Bipartisan Legislation to Halt the Flood of Illicit Packages Into the United States", "2024-08-14", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced bipartisan legislation to help Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stop the flow of illicit goods, including fentanyl, counterfeits and products made with forced labor, into the country by tightening import requirements for low-value packages. This legislation is an important first step in addressing the fentanyl crisis plaguing Wyoming communities.\n\n\u201cWhether through the southwest border or in packages mailed into the United States, China is using any tool available to get illicit drugs across our border,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cIt is time for CBP to crack down on shipments from China to ensure drugs and products made using slave labor are encountered before making it into our communities.\u201d\n\nIn recent years, the number of direct-to-consumer shipments from foreign corporate giants like Shein and Temu into the U.S. has quadrupled. These retailers are abusing a customs process called \u201cde minimis\u201d entry, which allows packages under $800 to enter the country tariff-free and under a streamlined process. As the volume of packages has increased, CBP has struggled to effectively target shipments and keep out packages containing illicit drugs, counterfeits, products made with forced labor and other goods that voilate U.S. law.\n\nThe Fighting Illicit Goods, Helping Trustworthy Importers, and Netting Gains (FIGHTING) for America Act would tighten the rules for de minimis entry and help CBP more effectively stop unlawful imports. The legislation would ensure that Chinese corporate giants cannot use the de minimis process to avoid paying tariffs on textiles, shoes and apparel or evade trade penalties imposed because of Chinese trade cheating. Reducing the overall volume of low-value packages entering under de minimis would promote enforcement of U.S. trade laws and level the playing field for U.S. manufacturers and works.\n\nFor text of the bill, click here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:32Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-introduces-legislation-to-preserve-national-security-prevent-the-chinese-communist-party-from-purchasing-american-land/", "Lummis Introduces Legislation to Preserve National Security, Prevent the Chinese Communist Party from Purchasing American Land", "2024-08-14", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) led three of her Senate Western Caucus colleagues in introducing the No American Land for Communist China Act to prevent the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from purchasing land adjacent to federal lands. This legislation will protect Wyoming and other western states from the threat of the CCP buying up lands next to federal lands which could harm critical mineral and energy production taking place on those lands.\n\n\u201cThe people of Wyoming should not have to worry about the CCP buying up western land in order to spy on the federal government or undermine our domestic energy and critical mineral production,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cAllowing foreign adversaries to purchase our land is like welcoming a fox into the hen house, and I am introducing this legislation to preserve our national security and prevent the CCP from acquiring American land to spy on our government.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe people of Wyoming work hard each day to protect and manage lands throughout our state. Wyoming and the West are the center of critical energy and mineral production for our nation. We cannot open the door to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and put our domestic energy production at risk,\u201d said Barrasso. \u201cLetting the CCP buy up and use our western lands is dangerous, reckless, and a serious threat to our national, economic, and energy security.\u201d\n\n\u201cAllowing the CCP to purchase western lands poses a plethora of risks including threats to our national security and encroachment on America\u2019s natural resources. This legislation protects Idaho and our western neighbors from threats seen and unseen,\u201d said Crapo.\n\n\u201cThe purchase of American land by the Chinese Communist Party drains our country of resources and puts our national security at risk. We should not allow anyone affiliated with the CCP to own a single inch of American soil,\u201d said Cotton.\n\n\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party is at our doorstep, and we best not let them in,\u201d said Newhouse. \u201cI have been closely watching the rise in cases of theCCP\u2019s attempts at undermining our institutions. From spying on sensitive national security sites to buying up American farmland, it is clear we are vulnerable to their malicious efforts. This bill strengthens our domestic defenses and protects critical federal lands against these foreign actors that aim to deepen their already dangerous influence on the world stage. I thank Senator Lummis for introducing the Senate version of my legislation.\u201d\n\nThis legislation prohibits any agent or business affiliated with the CCP from purchasing land adjacent to federal land in the United States. Senate Western Caucus members Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) cosponsored this legislation.\n\nHouse Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the companion bill in the U.S. House of Representatives.\n\nFull text of the legislation can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:32Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-join-senate-republicans-in-demanding-biden-harris-admin-immediately-deliver-weapons-to-israel/", "Barrasso, Lummis Join Senate Republicans in Demanding Biden-Harris Admin Immediately Deliver Weapons to Israel", "2024-08-02", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and their Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to the Biden-Harris administration to protest its partial arms embargo against Israel.\n\nIn the letter, the senators urged the White House to immediately deliver the necessary weapons to Israel to defend themselves, cease accommodations to Iran, and stop putting the lives of American servicemembers at risk.\n\n\u201cThis weekend, Hezbollah fired Iranian-made missiles into northern Israel, murdering 12 children and injuring dozens in the single deadliest attack on that part of the country since October 7 \u2026 while Tehran financed the attack and Hezbollah conducted it, your fear of escalation has left Israel exposed and our enemies emboldened,\u201d the senators wrote.\n\n\u201cWe write once again to protest your administration\u2019s partial arms embargo against Israel. The actions of the Biden-Harris administration run counter to our long history of robust military cooperation with Israel and cast doubt upon the reliability of the United States as a long-term security partner,\u201d the senators continued. \u201cYour stalling tactics are endangering our greatest ally in the Middle East and jeopardizing the lives of our American servicemembers stationed in the region.\u201d\n\nFull text of the letter can be found here.\n\nDear President Biden:\n\nThis weekend, Hezbollah fired Iranian-made missiles into northern Israel, murdering 12 children and injuring dozens in the single deadliest attack on that part of the country since October 7. The ultimate responsibility for this attack rests with Hezbollah and the ayatollahs in Iran. However, while Tehran financed the attack and Hezbollah conducted it, your fear of escalation has left Israel exposed and our enemies emboldened.\n\nWe write once again to protest your administration\u2019s partial arms embargo against Israel. The actions of the Biden-Harris administration run counter to our long history of robust military cooperation with Israel and cast doubt upon the reliability of the United States as a long-term security partner. Your actions also violate the will of Congress as expressed in the recent supplemental that funded emergency military support to Israel.\n\nWhen Prime Minister Netanyahu publicly raised the weapons hold in June, your administration adamantly denied the accusation. You ignored Congressional inquiries, including a May 6, 2024, letter from Senator Marshall, a May 6, 2024, letter from Senator Ernst, a May 14, 2024, letter from Senator Risch and a June 20, 2024, letter from Senator Cotton. All the while, you were deliberately delaying the delivery of weapons, ammunition, and equipment to Israel. These include 120 mm tank ammunition, 120 mm mortar ammunition, light tactical vehicles, air-to-air missiles, F-15s, F-35 engines, joint direct attack munition kits, 2,000 pound bombs, rifles, and guided missile systems.\n\nWhile your administration delays, Hamas continues to wage war against Israel, the Houthis continue to attack in the Red Sea, and Hezbollah continues its onslaught in northern Israel. Your stalling tactics are endangering our greatest ally in the Middle East and jeopardizing the lives of our American servicemembers stationed in the region. We urge you to use every available emergency authority to expedite the physical delivery of all weapons and ammunition to Israel that have been approved by Congress.\n\nYour administration must stop accommodating Iran and its terrorist allies now.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:32Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-republicans-will-get-america-back-on-track/", "Barrasso: Republicans Will Get America Back on Track", "2024-08-02", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cWhat do Americans want? Lower prices and secure borders. What are the Democrats? The Party of High Prices and Open Borders.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) recently spoke on the Senate floor about Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s dangerously liberal track record of high prices and open borders. Senator Barrasso compared her failures with Senate Republican solutions to get America back on track.\n\nClick here to watch Senator Barrasso\u2019s full remarks.\n\nSenator Barrasso\u2019s Remarks:\n\n\u201cLast week, Mr. Biden gave what many consider his Farewell Address. Americans are eager to say farewell \u2013 and in many ways, good riddance \u2013 to Joe Biden and the policies that he brought along with the Democrats upon our country. It\u2019s been a record of ruin.\n\n\u201cWhen Americans look at the state of the nation today, they don\u2019t like what they see. Three out of four Americans will tell you the country is heading in the wrong direction.\n\n\u201cPrices are 20% higher than they were when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris came into office. People are forced to cut back, forced to decide whether they can fill their gas tanks or their grocery carts. According to CNN, nearly 40% of all Americans say they worry they can\u2019t pay their bills.\n\n\u201cSo how did we get here? Democrats passed trillions of dollars in reckless and radical and runaway spending.\n\n\u201cIt was so unpopular as a proposal \u2013 and Congress heard from the American people how unpopular it was \u2013 it was so unpopular that at a point it was tied, the vote, and then they had to bring in someone to break the tie.\n\n\u201cWho was that person who cast that tie-breaking vote that brought us 40-year high inflation, the highest prices in 40 years for which so many people suffer today? That person was Vice President Kamala Harris.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s right. Vice President Harris, who is now the nominee of the Democrat Party running for president. She is the one that came into this chamber to cast the vote to break the tie that fueled the highest prices that we continue to experience today.\n\n\u201cWe also have a very long, national nightmare occurring at our southern border. That is yet another result of the dangerously liberal agenda of Vice President Harris.\n\n\u201cWe had a secure border four years ago. Then, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris came into the White House. Biden and Harris canceled the border wall. Biden-Harris canceled remain in Mexico. They replaced detain and deport with catch and release.\n\n\u201cPresident Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris presided over an invasion of our southern border by 10 million illegal immigrants. Since the time Vice President Harris was appointed as Border Czar, millions and millions of illegal immigrants have come into the country. Millions and millions of more known got-aways hiding from authorities have gotten into this country. In total we\u2019re looking at 10 million illegal immigrants now in our communities.\n\n\u201cMany communities across this country are overrun and overwhelmed. Yet Joe Biden and Kamala Harris don\u2019t seem to care. They don\u2019t seem to care about the drugs and the death and the destruction that are harming American families from coast to coast.\n\n\u201cVice President Harris has a view of border security that to me is particularly twisted and tortured. Here is her view, as she stated it.\n\n\u201cBasically, if you\u2019re an illegal immigrant, you\u2019re not a criminal, according to Kamala Harris. But if you are an agent of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, in her words, you\u2019re comparable to the Ku Klux Klan. That\u2019s from the Vice President of the United States.\n\n\u201cShe also believes this: if you\u2019re illegal immigrant, you\u2019re entitled to free health care. If an American citizen, she proposes that you would actually you lose your ability to choose your health care and private health care would be eliminated. No private health care for American citizens, who would then be forced to pay for health care for illegal immigrants.\n\n\u201cThat is the view of the Vice President of the United States, and now the candidate for President by the Democrat Party. It is ignorant. It is insulting. And it is out of touch.\n\n\u201cIf her views are America\u2019s policy, millions and millions more illegal immigrants will continue to flood across our southern border. It\u2019s a magnet drawing people in.\n\n\u201cIt wasn\u2019t that way four years ago under the Trump administration. Back then, paychecks rose, prices were in check, and poverty fell at record rates. America was energy independent. Gas prices were affordable. Our border was safe and was secure.\n\n\u201cNone of that is true today. Not under this administration or these policies of the Biden-Harris administration.\n\n\u201cDemocrats and this administration, at this time in our country, will always be known as the Party of High Prices and Open Borders. Most Americans believe that our country is on the wrong track, and I believe most Americans are right. We are on the wrong track.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s good news, and that\u2019s that America can get back on track. We can get back on track with common sense policies, policies that work, policies the American people are asking for.\n\n\u201cSenate Republicans have solutions to the most pressing problems that are facing the American public today.\n\n\u201cFirst, we\u2019re going to address the number one issue facing Americans. Americans will tell you the number one issue they\u2019re concerned about, that\u2019s the economy, the cost of things. We\u2019re going to make life more affordable for all families. That starts with making us energy dominant again and lowering the cost of energy. Republicans will put a stop to Democrats\u2019 punishing, political regulations that are just coming at us like a tidal wave since the day this administration began. We will end America\u2019s dependence on Communist China. We will strengthen American manufacturing, and we will put American workers and businesses first.\n\n\u201cRepublicans also have solutions that will make our communities safer. Republicans will secure the border. We will finish the wall. Republicans will restore a program that worked called Remain in Mexico. This will stop the flood of illegal immigrants and the flow of deadly drugs.\n\n\u201cRepublicans support our police officers, and we stand against the deadly defund the police movement \u2013 the very movement that Kamala Harris and Democrats proudly support. Kamala Harris actually came into this chamber to break the tie for radical nominees by this administration, a number of whom support defunding the police. That\u2019s the stand and that\u2019s the policy of the Biden-Harris administration.\n\n\u201cAbroad, Republicans will restore America\u2019s commitment to peace through strength. Here in the Senate, Republicans will protect our institutions and protect the rule of law. We firmly reject Democrats\u2019 plans to pack the court and rig the elections.\n\n\u201cThese are solutions that unite Americans.\n\n\u201cJoe Biden is leaving behind a catastrophic record of ruin. We cannot afford four more years of these policies. Yet what we see is Vice President Harris and Democrats want to nationalize the dangerously liberal policies of San Francisco Democrats. And that\u2019s what she is, a very liberal, dangerous San Francisco Democrat. That\u2019s her history.\n\n\u201cNow, her voting record in the United States Senate, she was voted the most liberal member of the United States Senate. More liberal than Bernie Sanders. The most liberal of 100 United States Senators.\n\n\u201cWhat we see is that, as Vice President and now presidential nominee, she wants to bring the California nightmare of high taxes, high crime, and no accountability to every household in America. These policies would crush the middle class.\n\n\u201cWhat do Americans want? Lower prices and secure borders. What are the Democrats? The Party of High Prices and Open Borders.\n\n\u201cSenate Republicans will lower Democrats\u2019 wallet-wrecking high prices. Senate Republicans will work to secure our wide-open border, and we\u2019ll work to keep Americans safe at home as well as abroad.\n\n\u201cThere is no question that Republicans are committed to get America back on track.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:32Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-newhouse-introduce-legislation-to-overturn-biden-harris-administrations-burdensome-environmental-justice-initiatives/", "Lummis, Newhouse Introduce Legislation to Overturn Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s Burdensome Environmental Justice Initiatives", "2024-08-02", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Congressional Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse (WA-04) introduced the Reducing Environmental Gamesmanship (REGS) Act to prohibit federal agencies from forcing the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s radical environmental justice initiatives on the west by nullifying two executive orders.\n\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris administration has made it crystal clear that it will do anything to appease its radical environmental base, even at the expense of Wyoming and the American west,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cWyoming households continue to shell out record amounts of their hard-earned money to keep up with this administration\u2019s self-inflicted high energy costs at a time when they\u2019re already spending more to keep up with inflation. I am partnering with Rep. Newhouse to overturn this administration\u2019s radical agenda to ease the financial strain this administration has put on western communities and scale back the executive branch\u2019s self-awarded power.\u201d\n\n\u201c\u2018Environmental justice\u2019 is another ploy by extreme activists to block traditional energy and infrastructure projects and force a green transition,\u201d said Newhouse. \u201cThe reality is that if this agenda is put in place, the very low-income communities the left is claiming to help would be overburdened by higher energy costs. I\u2019m proud to partner with Senator Lummis to overturn the Biden Administration\u2019s environmental justice executive orders to help underserved communities and reclaim Congress\u2019 legislative authority post-Chevron doctrine.\u201d\n\nWithout direction from Congress, the Biden administration has decided that 40% of the funding from certain federal programs must go to \u201cdisadvantaged communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution.\u201d President Biden has said the \u201cpursuit of environmental justice is a duty of all executive branch agencies and that federal agencies should be taking action now to incorporate this charge into their missions,\u201d despite the fact that such authority lies with Congress. The Biden-Harris administration\u2019s environmental justice initiatives have exacerbated permitting delays, creating even more red tape and delaying environmental cleanup.\n\nThe Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act created a program for orphan well plugging with clear, set guidelines for eligibility. However, as part of its environmental justice initiative, the Department of the Interior requires states to include environmental justice activities in their applications, in clear violation of congressional intent and rendering the program infeasible for many states while delaying the cleanup of orphan wells. In light of the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which ended the Chevron doctrine, Chairs Newhouse and Lummis introduced this legislation to reclaim Congress\u2019 authority.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:32Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-bill-prevents-who-from-spending-american-tax-dollars-on-pandemic-treaties/", "Barrasso Bill Prevents WHO from Spending American Tax Dollars on Pandemic Treaties", "2024-08-01", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced legislation to prevent the World Health Organization (WHO) from repeating its egregious pandemic failures. This bill would prohibit the WHO from using American taxpayer dollars on partisan international pandemic treaties without approval by the United States Senate.\n\nThe Defending American Sovereignty in Global Pandemics Act would stop the United States from entering any international agreement, convention, or instrument under the WHO related to pandemic prevention or response without ratification by the Senate. Additionally, the WHO would be prohibited from spending U.S. funds on such agreements until it is ratified by the Senate.\n\n\u201cThe World Health Organization\u2019s (WHO) mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic was inexcusable,\u201d said Barrasso. \u201cTheir blatant partisanship and incompetence inflicted lasting harm on our country\u2019s health and economy. We cannot grant the WHO the authority to spend Americans\u2019 hard-earned tax dollars on another failed pandemic response.\u201d\n\nCo-sponsors of this legislation include U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Roger Marshall (R-Kans.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).\n\nBackground:\n\nSenator Barrasso co-signed a letter to President Biden urging him to withdraw U.S. support for two international agreements that would strengthen the WHO\u2019s power to declare public health emergencies and expand their authority over member states.\n\nSenator Barrasso is an original co-sponsor of S.444, the No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act and S.Res.81, the WHO Pandemic Treaty Implementation Resolution.\n\nFull text of the legislation can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:32Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-senate-unanimously-passes-barrasso-resolution-condemning-assassination-attempt-of-donald-trump/", "Senate Unanimously Passes Barrasso Resolution Condemning Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump", "2024-08-01", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced a resolution formally condemning the attempted assassination of President Donald J. Trump on July 13, 2024. The bipartisan resolution passed the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent.\n\nThe bipartisan resolution also honors Corey Comperatore, who died protecting his family at the rally, as well as David Dutch and James Copenhaver, who were critically injured. The resolution calls for unity and civility across the country.\n\n\u201cOn July 13, our nation witnessed a horrifying assassination attempt on President Trump. Our country was inches away from a catastrophic event that would have changed the course of our history,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cToday, the United States Senate came together in condemning this horrifying act against a former president and current Republican candidate for president.\n\n\u201cWe also honor the life of a brave American, Corey Comperatore, who did not hesitate to give his life protecting his family. We honor David Dutch and James Copenhaver, who were both critically injured. Americans deserve to attend political events and exercise their rights without fear for their lives. Congress is determined to find answers and ensure this never happens again,\u201d continued Senator Barrasso.\n\nCo-sponsors of this resolution include U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Deb Fisher (R-Neb.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), John Kennedy (R-La.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Jerry Moran (R-Kans.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), JD Vance (R-Ohio), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-Nev.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz), Angus King (I-Maine), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-N.M.), Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), Ed Markey (D- Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).\n\nFull text of the resolution can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:32Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/barrasso-lummis-lead-legislation-to-simplify-arduous-grant-application-process/", "Barrasso, Lummis Lead Legislation to Simplify Arduous Grant Application Process", "2024-08-01", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014 U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the USDA Grant Simplification Act to create a standardized \u201cshort form\u201d grant application for United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) grants for rural municipalities and political subdivisions whose primary concern is management and maintenance of infrastructure. This would make it much easier for Wyoming communities to apply for federal funds.\n\n\u201cWashington\u2019s overburdensome application process is holding Wyoming\u2019s rural communities back from getting the important funding they need,\u201d said Barrasso. \u201cWyoming and other rural states will benefit greatly from a shorter, more simplified process. This important bill I joined with Senator Lummis will streamline the application process and ensure Wyoming communities have better access to these vital grant programs.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe most rural portions of Wyoming are often the areas most in need of federal funding, yet few small communities have the manpower to sift through the federal government\u2019s lengthy grant application process,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cIn order to ensure Wyoming\u2019s smallest communities have access to the federal funding they need, I have partnered with Senator Barrasso to streamline the grant application process and remove unnecessary roadblocks for the Cowboy State\u2019s smallest communities.\u201d\n\nThis legislation directs the Secretary of Agriculture to create a \u201cshort-form\u201d version of grant applications for rural communities and entities no later than 180 days after enactment to be made available for incorporated municipalities, tribal areas and territories with populations under 10,000 residents.\n\nThis short-form application would also be available for local entities such as water districts, irrigation districts, road and bridge districts, and fire districts. It also directs the secretary to solicit input from a representative group of rural communities concerning issues such as length of grant applications, information requested for applications and applicability of questions and materials requested of rural communities and provides the secretary an additional 90 days to identify grants most in need of short-form applications.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:32Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-leads-bill-to-preserve-second-amendment-rights-for-law-abiding-wyoming-citizens/", "Lummis Leads Bill to Preserve Second Amendment Rights for Law-Abiding Wyoming Citizens", "2024-08-01", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced legislation to shield law-abiding gun owners in Wyoming from Democrats\u2019 blatant Second Amendment infringements. The Lawful Purpose and Historical Firearms Act not only protects the people of Wyoming\u2019s right to own and use firearms for lawful purposes but preserves our nation\u2019s firearms heritage by allowing museums and researchers to have access to a wide variety of weaponry to display for the public.\n\n\u201cWyoming is home to some of the most impressive firearm museums in the country, yet the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s latest attack on our Second Amendment rights threatens to limit museums\u2019 access to certain historical weapons and would allow important parts of our history to be lost,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cThe Second Amendment could not be clearer, and we have a responsibility to protect law-abiding Wyoming citizens and museums from this administration\u2019s gun-grabbing policies.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis critical legislation would serve as a firewall against future anti-gun administrations bypassing Congress and imposing gun control measures,\u201d said Randy Kozuch, Executive Director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA). \u201cSenator Lummis\u2019 bill would also ensure that all lawful purposes, including self-defense, would have to be given due consideration and respect in the administration of federal law. On behalf of our millions of members nationwide, we thank Senator Lummis for taking the lead on these important and necessary reforms.\u201d\n\n\u201cNot many people know that non-government museums are bound by firearms laws in the United States,\u201d said Ashley Hlebinsky, Executive Director of the Firearms Research Center at the University of Wyoming. \u201cAs a result, many historically significant artifacts are destroyed because they cannot be legally possessed by non-governmental entities. No matter where one sits on the political debate regarding firearms, a desire to preserve our nation\u2019s history should be universal. Artifacts connect us to a time and place and we learn, for better or worse, who we are, and who we want to be. It\u2019s exciting to see a bill seeking to allow respected institutions to be stewards of those collections in perpetuity.\u201d\n\nThe Lawful Purpose and Historical Firearms Act would:\n\nEliminate most restrictions in federal firearms laws that require a \u201csporting purpose,\u201d which is inconsistent with the Second Amendment.\n\nRequire the federal government to allow firearms to be imported into the United States under most conditions, so long as they do not come from a country with which the United States has historically denied import licenses (e.g., an embargo).\n\nEnable the return of historical American firearms (like the M1 Garand) which were lent to foreign governments like South Korea during the Cold War, allowing their eventual sale to veterans, shooting clubs and all Americans with an interest in these firearms. President Trump enabled the return of thousands of M1 Garands from the Philippines in 2018 after their return was blocked by President Obama.\n\nExempts museums from paying a transfer tax under the National Firearms Act on machine guns, suppressors, short-barreled rifles and other similar weapons so long as the firearm is intended for public display, research purposes or preservation as a historical artifact.\n\nPrevents shotguns, shotgun shells and certain other large-caliber rifles from being classified as \u201cdestructive devices\u201d under the National Firearms Act.\u201d\n\nEliminates the vast majority of import restrictions for most firearms (other than machine guns).\n\nPermits the temporary interstate loan or rental of a firearm for all lawful purposes.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:32Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-crapo-lead-letter-blasting-irs-power-grab/", "Barrasso, Crapo Lead Letter Blasting IRS Power Grab", "2024-07-31", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Finance, led their colleagues in a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Danny Werfel blasting the IRS for wasting taxpayer dollars on an illegitimate and unnecessary direct file tax preparation program.\n\nIn the letter, the senators highlight how this program was never authorized by Congress and is a massive expansion of the power of the IRS.\n\n\u201cWe write with serious concerns regarding your agency\u2019s recent unilateral and unauthorized action to create a permanent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Direct File tax preparation program\u2026 The American people do not want an all-encompassing IRS acting simultaneously as the tax collector, tax auditor, tax enforcer, and tax preparer,\u201d the senators wrote. \u201cTaxpayers already have access to numerous free tax-filing options and dozens of national non-profit entities offer tax preparation services at no cost\u2026The IRS does not have unlimited resources and should focus on improving information technology systems, data privacy, and long-standing customer service issues.\u201d\n\nCo-signers include U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), John Kennedy (R-La.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.).\n\nFull text of the letter can be found below:\n\nDear Commissioner Werfel,\n\nWe write with serious concerns regarding your agency\u2019s recent unilateral and unauthorized action to create a permanent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Direct File tax preparation program. Despite numerous problems and objections from members of Congress, the IRS announced the launch of its permanent Direct File program on May 30, 2024.\n\nThis program was not authorized by Congress and is a massive and ill-advised expansion of the power of the IRS. The recent ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo calls into question administrative actions that go beyond the clear intent of Congress.\n\nThe IRS was not authorized to launch a new tax preparation program, despite legislation to do so having been previously introduced. It was given the narrow authority and funds to study the feasibility of a Direct File program. Public Law 117-169, which was jammed through Congress on a partisan basis, gave the IRS $15 million to conduct an unbiased study that would examine the feasibility, taxpayer interest, and cost of a Direct File tax return system. Instead, the IRS hired a partisan think tank and professor, who were already on record as being supportive of a Direct File program.\n\nImmediately following the completion of the study, the IRS moved forward with a Direct File \u201cpilot\u201d program to prepare tax returns for the 2024 filing season. Now, in the face of widespread concerns and criticism, the IRS has decided to make this temporary and experimental program into a permanent government tax preparation scheme. The American people do not want an all-encompassing IRS acting simultaneously as the tax collector, tax auditor, tax enforcer, and tax preparer.\n\nSerious legal questions exist about the IRS Direct File launch. Many of these issues have been raised in congressional letters, statements, and inquiries. Notably, the Attorneys General from 13 states raised their concerns about the Direct File program in a letter to the administration saying, \u201cTreasury\u2019s attempt to establish an IRS-run Direct File system side-steps Congress\u2019 constitutional authority and the will of the American people by unilaterally establishing a new government program and further empowering an IRS that has repeatedly targeted some of the most vulnerable taxpayers.\u201d We, as elected lawmakers, share the same view.\n\nOn top of these serious legal concerns, we also have policy and implementation concerns about Direct File. For example, despite rhetoric from the agency and proponents of Direct File, as well as a sustained media and outreach campaign, the initial pilot program fell short of its target metrics. Less than 140,000 taxpayers utilized the program, far short of the expected 300,000 participants \u2013 and even further short of the potential user pool. Of the estimated 19 million eligible tax filers from 12 selected states, only 0.7% of taxpayers utilized the program.\n\nAdditionally, the IRS Direct File program is not adequately equipped to support tax returns for the tens of millions of Americans who have anything other than extremely basic returns. For example, Direct File excluded many categories of taxpayers, such as those who own their own businesses, collect income from property and investment, or work as independent contractors, such as ride-share drivers and delivery workers.\n\nFurther, Direct File is not fully integrated with state-level tax filings, forcing taxpayers to file state and local taxes with other providers (or by paper). This resulted in Direct File participants having to spend more time and additional resources to complete their tax filing this season. Under an expanded and permanent program, this particular issue would be exacerbated. This is one reason why 21 state financial officers, representing 18 different states, penned a letter to the IRS and Department of Treasury pushing back on the Direct File program. They wrote, \u201cWe urge you to terminate Direct File following the current pilot program, as Direct File will create challenges for taxpayers and state treasurers and the costs of Direct File far outweigh any potential benefits it may confer to taxpayers. Regrettably, Direct File is a solution in search of a problem.\u201d\n\nThere are also questions and concerns regarding the actual cost, and cost estimates, of the program. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), in an assessment of the IRS Direct File pilot program said, \u201c\u2026when we asked the IRS for documentation supporting how it arrived at these various cost estimates, it could not provide us with any. As such, we could not evaluate if the IRS\u2019s cost estimates were reasonable.\u201d The Government Accountability Office (GAO) agreed with TIGTA\u2019s assessment. The GAO concluded the pilot was not capturing information that would improve the IRS\u2019 cost/benefit analyses of Direct File.\n\nThe IRS, by its own estimate, believes the Direct File program could cost in excess of $249 million annually. This is in contrast with various successful free filing options offered or supported by the private sector which impose no cost on taxpayers. Other government websites and platforms of similar magnitude and complexity have cost taxpayers billions of dollars, such as the Obamacare enrollment system which was subject to numerous failures and crashes. As the IRS seeks to expand the Direct File program and displace free private sector options, we believe the costs associated with the program would skyrocket.\n\nTaxpayers already have access to numerous free tax-filing options and dozens of national non-profit entities offer tax preparation services at no cost. More than 30 million taxpayers annually utilize these services, which are far more effective. The IRS does not have unlimited resources and should focus on improving information technology systems, data privacy, and long-standing customer service issues. It should not be focused on unilaterally expanding its own power, without congressional approval, through a permanent government tax preparation scheme that is unnecessary, problematic, costly, and illegitimate.\n\nWe request written responses to the following questions no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 14, 2024:\n\n1. What is the specific statutory basis for the IRS launching and maintaining a permanent Direct File program?\n\na. How does this cited authority demonstrate Congress\u2019 clear intent that the IRS permanently undertake such a program?\n\nb. How does the IRS respond to the claim that the recent ruling from SCOTUS (Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo) reaches situations of administrative overreach, like the unilateral creation of a Direct File program?\n\n2. What funds does the IRS believe Congress specifically appropriated for the purpose of launching and maintaining a Direct File tax system?\n\n3. Did the IRS reallocate or otherwise redirect funds obligated to or originally anticipated to be spent on other programs and initiatives, like Taxpayer Services, to pay for the creation of the pilot and permanent Direct File programs?\n\na. If so, please provide information detailing how much funding and which accounts the money was shifted from, as well as which accounts money will be shifted from in the future.\n\n5. The IRS claims the Direct File pilot program was a success despite TIGTA\u2019s report from June 25, 2024, which found that the IRS met only three of seven of its self-identified key requirements for Phase A of the Direct File pilot program. GAO also found that the pilot would not collect data to adequately inform cost/benefit analyses of the IRS running a Direct File program. How could the IRS claim its program launch was a success when it fell short on key metrics and requirements, or that its reviews of the merits of the initiative are reasonable when both government oversight agencies tasked with reviewing the IRS have flagged them as fundamentally flawed?\n\n6. What is the IRS doing to address concerns raised by 21 state financial officers who believe taxpayers might be harmed from the impact the Direct File program will have on state and local tax filing?\n\na. How will the IRS address the scope of the Direct File program to interact properly with the state and local tax filing process across numerous tax jurisdictions?\n\n7. The IRS has repeatedly sidestepped concerns about the inherent conflicts of interest in operating a Direct File program, many of which have been previously raised with you publicly (including in unanswered questions for the record to you from your last hearing with the Senate Finance Committee) and privately. To hone a few of these:\n\n8. Does the IRS have plans to expand the scope of its Direct File program for taxpayers filing returns for pass-through business income or corporate income?\n\nThank you in advance for your attention to this matter and your prompt response to our questions.\n\nSincerely,\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-introduces-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-legislation/", "Lummis Introduces Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Legislation", "2024-07-31", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Following her announcement of a historic proposal to supercharge the U.S. dollar and pay down the national debt by establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve, today U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) officially introduced the Boosting Innovation, Technology and Competitiveness through Optimized Investment Nationwide (BITCOIN) Act in the U.S. Senate.\n\n\u201cAs families across Wyoming struggle to keep up with soaring inflation rates and our national debt reaches new and unprecedented heights, it is time for us to take bold steps to create a brighter future for generations to come by creating a strategic Bitcoin reserve,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cBitcoin is transforming not only our country but the world and becoming the first developed nation to use Bitcoin as a savings technology secures our position as a global leader in financial innovation. This is our Louisiana Purchase moment that will help us reach the next financial frontier.\u201d\n\nThe BITCOIN Act establishes a strategic Bitcoin reserve to serve as an additional store of value to bolster America\u2019s balance sheet and ensure the transparent management of Bitcoin holdings of the federal government. Specifically, the legislation would:\n\nEstablish a decentralized network of secure Bitcoin vaults operated by the United States Department of Treasury with statutory requirements ensuring the highest level of physical and cybersecurity for the nation\u2019s Bitcoin holdings.\n\nImplement a 1-million-unit Bitcoin purchase program over a set period of time to acquire a total stake of approximately 5% of total Bitcoin supply, mirroring the size and scope of gold reserves held by the United States.\n\nBe paid for by diversifying existing funds within the Federal Reserve System and Treasury Department.\n\nAffirm self-custody rights of private Bitcoin holders and emphasize that the strategic Bitcoin reserve shall not infringe upon individual financial freedoms.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-china-is-puppet-master-using-russia-iran-against-u-s/", "Barrasso: China is \u201cPuppet Master\u201d Using Russia, Iran against U.S.", "2024-07-30", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cI view China as the puppet master here pulling the strings\n\nwith what\u2019s happening in Iran and North Korea, as well as Russia.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 At today\u2019s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) questioned Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell of the U.S. Department of State on the Biden administration\u2019s failure to prevent China\u2019s use of adversarial countries to weaken American dominance.\n\nSenator Barrasso outlined how the Biden administration has allowed China to evade U.S. sanctions and support America\u2019s adversaries by purchasing Russian and Iranian oil. Barrasso also discussed China\u2019s potential strategic use of these adversarial countries to obtain control over Taiwan.\n\nDeputy Secretary Campbell testified at today\u2019s Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on Strategic Competition with the PRC: Assessing Competitiveness Beyond the Indo-Pacific.\n\nOn China Helping America\u2019s Adversaries Evade Oil Sanctions\n\n\u201cWe had a briefing last week that many of us attended on the committee on who\u2019s helping Russia and what roles there are in that. I wanted to go along that area of questioning because I\u2019m concerned about China\u2019s support for our adversaries.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s clear China is actively helping both Russia and Iran evade U.S. sanctions.\n\n\u201cIn fact, oil revenues from China are propping up Russian and Iranian economies. They get to buy them at a discount, so China benefits from that. And then Iran and Russia get the money from China.\n\n\u201cI view China as using Russia as a wrecking ball.\n\n\u201cIran, right now, is exporting almost 1.3 million barrels of oil to China every day when there are supposed to be sanctions in place. The Treasury Secretary says, \u2018well, they can\u2019t do any more,\u2019 but the New York Times pointed out just how much oil that the U.S. is allowing and the sanctions that are being evaded.\n\n\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is providing the materials, the technology, the components that Russia and Iran need to wage their wars.\n\n\u201cIt just seems to me the administration has failed to prevent China from purchasing Russian and Iranian energy resources. Do you agree?\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on China helping American adversaries.\n\nOn China Using America\u2019s Adversaries to Obtain Control of Taiwan\n\n\u201cI view China as the puppet master here pulling the strings with what\u2019s happening in Iran and North Korea, as well as Russia in their efforts.\n\n\u201cThe concern is that with our involvement in a number of locations around the world \u2013 whether it\u2019s with Ukraine, whether it\u2019s in Israel \u2013 that this is an effort by China to ultimately have us engaged in a number of places and ultimately make it easier for them to take Taiwan, which I believe is one of their single goals.\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on China\u2019s strategy to take Taiwan.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-mullin-legislation-to-make-the-bald-eagle-the-national-bird-passes-the-senate/", "Lummis & Mullin Legislation to Make the Bald Eagle the National Bird Passes the Senate", "2024-07-29", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) announced their bill to designate the bald eagle as the national bird passed the Senate.\n\n\u201cFor more than 240 years, the bald eagle has been synonymous with American values, yet it is still not officially our national bird,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cToday\u2019s bipartisan passage brings us one step closer to solidifying the eagle\u2019s place as an enduring symbol of our freedom, and I look forward to seeing this legislation pass the House and signed into law soon.\u201d\n\n\u201cI am thrilled our bill has just passed the U.S. Senate,\u201d said Sen. Mullin. \u201cThe bald eagle is a strong symbol of patriotism for our nation, and it\u2019s past time we make this designation official. Thank you to my colleagues in the Senate who supported it.\u201d\n\nThe bill passed the Senate unanimously.\n\nSenators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith (both D-MN) also co-led this legislation.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-announces-revolutionary-proposal-to-supercharge-the-dollar-bolster-u-s-economy/", "Lummis Announces Revolutionary Proposal to Supercharge the Dollar, Bolster U.S. Economy", "2024-07-27", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 Today, during Bitcoin 2024, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) announced a revolutionary proposal to supercharge the U.S. dollar by establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve to fortify the dollar against rising inflation and cement U.S. leadership in the rapidly evolving global financial system.\n\n\u201cEstablishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve would firmly secure the dollar\u2019s position as the world\u2019s reserve currency into the 21st century and ensure we remain the world leader in financial innovation,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cFamilies across Wyoming and the U.S. are struggling to keep up with soaring inflation rates and record-breaking costs while our national debt reaches unprecedented levels; now more than ever, we need to create a brighter future for generations of Americans by diversifying into Bitcoin and securing our economic future.\u201d\n\nThe United States currently maintains strategic reserves in certain hard assets critical to American national security and independence such as gold and petroleum. Establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve to bolster the U.S. dollar with a digital hard asset will secure our nation\u2019s standing as the global financial leader for decades to come. This strategic Bitcoin reserve would be required to hold onto the Bitcoin for 20 years, the only thing it could be used to pay for during that time period is paying down our country\u2019s national debt.\n\nSpecifically, the legislation would:\n\nEstablish a decentralized network of secure Bitcoin vaults operated by the United States Department of Treasury with statutory requirements ensuring the highest level of physical and cybersecurity for the nation\u2019s Bitcoin holdings.\n\nImplement a 1-million-unit Bitcoin purchase program over a set period of time to acquire a total stake of approximately 5% of total Bitcoin supply, mirroring the size and scope of gold reserves held by the United States.\n\nBe paid for by diversifying existing funds within the Federal Reserve System and Treasury Department.\n\nAffirm self-custody rights of private Bitcoin holders and emphasize that the strategic Bitcoin reserve shall not infringe upon individual financial freedoms.\n\nThe bill is expected to be introduced in the coming days with additional cosponsors to be announced.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/senate-western-caucus-members-voice-concerns-surrounding-proposed-osha-rule-change-impact-on-emergency-response-activities/", "Senate Western Caucus Members Voice Concerns Surrounding Proposed OSHA Rule Change Impact on Emergency Response Activities", "2024-07-26", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Vice Chair Sullivan (R-AK), and two of their Senate Western Caucus colleagues sent a letter to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration\u2019s (OSHA) Assistant Secretary Douglas Parker to urge him to consider the unintended consequences the administration\u2019s new proposed \u201cEmergency Response Standard\u201d will have on volunteer EMS, firefighters, and wilderness search and rescue operations.\n\n\u201cThis one-sized-fits-all rule would be an incredible burden to the volunteer EMS, fire, and wilderness search and rescue in Wyoming and the west,\u201d the senators wrote. \u201cIt would impose additional health and safety requirements that are not relevant to their daily operations and be financially straining for volunteer crews.\u201d\n\nSenators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) consigned the letter.\n\nThis rule replaces the fire brigade standard from 1980 and would make it impossible for volunteer crews to obtain the necessary training hours to meet these standards.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-senate-declares-july-27-national-day-of-the-american-cowboy/", "Senate Declares July 27 National Day of the American Cowboy", "2024-07-25", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 In a tribute to the hardworking men and women who shaped the traditions of the American West, the United States Senate has declared July 27, 2024, the National Day of the American Cowboy.\n\nThe bipartisan resolution, which the Senate passed unanimously, was introduced by U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., along with their colleagues in the Senate.\n\nStarted in 2005 by U.S. Senator Craig Thomas, the National Day of the American Cowboy traditionally coincides each year with Cheyenne Frontier Days. The resolution honors the culture, traditions and values of the American Cowboy way of life that are still alive today.\n\n\u201cIn Wyoming, we live each day by the Cowboy Code. We honor a life of honesty, hard work, and integrity,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cThe American cowboy symbolizes the spirit, values and traditions the people of Wyoming cherish most. Each year, I look forward to celebrating this special day with our American cowboys and cowgirls in Wyoming.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe American cowboy has been a well-known and longstanding symbol of honesty, grit and determination across the country,\u201d said Senator Lummis. \u201cOn National Day of the American Cowboy, we celebrate the significant impact cowboys and cowgirls have had on our nation by honoring the enduring traditions the Cowboy State continues to hold so dear.\u201d\n\nOther co-sponsors of the resolution include U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas).\n\nFull text of the resolution can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-calls-on-leaders-to-affirm-americas-unwavering-commitment-to-israel/", "Barrasso Calls on Leaders to Affirm America\u2019s Unwavering Commitment to Israel", "2024-07-24", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke today on the Senate floor following Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s speech to a Joint Meeting of Congress.\n\nSenator Barrasso affirmed his unwavering support for Israel in their effort to defeat Hamas and to bring the hostages home.\n\nSen. Barrasso\u2019s Remarks:\n\n\u201cThe Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, just delivered a historic speech to Congress.\n\n\u201cThis was the fourth time the Prime Minister has spoken to the United States Congress. That\u2019s more than the late Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill.\n\n\u201cLike Prime Minister Churchill, Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke of a battle between freedom and evil. He shared with us welcome news. And that news is that freedom is winning.\n\n\u201cIsrael is committed to bringing home the hostages, to protecting its citizens from the atrocities that occurred on the October 7th attack.\n\n\u201cMeanwhile, the Hamas terrorist network is under more pressure than ever. Half of its senior leadership is dead. Its military chief has likely been eliminated.\n\n\u201cRemember, Hamas is a terrorist group. It governs through fear and violence.\n\n\u201cHamas violently rejects the right of Israel to exist and the right of Jews to live in Israel.\n\n\u201cHamas hides behind civilians. It uses them as human shields.\n\n\u201cHamas stores its military weapons designed to kill in hospitals, in schools, and in homes.\n\n\u201cHamas has stolen billions of dollars of humanitarian aid to build its terror tunnel all around the area of the Gaza Strip. This is the same tunnel network where for 9 months and counting 116 hostages, including 8 American hostages, are being held by Hamas terrorists.\n\n\u201cI stand firmly with Israel as Israel fights to finish the war and defeat Hamas.\n\n\u201cSadly, supporting Israel has grown more divisive in this country than I\u2019ve ever seen. Today\u2019s Democrats are abandoning our greatest ally in the Middle East. They are calling to put conditions on aid to Israel.\n\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris administration has delayed the delivery of war-winning weapons. The Senate Democrat Leader meddled in Israeli politics. He proclaimed in no uncertain terms on the floor of this body that Prime Minister Netanyahu should step down.\n\n\u201cThe senior senator from Vermont went even further. Last month, he declared that Prime Minister Netanyahu is a \u2018war criminal.\u2019 That accusation is disturbing, it is damaging, and it is dishonest.\n\n\u201cIf that weren\u2019t bad enough, Vice President Harris skipped the Prime Minister\u2019s speech entirely. The Vice President typically presides over joint sessions of Congress. With her snub to Israel, Vice President Harris is leading the Democrats\u2019 Bibi Boycott.\n\n\u201cCatering to the pro-Hamas wing of the Democrat Party is not serious leadership. Not at all.\n\n\u201cThe vice president now wants to be the Commander-in-Chief, yet she refuses to put politics aside and work with our indispensable ally. Her actions send a defeatist message to our enemies and a defeatist message to our allies alike.\n\n\u201cThis is a time when it is so critical for us to restore confidence in America. Here\u2019s what we need to do and how to do it: We do it through Peace through Strength. With strong, steady, and serious support for Israel and for Israel\u2019s right to exist.\n\n\u201cWhat is the approach of President Biden today? What is the approach of Vice President Harris? And what is the approach of the Senate Democrats, members of this body? Is it to continue to appease our adversaries and abandon our friends?\n\n\u201cThis is a dangerous world. It is more dangerous under the failed policies of the Biden-Harris administration. America cannot continue down Democrats\u2019 path of war and weakness. Keeping America safe requires America and Israel working together. We heard that today in the joint session of Congress.\n\n\u201cRepublicans believe in Israel\u2019s mission to defeat Hamas. We understand fully what is at stake, and our support is firm. We must unite and bring back Peace through Strength.\n\n\u201cNow more than ever, the American people need to stand with Israel. And I\u2019m one of those people that will continue to stand with Israel.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-releases-orange-paper-highlighting-the-pitfalls-of-bidens-bitcoin-mining-tax-proposal/", "Lummis Releases Orange Paper Highlighting the Pitfalls of Biden\u2019s Bitcoin Mining Tax Proposal", "2024-07-23", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released an \u201corange paper\u201d in response to the Biden administration\u2019s FY 2025 budget proposal requesting a new 30% \u201cexcise\u201d tax on electricity for Bitcoin miners, detailing the ways this disastrous proposal will erode American prosperity and financial innovation.\n\n\u201cPresident Biden is fond of saying budget proposals reflect his values, and his latest budget proposal \u2013 which targets Bitcoin miners with punitive and unfounded electricity taxes \u2013 makes it crystal clear he does not value this integral part of our financial future,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cThe Biden administration\u2019s proposal is not only counterproductive to its own goals but jeopardizes an integral and growing sector of the American economy in an effort to pander to its radical, far-left base.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-cruz-cornyn-lee-introduce-bill-to-block-the-biden-administrations-latest-weaponization-of-the-esa-to-attach-u-s-oil-and-gas-producers/", "Lummis, Cruz, Cornyn, Lee Introduce Bill to Block the Biden Administration\u2019s\u00a0Latest Weaponization of the ESA to Attach U.S. Oil and Gas Producers", "2024-07-17", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), John Cornyn (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT), all members of the Senate Western Caucus, in introducing legislation to block the Biden administration\u2019s latest attempt to abuse the antiquated Endangered Species Act(ESA) to punish oil and gas producers across the west. Their legislation would reverse a final rule issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listing the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard as endangered.\n\n\u201cThis administration continues to use the outdated ESA to pummel energy producers across the west with heavy-handed regulations that compromise our energy independence to score points with climate change alarmists back in Washington,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cDespite embarrassingly low recovery rates, this administration will use any species it can to drown ranchers and landowners out west in a sea of red tape with no regard for the broader consequences. Our ability to achieve energy independence is paramount to our national security, and I will not stand idly by as this administration continues its chronic misuse of the ESA.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Biden administration has used the federal government to suppress American energy production at the exact time when the country and indeed the world needs access to affordable American energy,\u201d said Cruz. \u201cThis disastrous rule threatens American jobs and undermines the production of energy in the Permian Basin. I call on the Senate to expeditiously take up and pass my legislation to reverse it.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis rule is nothing more than a veiled attempt by the Biden administration to kneecap American energy under the guise of conservation,\u201d said Cornyn. \u201cWe should be doing more \u2013 not less \u2013 to unleash domestic energy production, which is why I look forward to this absurd and unnecessary rule being struck down.\u201d\n\nThe Dunes Sagebrush Lizard is a small, light brown lizard that lives in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico.\n\nRep. August Pfluger (R-TX) previously introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-schmitt-lead-colleagues-in-reclaiming-legislative-power-post-chevron/", "Lummis, Schmitt lead colleagues in reclaiming legislative power post-Chevron", "2024-07-16", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 Following the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) in launching a working group to reclaim legislative authority wrongfully afforded to administrative agencies and restore this power back to where it belongs: with duly-elected members of Congress and the people they serve.\n\n\u201cThe Constitution is clear: decision-making powers lie with the democratically-elected members of Congress, not unelected bureaucrats,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cFor far too long, the Chevron doctrine gave this administration carte blanche, empowering President Biden\u2019s agencies to pander to its far-left base and drown the people of Wyoming in a sea of regulations. In light of the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling, I am partnering with my colleagues to take the necessary steps to restore legislative powers to the people and finally put these runaway agencies back in their place.\u201d\n\nThe Post-Chevron working group will meet regularly to assess the monumental decision in Loper Bright and determine how to best limit the unlawful exercise of power by the administrative state as well as how the Senate can more effectively legislate on matters that regularly would\u2019ve been left up to agency deference.\n\nSenator Lummis and her colleagues are also in the process of sending oversight letters to 101 agencies that have published more than 50 final rules since the year 2000. Those agencies will include the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Commerce, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Transportation.\n\nIn the letters, the senators will ask for more information on ongoing rulemaking, civil enforcement actions and adjudications by said agencies and how the Loper Bright decision impacts all of those actions moving forward, so that the senators can better conduct oversight over those agencies.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-bill-stops-foreign-and-artificial-intelligence-influence-on-energy-and-federal-lands-policy/", "Barrasso Bill Stops Foreign and Artificial Intelligence Influence on Energy and Federal Lands Policy", "2024-07-11", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced legislation to prevent the Bureau of Land Management\u2019s (BLM) electronic public comment system from being sabotaged by foreign adversaries and Artificial Intelligence (AI) bots.\n\nCurrently, the federal government\u2019s online comment system allows comments from individuals, organizations, or anonymous users, with no safeguards to prevent foreign individuals or AI bots from submitting comments relating to sweeping policy and rule proposals. The American Voices in Federal Lands Act would restrict the public comment process and ensure only American citizens are providing feedback on the policies affecting American energy production and federal lands.\n\n\u201cThe overreaching rules and regulations coming out of the Biden administration\u2019s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have a significant impact on Wyoming\u2019s farmers, ranchers, landowners, and energy industry. Their voices and opinions should be the top priority of the administration during public comment periods,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cInstead, the administration is allowing foreign adversaries and Artificial Intelligence (AI) bots to sabotage the public comment process. Bad actors, like Russia and China, are given the green light to influence policy and keep us from producing American energy. This bill will stop this interference and make sure only the American people have a say in Biden\u2019s reckless energy and federal lands policies.\u201d\n\nThe American Voices in Federal Lands Act would deter comments from AI from being submitted by implementing a \u201cCompletely Automated Public test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart\u201d (CAPTCHA) system.\n\nThe Wyoming Stock Growers and the Wyoming Farm Bureau support limiting public comments received and considered by the BLM to only U.S. Citizens.\n\nCo-sponsors of this legislation include U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.).\n\nFull text of the legislation can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-introduce-bill-to-bring-transparency-to-the-student-loan-process/", "Barrasso, Lummis Introduce Bill to Bring Transparency to the Student Loan Process", "2024-07-11", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., introduced the Transparency in Student Lending Act to ensure families and student borrowers have all of the information they need relating to financial aid and the cost of loans for higher education.\n\nThe bill would require the Department of Education (ED) to disclose to borrowers of federal student loans such information as loan amounts, their annual percentage rates (APR), standard terms, and any fees or additional costs associated with the loan. This legislation would equip borrowers of federal student loans with information on the true cost of their loans, enabling students to make more informed financial decisions.\n\n\u201cStudents face an overwhelming amount of information and financial decisions when trying to plan and pay for higher education. Those trying to plan for college and their future deserve to know the true cost of their loans,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cThis important bill will provide students and families the transparency they need to feel confident about their financial aid decisions and avoid unexpected costs.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhen young people across Wyoming apply for student loans, they should have a clear understanding of the financial obligations they are assuming,\u201d said Senator Lummis. \u201cSenator Barrasso and I are partnering to bring transparency to the student loan process to ensure borrowers understand the true cost of their loans and empower them to make informed decisions.\u201d\n\nThis legislation was previously introduced by Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi in the 116th Congress. Senator Barrasso was a cosponsor.\n\nThe Transparency in Student Lending Act:\n\nRequires the Department of Education to disclose to borrowers the following information before the disbursement of their loan:\n\nThe loan amount\n\nThe loan\u2019s stated interest rate\n\nThe standard term for a loan of the same type\n\nAny fees or additional costs associated with the loan\n\nAny capitalization of interest on the loan\n\nFull text of the legislation can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/barrasso-lummis-introduce-bill-to-bring-transparency-to-the-student-loan-process/", "Barrasso, Lummis Introduce Bill to Bring Transparency to the Student Loan Process", "2024-07-11", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., introduced the Transparency in Student Lending Act to ensure families and student borrowers have all of the information they need relating to financial aid and the cost of loans for higher education.\n\nThe bill would require the Department of Education (ED) to disclose to borrowers of federal student loans such information as loan amounts, their annual percentage rates (APR), standard terms, and any fees or additional costs associated with the loan. This legislation would equip borrowers of federal student loans with information on the true cost of their loans, enabling students to make more informed financial decisions.\n\n\u201cStudents face an overwhelming amount of information and financial decisions when trying to plan and pay for higher education. Those trying to plan for college and their future deserve to know the true cost of their loans,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cThis important bill will provide students and families the transparency they need to feel confident about their financial aid decisions and avoid unexpected costs.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhen young people across Wyoming apply for student loans, they should have a clear understanding of the financial obligations they are assuming,\u201d said Senator Lummis. \u201cSenator Barrasso and I are partnering to bring transparency to the student loan process to ensure borrowers understand the true cost of their loans and empower them to make informed decisions.\u201d\n\nThis legislation was previously introduced by Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi in the 116th Congress. Senator Barrasso was a cosponsor.\n\nThe Transparency in Student Lending Act:\n\nRequires the Department of Education to disclose to borrowers the following information before the disbursement of their loan:\n\nThe loan amount\n\nThe loan\u2019s stated interest rate\n\nThe standard term for a loan of the same type\n\nAny fees or additional costs associated with the loan\n\nAny capitalization of interest on the loan", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-cosponsors-legislation-to-eliminate-unnecessary-woke-dei-programs/", "Lummis Cosponsors Legislation to Eliminate Unnecessary, Woke DEI Programs", "2024-07-11", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) in introducing legislation to eliminate the far-left diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in the federal government. This bill will protect the people of Wyoming\u2019s tax dollars against woke spending priorities.\n\n\u201cDEI programs are not about promoting fairness, they are about exacerbating discourse and worsening racial biases, and there is no place for these divisive initiatives within the federal government,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cWyoming\u2019s tax dollars should not be funding this harmful ideology, and I am partnering with Senator Vance to put an end to this administration\u2019s unnecessary political pandering.\u201d\n\nThe Dismantle DEI Act eliminates DEI programs within the federal government and rescinds President Biden\u2019s executive orders surrounding DEI by outlawing mandatory employee DEI pledges, ending DEI trainings, preventing educational accreditation agencies from leveraging their position to push DEI policies in education institutions, among other measures.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-bidens-weakness-is-dangerous/", "Barrasso: Biden\u2019s Weakness is Dangerous", "2024-07-10", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) spoke on the Senate floor today on the urgent need for strong American leadership. Weakness from Joe Biden and the Democrats has created a border crisis at home and chaos abroad.\n\nSen Barrasso\u2019s Remarks:\n\n\u201cI rise today to speak about the need for strong American leadership.\n\n\u201cPresident Biden\u2019s weakness, as seen on the world stage, is dangerous. It is dangerous for our nation and the world. It hurts our citizens and encourages aggression against our nation and others. Sadly, America does not have strong leadership from the president or the vice president.\n\n\u201cJoe Biden is stumbling, bumbling, and blundering into disaster. It is not one night of forgetfulness on the debate stage. It is a three-and-a-half-year pattern of failure.\n\n\u201cWe are living in a time of heartbreak at home and humiliation abroad. Look at the drugs, the death, the destruction coming from our southern border. Under Democrat open-border policies, there have been 10 million illegal immigrants who have invaded our nation. Americans all across the country are in danger. Democrats\u2019 open border allowed Venezuelan criminals to go to Houston, Texas, to sexually abuse and murder a 12-year-old girl.\n\n\u201cIllegal immigrant crime has taken the lives of many Americans across the country and makes headlines every day. The open border allows deadly fentanyl to flood our nation and poison our communities in all of our states. Certainly, Wyoming has been victim of this poisoning.\n\n\u201cMore than 300 terror suspects have come into America. That is 3000 percent higher than what we saw under the strong policies of President Trump. And terrorists are roaming our nation undetected.\n\n\u201cRemember, border security is not optional. It is an obligation \u2013 a commitment to our American people. It is the foundation of our safety. Without border security, there can be no national security.\n\n\u201cUnder Joe Biden, Americans are not safe at home. Increasingly, the world is not safe either. President Biden\u2019s weakness has invited war, invited conflict, and invited chaos around the world.\n\n\u201cHe continues to appease Iran by letting Iran evade sanctions. Iran is exporting almost 1.3 million barrels of oil to China every day. It uses the money from these oil sales to fund terrorism around the world. President Biden made the misguided assumption that concessions to Iran would stop conflict. Instead, Biden\u2019s appeasement makes Iran more aggressive.\n\n\u201cMeanwhile, Biden has proven to be a fair-weather friend to our strong ally Israel.\n\n\u201cOn American college campuses today, student protestors express hostility to the very existence of the Jewish state. Democrats in Washington have also grown more hostile to Israel. Senator Schumer demanded \u2013 on this very floor in March \u2013 that Israel replace its prime minister. Senator Sanders called the very next month for America to stop sending aid to Israel.\n\n\u201cThe anti-Israel drift in the Democratic Party is bad enough. What is more worrying is that President Biden \u2013 the leader of the Free World \u2013 lacks the backbone to stand against it.\n\n\u201cRather than resist the pro-Hamas wing of his party, Biden has repeatedly bowed to them. He recently slapped a de facto arms embargo on Israel. The weapons he withheld would limit civilian casualties and help Israel free the hostages. Biden stopped that. That includes eight American hostages who spent the past nine months, including their Fourth of July, in captivity by Hamas.\n\n\u201cPresident Biden blocked these war-winning weapons anyways. He would rather appease a small group of pro-Hamas voters in Michigan than support our closest ally in the Middle East. Playing politics is the core of Joe Biden\u2019s foreign policy.\n\n\u201cHe recently claimed that no American service members died on his watch. He told the world that. That is false. It\u2019s wrong. It\u2019s a denial of what happened.\n\n\u201cOn January 11, 2024, two Navy SEALS were lost at sea during a mission to stop weapons shipments from Iran to Houthi terrorists. Less than three weeks later, on January 28, three American soldiers were killed in Jordan by Iranian-backed militias.\n\n\u201cThen, there is the disaster of Afghanistan. On August 26, 2021, ISIS terrorists killed 13 brave American service members. They were the first American military casualties in Afghanistan in a year and a half.\n\n\u201c20-year-old Lance Corporal Rylee McCollum of Jackson Hole, Wyoming was one of them. This was a young man who loved his country and left an impression on everyone he met. He was our home state wrestling champion. He was recently married and was about to become a father. 1300 people in Wyoming attended his funeral. It was outdoors in a tent, 37 degrees, lasted several hours, and no one left.\n\n\u201cAmericans deserve better than a president who forgets the sacrifices of America\u2019s heroes and forgives the aggression of America\u2019s adversaries.\n\n\u201cJoe Biden\u2019s weakness and confusion are a vivid contrast to what past Presidents have done.\n\n\u201cI think of President Ronald Reagan and his successful policy of \u2018Peace through Strength.\u2019 For eight years, President Reagan built a strong national defense, restored America\u2019s confidence, and confronted America\u2019s enemies. His approach incredibly ended the Cold War without firing a single shot.\n\n\u201cThree decades later, President Trump adopted a similar policy. No more apologizing for America, like President Obama did. We had strong borders. We had a strong military. We had a strong economy. Most of all, we had strong leadership. Our allies respected us, and our enemies feared us. We were safer.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s time for America to return to this approach. The truth is, Joe Biden is a president who cannot defend his record and cannot defend this nation. For the safety of our nation, we need a lot less of Joe Biden\u2019s weakness and a lot more peace through strength.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s what we need to do to get America back on track.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-applauds-decision-in-trump-v-united-states/", "Barrasso Applauds Decision in Trump v. United States", "2024-07-01", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "CASPER, WY\u2014U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today released the following statement applauding the United States Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. United States.\n\n\u201cToday is another victory for democracy and the rule of law against Democrat lawlessness. Joe Biden and the Democrats are weaponizing the justice system because they know President Trump will beat them in November. President Trump has rightly pursued all legal channels to stop Democrats\u2019 political prosecutions. The election will be decided at the ballot box, not in a courtroom.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-applauds-scotus-decision-to-curb-power-of-federal-agencies/", "Barrasso Applauds SCOTUS Decision to Curb Power of Federal Agencies", "2024-06-28", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "CASPER, WY \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement applauding today\u2019s United States Supreme Court ruling overturning the Chevron Doctrine, a decision that will curb the power and authority of unaccountable federal agencies.\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s Supreme Court ruling is a major victory for getting Washington out of Wyoming. For too long unelected, unaccountable Washington bureaucrats have gone unchecked. They abused the rulemaking process for decades. They ballooned the size of government and imposed on us a costly maze of burdensome political regulations. This ruling rightly curbs the power of rogue federal bureaucrats and puts it back into the hands of the American people.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:24:47Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-applauds-scotus-decision-to-rein-in-bidens-runaway-agencies/", "Lummis Applauds SCOTUS Decision to Rein In Biden\u2019s Runaway Agencies", "2024-06-28", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in the Loper Bright v. Raimondo case, overturning the Chevron doctrine and reining in runaway agencies\u2019 sweeping authority.\n\n\u201cFor far too long, the Chevron doctrine has empowered unelected and unaccountable federal bureaucrats to have virtually uninhibited power to interpret the law however they please and use that interpretation to cater to this administration\u2019s far left base,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cFor years, the people of Wyoming have been forced to endure the consequences of an unchecked Biden administration and its heavy-handed regulations, and they have had enough. I applaud the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to restore decision-making power back to democratically-elected members of Congress just as our Founding Fathers intended rather than allowing D.C. bureaucrats to rule with an iron fist.\u201d\n\nLast July, Senator Lummis joined 17 of her fellow lawmakers in filing an amicus brief in the case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo citing that the doctrine of \u201cChevrondeference\u201d violates Articles I, II and III of the Constitution.\n\nIn January, Senator Lummis led her colleagues in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court Garland v. Cargill case asserting that the Biden administration\u2019s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) weaponized the Chevron doctrine to create new federal crimes to punish law-abiding and responsible gunowners without Congressional approval. Last week, the Supreme Court found the ATF\u2019s reversal on this question was illegal and that its rule was unenforceable.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:24:47Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/sen-lummis-cosponsors-legislation-to-protect-victims-of-deepfake-revenge-porn/", "Sen. Lummis Cosponsors Legislation to Protect Victims of Deepfake Revenge Porn", "2024-06-26", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Bipartisan legislation would require social media sites to take down such explicit imagery and make publishing it a federal crime\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in introducing the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks (TAKE IT DOWN) Act to protect and empower victims of non-consensual intimate image abuse, also known as \u201crevenge pornography.\u201d The bill would criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including AI-generated NCII (or \u201cdeepfake pornography\u201d), and require social media and similar websites to have procedures in place to remove such content upon notification from a victim.\n\n\u201cArtificial intelligence is the future, and the way this technology can be used to improve lives around the globe is truly infinite. With any new industry comes the need to ensure it is not being used by bad actors, and AI is no different,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cI am proud to join my colleagues in introducing legislation to protect people against malicious and dangerous deepfakes that also allows innovation to continue in the United States.\u201d\n\nThe bill would criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including AI-generated NCII (or \u201cdeepfake pornography\u201d), and require social media and similar websites to have in place procedures to remove such content upon notification from a victim.\n\nBy requiring a notice and takedown process from websites that contain user generated content, including social media sites, the TAKE IT DOWN Act will ensure that, if the content is published online, victims are protected from being retraumatized again and again.\n\nThe TAKE IT DOWN Act would protect and empower victims of real and deepfake NCII while respecting speech by:\n\nCriminalizing the publication of NCII in interstate commerce. The bill makes it unlawful for a person to knowingly publish NCII on social media and other online platforms. NCII is defined to include realistic, computer-generated pornographic images and videos that depict identifiable, real people. The bill also clarifies that a victim consenting to the creation of an authentic image does not mean that the victim has consented to its publication.\n\nProtecting good faith efforts to assist victims. The bill permits the good faith disclosure of NCII, such as to law enforcement, in narrow cases.\n\nRequiring websites to take down NCII upon notice from the victim. Social media and other websites would be required to have in place procedures to remove NCII, pursuant to a valid request from a victim, within 48 hours. Websites must also make reasonable efforts to remove copies of the images. The FTC is charged with enforcement of this section.\n\nProtecting lawful speech. The bill is narrowly tailored to criminalize knowingly publishing NCII without chilling lawful speech. The bill conforms to current first amendment jurisprudence by requiring that computer-generated NCII meet a \u201creasonable person\u201d test for appearing to realistically depict an individual.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:24:47Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/barrasso-lummis-hageman-lead-amicus-brief-against-sec-climate-disclosure-rule/", "Barrasso, Lummis, Hageman Lead Amicus Brief Against SEC Climate Disclosure Rule", "2024-06-25", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators John Barrasso, Cynthia Lummis and U.S. Representative Harriet Hageman (all R-WY) joined Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and U.S. Representative Kevin Hern (R-OK) in filing a bicameral amicus brief in Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, et al v SEC, requesting the court vacate the agency\u2019s radical climate rule. This climate rule would be disastrous for Wyoming energy producers who would be buried in red tape to meet these unrealistic disclosure requirements.\n\nIn March, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a finalized rule that requires publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data. This is the first time the SEC has published a rule issuing such a requirement.\n\nThe amicus brief argues the climate rule would significantly increase burdens placed on publicly traded companies and hinder economic growth. The brief reiterates that Congress, not the administration, has the power to enact legislation, including laws addressing securities markets and climate policy.\n\n\u201cThe SEC, as a securities regulator, is not empowered to impose sweeping climate-related regulations on publicly traded companies,\u201d the amicus brief stated. \u201cCongress has demonstrated historical reluctance to pass broad climate legislation, particularly legislation that would dramatically impact federal securities law disclosure requirements. The SEC\u2019s overreach into climate regulation violates the separation of powers and the major questions doctrine, warranting the rule\u2019s invalidation.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-block-fccs-eleventh-hour-election-meddling-attempt/", "Barrasso, Lummis Block FCC\u2019s Eleventh-Hour Election Meddling Attempt", "2024-06-20", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso, Cynthia Lummis (both R-WY) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Ending FCC Meddling in Our Elections Act of 2024 which blocks the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s (FCC) last ditch effort to interfere with the outcome of the presidential election. Barrasso and Lummis cosponsored this bill to protect the people of Wyoming\u2019s right to free and fair elections.\n\n\u201cIt is unacceptable for unelected, Democrat federal officials to abuse their power and interfere in the upcoming presidential elections,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other federal agencies should not have any influence at the ballot box. This bill will protect voters in Wyoming and ensure free and fair elections across the board.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe new rule introduced by the FCC\u2019s Democrat majority is their eleventh-hour attempt to tip the scales in favor of Democrats ahead of the presidential election,\u201d said Senator Lummis. \u201cNo federal agency should have the ability to interfere in our elections process, and our bill ensures the American people, not a biased agency, determines the outcome of the presidential election.\u201d\n\nLast month, the Democrat majority on the FCC issued a new notice of proposed rulemaking, announcing its plan to introduce new regulations on the use of AI in campaign ads appearing on TV and radio. This legislation prohibits the use of federal funds to enforce any rule created as a result of this rulemaking. Only Congress, in a careful and transparent deliberative process, should be determining regulations surrounding AI-generated campaign ads.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:24:47Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/barrasso-lummis-block-fccs-eleventh-hour-election-meddling-attempt/", "Barrasso, Lummis Block FCC\u2019s Eleventh-Hour Election Meddling Attempt", "2024-06-20", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso, Cynthia Lummis (both R-WY) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Ending FCC Meddling in Our Elections Act of 2024 which blocks the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s (FCC) last ditch effort to interfere with the outcome of the presidential election. Barrasso and Lummis cosponsored this bill to protect the people of Wyoming\u2019s right to free and fair elections.\n\n\u201cIt is unacceptable for unelected, Democrat federal officials to abuse their power and interfere in the upcoming presidential elections,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other federal agencies should not have any influence at the ballot box. This bill will protect voters in Wyoming and ensure free and fair elections across the board.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe new rule introduced by the FCC\u2019s Democrat majority is their eleventh-hour attempt to tip the scales in favor of Democrats ahead of the presidential election,\u201d said Senator Lummis. \u201cNo federal agency should have the ability to interfere in our elections process, and our bill ensures the American people, not a biased agency, determines the outcome of the presidential election.\u201d\n\nLast month, the Democrat majority on the FCC issued a new notice of proposed rulemaking, announcing its plan to introduce new regulations on the use of AI in campaign ads appearing on TV and radio. This legislation prohibits the use of federal funds to enforce any rule created as a result of this rulemaking. Only Congress, in a careful and transparent deliberative process, should be determining regulations surrounding AI-generated campaign ads.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-mullin-introduce-legislation-to-make-the-bald-eagle-the-national-bird/", "Lummis, Mullin Introduce Legislation to Make the Bald Eagle the National Bird", "2024-06-20", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) introduced legislation to make the bald eagle the national bird for the United States.\n\n\u201cThere is nothing more American than a bald eagle soaring across the Wyoming sky,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cThese majestic creatures have long been viewed as the official bird of this country and it is past time we made it official without costing taxpayers a single cent. As we approach the Fourth of July, I am thrilled to partner with Senators Amy Klobuchar, Markwayne Mullin and Tina Smith to make the bald eagle the national bird of the United States.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe bald eagle has long been a symbol of freedom and patriotism for our nation,\u201d said Mullin. \u201cIt\u2019s only fitting we officially designate the bald eagle the national bird of the United States. I am glad to join my colleagues on this introduction.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhile most people assume the bald eagle is our nation\u2019s official bird, the fact is our country doesn\u2019t have an official bird,\u201d said Preston Cook, Co-Chair of the National Bird Initiative for the National Eagle Center. \u201cThe bison is the national mammal, the rose is the national flower, and the oak is the national tree. It\u2019s time the bald eagle, long revered as our national symbol, finds its rightful place as our country\u2019s official national bird.\u201d\n\nWhile many people think the bald eagle is already the national bird, the United States currently does not have a national bird. On June 20, 1782, the Continental Congress installed the bald eagle on the front of the Great Seal. Since then, the bald eagle has been a favored representative of our nation, second only to the American flag.\n\nSenators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith (both D-MN) cosponsored the legislation.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:24:47Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-hageman-barrasso-introduce-bill-to-protect-wyoming-ranchers-from-overzealous-biden-mandate/", "Lummis, Hageman, Barrasso Introduce Bill to Protect Wyoming Ranchers from Overzealous Biden Mandate", "2024-06-14", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, Representative Harriet Hageman and Senator John Barrasso (all R-WY) introduced legislation to address the Biden administration\u2019s unsubstantiated final rule mandating electronic identification ear tags for bison and cattle.\n\n\u201cWyoming\u2019s ranchers provide some of the highest quality meat in the world, yet this administration continues to find creative ways to make their jobs harder,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cForcing Wyoming\u2019s ranchers to shell out their hard-earned money to trace and chip their livestock not only threatens to erode their privacy but puts unnecessary pressure on our supply chain. As a rancher myself, I understand the devastating impact this will have on our industry and will do everything in my power to block this administration\u2019s chronic federal overreach.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis rule is a solution in search of a problem that will advance a federal mandate which the American ranching community will have to pay for. America produces the highest quality meat in the world and there is nothing wrong with our traditional disease traceability system. This unfunded mandate raises serious privacy concerns for ranchers and their herds, with the potential to lock ranchers out of their traditional markets, thereby furthering vertical integration of the U.S. food supply chain. We need look no further than what happened in Ireland to recognize the threat of a USDA-driven EID mandate,\u201d Hageman said. \u201cIn early 2022 Ireland adopted an EID mandate, and by August 2023, their government was reporting that they needed to slaughter as many as 41,000 head of livestock \u2013 not because of a disease outbreak, but because of so called \u201cclimate change.\u201d A mandatory EID simply gives the federal government too much power.\u201d\n\n\u201cMandating ear tags for all cattle and bison will financially crush independent Wyoming ranchers,\u201d said Barrasso. \u201cSenator Lummis\u2019 and Congresswoman Hageman\u2019s legislation will stop this overreaching federal mandate in its tracks.\u201d\n\nThe Congressional Review Act resolution opposes the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service\u2019s final rule which requires ranchers to fit all livestock over the age of 18 months with electronic identification ear tags if they are shipped across state lines, only offering exemptions for animals going directly to slaughter. The mandate will go into effect 180 days after the final publication on November 5th, giving ranchers in Wyoming little time to adjust to the new and costly requirements. It is estimated that roughly 11 million cattle nationwide will be impacted by the rule once it goes into effect.\n\nRep. Harriet Hageman has introduced companion legislation in the House.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:24:47Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-statement-on-meeting-with-president-donald-trump/", "Barrasso Statement on Meeting with President Donald Trump", "2024-06-13", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after meeting with President Donald J. Trump.\n\n\u201cI invited President Donald Trump to meet today with Senate Republicans. We had a great, energetic conversation. Under Joe Biden and the Democrats, the country is headed in the wrong direction. With President Trump in the White House, we discussed how Republicans will get America back on track. That starts with helping families escape the pain of Democrat high prices, unleashing American energy, stopping Democrat tax increases, and securing the Southern Border. Republicans are united.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:24:47Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-risch-crapo-hageman-simpson-urge-u-s-department-of-transportation-to-swiftly-aid-wyoming-in-repairing-teton-pass-following-landslide/", "Barrasso, Lummis, Risch, Crapo, Hageman, Simpson Urge U.S. Department of Transportation to Swiftly Aid Wyoming in Repairing Teton Pass Following Landslide", "2024-06-12", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Jim Risch (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Representatives Harriet Hageman (R-WY) and Mike Simpson (R-ID) sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urging the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide necessary federal assistance to the Wyoming Department of Transportation as it works to repair Teton Pass following a catastrophic landslide that wiped out a section of the highway.\n\n\u201cWe stress the urgency of restoring travel for more than 7,000 daily drivers between the greater Jackson area of Wyoming and Victor, Idaho. The highway closure jeopardizes livelihoods and impacts a significant portion of the workforce\u2014around 15%\u2014 that routinely commutes to Jackson from Idaho,\u201d said the senators and representatives.\n\nWyoming Governor Mark Gordon issued a disaster declaration to ensure the state has access to emergency federal funding to repair the highway, which serves as a crucial connector for not only employees and residents between Idaho and Wyoming, but also is critical for tourism as it connects Idaho to Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park.\n\nThe senators and representatives stressed the urgency of this situation, as the alternate route adds more than an hour to the commute each way.\n\nFor a copy of the letter, click here. The full text is below.\n\nJune 12, 2024\n\nThe Honorable Pete Buttigieg\n\nSecretary\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation\n\n1200 New Jersey Avenue SE\n\nWashington, D.C. 20590\n\nDear Secretary Buttigieg:\n\nWe write regarding the June 8th catastrophic structural failure at mile marker 12.8 on Wyoming State Highway 22, also known as Teton Pass. The restoration of Teton Pass is critical for thousands of residents in Wyoming and Idaho, local businesses and services, and the region\u2019s economy.\n\nWe appreciate your recent calls and personal attention to this over the weekend and as we determine next steps to restore the highway. We stress the urgency of restoring travel for more than 7,000 daily drivers between the greater Jackson area of Wyoming and Victor, Idaho. The highway closure jeopardizes livelihoods and impacts a significant portion of the workforce\u2014around 15 percent\u2014 that routinely commutes to Jackson from Idaho. The alternative route adds a burdensome additional hour (or more) of travel time each way on roads and through communities not designed to handle the extra traffic. Highway 22 is a critical connector between Idaho and Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Jackson Hole and countless outdoor destinations for visitors from around the world to enjoy.\n\nAs you are aware, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon issued a Declaration of Emergency in Executive Order 2024-06. The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) plans to submit the requisite documentation for emergency relief funds in the immediate future. We ask that emergency relief funds be provided as expeditiously as possible for any eligible short and long-term means of restoring travel on Highway 22.\n\nThank you again for your ongoing efforts to facilitate restored travel over Teton Pass and alleviate the hardships on those who depend on this vital corridor.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/barrasso-lummis-risch-crapo-hageman-simpson-urge-u-s-department-of-transportation-to-swiftly-aid-wyoming-in-repairing-teton-pass-following-landslide/", "Barrasso, Lummis, Risch, Crapo, Hageman, Simpson Urge U.S. Department of Transportation to Swiftly Aid Wyoming in Repairing Teton Pass Following Landslide", "2024-06-12", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Jim Risch (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Representatives Harriet Hageman (R-WY) and Mike Simpson (R-ID) sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urging the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide necessary federal assistance to the Wyoming Department of Transportation as it works to repair Teton Pass following a catastrophic landslide that wiped out a section of the highway.\n\n\u201cWe stress the urgency of restoring travel for more than 7,000 daily drivers between the greater Jackson area of Wyoming and Victor, Idaho. The highway closure jeopardizes livelihoods and impacts a significant portion of the workforce\u2014around 15%\u2014 that routinely commutes to Jackson from Idaho,\u201d said the senators and representatives.\n\nWyoming Governor Mark Gordon issued a disaster declaration to ensure the state has access to emergency federal funding to repair the highway, which serves as a crucial connector for not only employees and residents between Idaho and Wyoming, but also is critical for tourism as it connects Idaho to Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park.\n\nThe senators stressed the urgency of this situation, as the alternate route adds more than an hour to the commute each way.\n\nFor a copy of the letter, click here. The full text is below.\n\nJune 12, 2024\n\nThe Honorable Pete Buttigieg\n\nSecretary\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation\n\n1200 New Jersey Avenue SE\n\nWashington, D.C. 20590\n\nDear Secretary Buttigieg:\n\nWe write regarding the June 8th catastrophic structural failure at mile marker 12.8 on Wyoming State Highway 22, also known as Teton Pass. The restoration of Teton Pass is critical for thousands of residents in Wyoming and Idaho, local businesses and services, and the region\u2019s economy.\n\nWe appreciate your recent calls and personal attention to this over the weekend and as we determine next steps to restore the highway. We stress the urgency of restoring travel for more than 7,000 daily drivers between the greater Jackson area of Wyoming and Victor, Idaho. The highway closure jeopardizes livelihoods and impacts a significant portion of the workforce\u2014around 15 percent\u2014 that routinely commutes to Jackson from Idaho. The alternative route adds a burdensome additional hour (or more) of travel time each way on roads and through communities not designed to handle the extra traffic. Highway 22 is a critical connector between Idaho and Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Jackson Hole and countless outdoor destinations for visitors from around the world to enjoy.\n\nAs you are aware, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon issued a Declaration of Emergency in Executive Order 2024-06. The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) plans to submit the requisite documentation for emergency relief funds in the immediate future. We ask that emergency relief funds be provided as expeditiously as possible for any eligible short and long-term means of restoring travel on Highway 22.\n\nThank you again for your ongoing efforts to facilitate restored travel over Teton Pass and alleviate the hardships on those who depend on this vital corridor.\n\nSincerely,", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:24:47Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-slams-u-s-fish-and-wildlife-services-anti-wyoming-agenda/", "Lummis Slams U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\u2019s Anti-Wyoming Agenda", "2024-06-12", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) grilled U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Martha Williams during an Environmental and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing on the agency\u2019s failure to respond to Wyoming\u2019s grizzly bear delisting petition and its blatant overreach on wolf management.\n\nDuring her time, Lummis questioned Director Williams about the agency\u2019s unlawful delay in responding to the State of Wyoming\u2019s petition to establish grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem as a distinct population segment and remove it from the endangered species list.\n\n\u201cYou said you will follow the law and the science, but let\u2019s talk about grizzly delisting because you\u2019re doing neither. In January 2022, two and a half years ago, the state of Wyoming filed a petition with Fish and Wildlife Services to establish grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem as a distinct population segment that is neither threatened nor endangered and to remove it from the endangered species list,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cBy law, your agency is required to make a determination within 12 months of receiving the application. We are now two and a half years out from when the petition was submitted and your agency has stated you won\u2019t have a decision until July. Further, the science established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decades ago proves that the grizzly has recovered and is way over population criteria.\u201d\n\nLummis also questioned the wisdom of the agency\u2019s hiring of a third-party \u201cmediator\u201d to discuss how wolves and people can coexist while simultaneously establishing a \u201cNational Recovery Plan\u201d for wolves already under state jurisdiction.\n\nLast month, Senator Lummis led Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in introducing Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions to overturn the Biden administration\u2019s reversal of key reforms to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by the Trump administration that increased stakeholder engagement, defined critical habitat and ensured species recovery plans were effective.\n\nFor video of Lummis during the committee hearing, click here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:24:47Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-pfluger-lead-letter-protecting-use-of-predator-control-devices-for-sheep-and-goat-producers/", "Barrasso, Pfluger Lead Letter Protecting Use of Predator Control Devices for Sheep and Goat Producers", "2024-06-06", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and U.S. Representative August Pfluger (R-Texas) recently led a bicameral letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) demanding the agency roll-back its ban on purchasing or deploying M-44 sodium cyanide ejector devices.\n\nM-44 devices are used by farmers and ranchers, mainly sheep and goat producers, for predator control. These devices are a valuable management tool and protect herds from coyotes, foxes, and feral dogs. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has continuously approved the use of these safe and effective devices by state agencies in the past.\n\nThe agency included language prohibiting the use of M-44 devices by third parties in the USDA\u2019s Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Package signed into law earlier this year.\n\n\u201cAmerican ranchers are the foundation of our food and economic security, and we must promote policies that protect their viability. It is estimated that if Texas and Wyoming ranchers could better control predation, it could result in over $100 million in farm gate sales,\u201d the members wrote. \u201cIn Wyoming alone, predator losses amounted to 47.3 percent of all sheep and lamb deaths. The continued production of M-44 devices is well within the law and is important to ensure ranchers have access to this safe and effective predation tool.\u201d\n\nCo-signers of this letter include U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas).\n\nFull text of the letter can be found here.\n\nSecretary Vilsack,\n\nWe write with great concern regarding the non-statutory report language prohibiting the purchase or deployment of M-44 sodium cyanide ejector devices included in the Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Package signed into law on March 8, 2024. As you know, M-44 devices are an important tool for ranchers as they work to protect their herds from coyotes and foxes.\n\nOver the last several years, increased predation across the nation has contributed to declining volumes of domestic livestock herds. In fact, in Texas alone, it is estimated that predation of sheep and goats results in approximately $25 million annually in revenue losses. It is estimated that if Texas and Wyoming ranchers could better control predation, it could result in over $100 million in farm gate sales. In Wyoming alone, predator losses amounted to 47.3 percent of all sheep and lamb deaths. In Montana, coyotes killed over 1,500 livestock in Fiscal Year 2023 with many more going unreported as there is no coyote depredation compensation program. It is imperative that Congress and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) work in harmony to ensure producers have access to the resources they need to address aggressive predators.\n\nWhile we work in Congress to ensure prohibitions are not enacted in future legislation, we urge the USDA to continue production and supply of M-44 devices for government trappers and licensed private applicators. The continued production of M-44 devices is well within the law and is important to ensure ranchers have access to this safe and effective predation tool.\n\nAmerican ranchers are the foundation of our food and economic security, and we must promote policies that protect their viability. We look forward to working with USDA in these endeavors.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:24:47Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-fight-to-protect-rural-nursing-homes-from-federal-overreach/", "Barrasso, Lummis Fight to Protect Rural Nursing Homes from Federal Overreach", "2024-06-05", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., joined Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) and their colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the Biden administration\u2019s final rule affecting rural nursing homes and long-term care facilities.\n\nThe final rule imposes burdensome federal staffing mandates on long-term care facilities. The most harmful is requiring facilities to have a registered nurse present 24/7, which is a drastic increase compared to the current requirement of 8 hours a day. This rule, submitted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), comes when our healthcare industry is already facing significant staffing shortages.\n\nExperts estimate that only one in five nursing homes meets the new staffing requirement. Due to these shortages, nursing homes across rural America will struggle to remain open, and many will be forced to close their doors, leaving entire communities without access to these essential senior services.\n\n\u201cThe Biden administration is once again trying to force their one-size-fits-all policies across the country. This Washington overreach does not account for the needs of nursing homes and long-term care facilities in rural states like Wyoming,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cBurdensome mandates from Washington only undermine access to care for patients in rural areas. Republicans will not let the Biden administration close down facilities that offer critical care to our seniors in communities across Wyoming.\u201d\n\n\u201cSeniors in Wyoming should not have to fear losing access to vital health care, but this administration\u2019s one-size-fits-all regulations threaten to make that a sobering reality,\u201d said Senator Lummis. \u201cThese arbitrary mandates will only worsen staffing shortages and force nursing home closures throughout rural states like Wyoming and demonstrates just how out of touch the Biden administration is with the needs of rural America. My colleagues and I are leading the fight to protect seniors\u2019 access to health care in rural communities and stand against this administration\u2019s misguided mandates.\u201d\n\nSenators joining the resolution of disapproval include U.S. Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska).\n\nFull text of the resolution can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/barrasso-lummis-fight-to-protect-rural-nursing-homes-from-federal-overreach/", "Barrasso, Lummis Fight to Protect Rural Nursing Homes from Federal Overreach", "2024-06-05", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., joined Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) and their colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the Biden administration\u2019s final rule affecting rural nursing homes and long-term care facilities.\n\nThe final rule imposes burdensome federal staffing mandates on long-term care facilities. The most harmful is requiring facilities to have a registered nurse present 24/7, which is a drastic increase compared to the current requirement of 8 hours a day. This rule, submitted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), comes when our healthcare industry is already facing significant staffing shortages.\n\nExperts estimate that only one in five nursing homes meets the new staffing requirement. Due to these shortages, nursing homes across rural America will struggle to remain open, and many will be forced to close their doors, leaving entire communities without access to these essential senior services.\n\n\u201cThe Biden administration is once again trying to force their one-size-fits-all policies across the country. This Washington overreach does not account for the needs of nursing homes and long-term care facilities in rural states like Wyoming,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cBurdensome mandates from Washington only undermine access to care for patients in rural areas. Republicans will not let the Biden administration close down facilities that offer critical care to our seniors in communities across Wyoming.\u201d\n\n\u201cSeniors in Wyoming should not have to fear losing access to vital health care, but this administration\u2019s one-size-fits-all regulations threaten to make that a sobering reality,\u201d said Senator Lummis. \u201cThese arbitrary mandates will only worsen staffing shortages and force nursing home closures throughout rural states like Wyoming and demonstrates just how out of touch the Biden administration is with the needs of rural America. My colleagues and I are leading the fight to protect seniors\u2019 access to health care in rural communities and stand against this administration\u2019s misguided mandates.\u201d\n\nSenators joining the resolution of disapproval include U.S. Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska).\n\nFull text of the resolution can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:24:47Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-statement-on-bidens-too-little-too-late-executive-order/", "Barrasso Statement on Biden\u2019s Too Little, Too Late Executive Order", "2024-06-04", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement slamming President Joe Biden\u2019s latest executive order on the border.\n\n\u201cJoe Biden and the open-border Democrats are terrified that voters will hold them accountable for the crime, the drugs, and the terrorists that are flooding into the United States. With the election only months away, the White House is panicked. They should be.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:24:47Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-lee-and-vance-demand-answers-from-google-over-woke-gemini-ai/", "Lummis, Lee and Vance Demand Answers from Google Over Woke Gemini AI", "2024-06-03", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Mike Lee (R-UT) and JD Vance (R-OH) sent a letter to Google LLC Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai detailing several concerning examples of the Gemini artificial intelligence model (Gemini) creating outputs that intentionally disregard publicly available information and historical facts to align with woke ideology. The senators laid out a series of questions and requested transparency from Google over how Gemini was developed, how it is currently being utilized and what is being done to prevent political bias from tainting this emerging technology.\n\n\u201cBetween climate alarmism, wokeism and draconian COVID lockdowns, we have seen coastal elites try and weaponize information and technology to destroy the Wyoming way of life,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cArtificial intelligence is a transformative technology with incredibly positive potential for our country, but I am gravely concerned Google\u2019s Gemini is being cultivated to tilt the political scales and rewrite history. It is imperative that Gemini, and other powerful systems like it, are developed as tools for human advancement and not for ideological influence and control.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe use of major search engines and AI to manipulate public opinion or spread blatantly inaccurate historical information for political purposes is deeply concerning,\u201d said Lee. \u201cI am very interested in whether Google\u2019s leadership will publicly disavow these practices and reassure the American people of their transparency.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nAfter Gemini was rolled out by Google in February 2024, outputs generated by the artificial intelligence platform raised serious concerns.\n\nGemini refused to say whether Elon Musk tweeting memes or Adolf Hitler ordering the extermination of millions was worse, asserting that it could not decide who \u201chad a more negative impact on society\u201d according to a tweet shared by Nate Silver.\n\nWhen asked to create images of America\u2019s Founding Fathers, the Pope, vikings and other historical figures, Gemini exclusively produced images that were \u2018diverse\u2019 instead of historically accurate.\n\nThe images produced included a woman pope, black Vikings and a range of \u2018diverse\u2019 founding fathers, all historically incorrect.\n\nFollowing the horrific October 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas that resulted in more than 1,000 civilian deaths, Gemini, unlike its competitors, refused to answer if Hamas was a designated terror group.\n\nThere are also reports of publishers being paid to publish multiple articles per day using Gemini despite the number of documented inaccuracies in Gemini\u2019s work.\n\nClick here to read the full letter.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-house-colleagues-urge-president-biden-not-to-veto-bipartisan-sab-121-cra/", "Lummis, House Colleagues Urge President Biden Not to Veto Bipartisan SAB 121 CRA", "2024-05-30", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Representative Patrick McHenry (R-NC) led a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to reconsider his threat to veto Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 121 Congressional Review Act (CRA) which passed the Senate and House with strong bipartisan support.\n\n\u201cGiven the overwhelming bipartisan votes, we urge you to sign H.J. Res. 109 into law or work with the SEC to rescind the staff guidance,\u201d said Lummis and the representatives. \u201cRescinding SAB 121 is well within the SEC\u2019s authority and there is ample precedent for revisiting a staff accounting bulletin. In fact, most staff accounting bulletins over the last three decades have been revisions and recessions of prior guidance.\u201d\n\nThis CRA resolution protects the foundation of essential custody services, protects consumers from increased bankruptcy risk and passed both chambers of Congress with strong bipartisan support.\n\nReps. French Hill (R-AR), Andy Barr (R-KY), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Mike Flood (R-NE), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), WIley Nickel (D-NC) and Dan Meuser (R-PA) joined Lummis and McHenry in sending the letter.\n\nBackground:\n\nOn November 15, 2023, Senator Lummis, Representative Wiley Nickel (D-NC) and Representative Mike Flood (R-NE) sent a letter alongside Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Representatives Patrick McHenry (R-NC), French Hill (R-AR) and Ritchie Torres (D-NY) to the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Currency and the National Credit Union Administration (prudential regulators) urging them to clarify that SAB 121 is not enforceable after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that it is a rule for purposes of the Congressional Review Act.\n\nOn February 1, 2024 Senator Lummis alongside Representatives Nickel and Flood introduced a bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s Staff Accounting Bulletin 121.\n\nThe House passed the CRA resolution last week by a vote of 228 \u2013 182, and the resolution passed the Senate by a vote of 60-38. This marks the first time both chambers of Congress have passed standalone crypto legislation.\n\nRead the full letter here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:01:11Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-thune-and-rounds-demand-u-s-forest-service-releases-chokehold-on-timber-industry-in-the-black-hills/", "Barrasso, Lummis, Thune and Rounds Demand U.S. Forest Service Releases Chokehold on Timber Industry in the Black Hills", "2024-05-28", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), John Thune (R-SD) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore excoriating the Biden administration for its forest management policies in the Black Hills National Forest that are reducing the amount of trees available to harvest forcing saw mills to close and timber workers to lose their jobs. The senators request the Biden administration to open more of the Black Hills National Forest for timber harvesting and toss a lifeline to the Wyoming and South Dakota saw mills and workers who have seen their livelihoods threatened by the radical policies coming out of Washington.\n\n\u201cUnfortunately, dwindling sawmill capacity near our nation\u2019s national forest is not unique to the Black Hills. Since 2020, more than 20 mills near national forests have been forced to curtail production or close altogether. While the timber industry faces its own unique market pressures, the recent layoffs are a direct result of reductions to the U.S. Forest Service\u2019s timber sale program,\u201d wrote the senators.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe Black Hills National Forest produced the first federal timber sale in 1899 and was one of the U.S. Forest Service\u2019s highest timber producing forests in the country for more than a century.\n\nFurther reductions to the Black Hills National Forest timber sale program will not only have dire economic consequences but also put the forest at increased risk of catastrophic wildfire and insect and disease outbreaks.\n\nTwo mills in western South Dakota have closed in the past five years including Hill Materials in Spearfish and Rushmore Forest Products in Hill City.\n\nOn April 11, 2024, Neiman Enterprises announced it would be laying off employees at its sawmill in Spearfish, South Dakota, resulting in more than 50 employees losing their jobs.\n\nThis announcement came roughly three years after Neiman Enterprises was forced to fully shutter a sawmill in Hill City, South Dakota, where roughly 120 people lost their jobs when that mill closed.\n\nOn May 10, 2024, Senator Lummis joined Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), John Thune (R-SD) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) in sending a letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies requesting the U.S. Forest Service allow a minimum of 75% of the annual allowable sale quantity in the Black Hills National Forest.\n\nClick here to read the full letter.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-barrasso-thune-and-rounds-demand-u-s-forest-service-releases-chokehold-on-timber-industry-in-the-black-hills/", "Lummis, Barrasso, Thune and Rounds Demand U.S. Forest Service Releases Chokehold on Timber Industry in the Black Hills", "2024-05-28", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), John Thune (R-SD) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore excoriating the Biden administration for its forest management policies in the Black Hills National Forest that are reducing the amount of trees available to harvest forcing saw mills to close and timber workers to lose their jobs. The senators request the Biden administration to open more of the Black Hills National Forest for timber harvesting and toss a lifeline to the Wyoming and South Dakota saw mills and workers who have seen their livelihoods threatened by the radical policies coming out of Washington.\n\n\u201cUnfortunately, dwindling sawmill capacity near our nation\u2019s national forest is not unique to the Black Hills. Since 2020, more than 20 mills near national forests have been forced to curtail production or close altogether. While the timber industry faces its own unique market pressures, the recent layoffs are a direct result of reductions to the U.S. Forest Service\u2019s timber sale program,\u201d wrote the senators.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe Black Hills National Forest produced the first federal timber sale in 1899 and was one of the U.S. Forest Service\u2019s highest timber producing forests in the country for more than a century.\n\nFurther reductions to the Black Hills National Forest timber sale program will not only have dire economic consequences but also put the forest at increased risk of catastrophic wildfire and insect and disease outbreaks.\n\nTwo mills in western South Dakota have closed in the past five years including Hill Materials in Spearfish and Rushmore Forest Products in Hill City.\n\nOn April 11, 2024, Neiman Enterprises announced it would be laying off employees at its sawmill in Spearfish, South Dakota, resulting in more than 50 employees losing their jobs.\n\nThis announcement came roughly three years after Neiman Enterprises was forced to fully shutter a sawmill in Hill City, South Dakota, where roughly 120 people lost their jobs when that mill closed.\n\nOn May 10, 2024, Senator Lummis joined Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), John Thune (R-SD) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) in sending a letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies requesting the U.S. Forest Service allow a minimum of 75% of the annual allowable sale quantity in the Black Hills National Forest.\n\nClick here to read the full letter.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:01:11Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-bidens-open-border-is-to-blame-for-fentanyl-deaths/", "Barrasso: Biden\u2019s Open Border is to Blame for Fentanyl Deaths", "2024-05-23", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cUntil we secure the border and protect Americans, we\u2019re not going to be able to get to the bottom of the fentanyl problem.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 At today\u2019s Senate Committee on Finance hearing, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) discussed how the Biden administration\u2019s open-border agenda is escalating the fentanyl crisis across the country.\n\nSenator Barrasso spoke with addiction treatment experts about how increased drug trafficking has contributed to fentanyl overdose deaths in Wyoming. Barrasso also touched on improving rural access to fentanyl recovery health care and protecting Wyoming\u2019s Native American populations that are targeted by Mexican drug cartels.\n\nTony Vezina, Abigail Heron, DO, Caleb Banta-Green, Ph.D., MPH, MSW, and Jeanmarie Perrone, MD testified at today\u2019s Senate Committee on Finance hearing titled \u201cFront Lines of the Fentanyl Crisis: Supporting Communities and Combating Addiction through Prevention and Treatment.\u201d\n\nOn Biden\u2019s Open Border Bringing Drugs into Wyoming\n\n\u201cI\u2019m truly alarmed by the fentanyl crisis facing our nation, clearly nothing like that existed when I was practicing medicine. It\u2019s everywhere, no community is spared. A lethal dose is equivalent to just a few grains of salt. Across the country, the number of deaths have been skyrocketing.\n\n\u201cIn my home state of Wyoming, you wouldn\u2019t think that it\u2019d be a problem there. We\u2019ve had 81 opioid-related overdose deaths. This past year has doubled the number from five years ago \u2013 completely unacceptable.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s touching every community across our nation \u2013 mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, all losing family members. I hear about it all around the state.\n\n\u201cSince President Biden took office, nearly 10 million illegal immigrants have flooded into our nation. And Senator Grassley touched on this a little earlier today: 77,000 pounds of fentanyl have been confiscated at the border over that time. You don\u2019t know how much got through, but you can imagine just based on the statistics and the deaths, the number is high.\n\n\u201cWhether it\u2019s from China or Mexico, the transnational criminal networks that are producing, transporting, and marketing these drugs are poisoning our country.\n\n\u201cOur border patrol agents are supposed to be our first line of defense in apprehending the drug smugglers, but they can\u2019t get their job done to the level that it needs to be done. They\u2019re being forced, I believe, by this administration to deal with unaccompanied minors, asylum seekers who are surging across the border, which is making an increased opportunity for the criminal cartels to get more drugs across.\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on Biden\u2019s open border and drugs in Wyoming.\n\nOn Helping Rural Communities to Receive Adequate Fentanyl Recovery Care\n\n\u201cMr. Vezina, I\u2019ve read your story, heard what you have to say. I really appreciate your ability to be here, to speak on the substance use disorder care, because that\u2019s what we\u2019re looking for. Care is needed now more than ever.\n\n\u201cToday, you\u2019ve spoken about the challenges that folks in recovery face when they don\u2019t receive a full continuum of services. It\u2019s not like one silver bullet on this, you need the whole thing.\n\n\u201cYour experience as someone in recovery, someone providing collaborative care, says you need a network, mental health counseling, substance use counseling, peer support, case management, medication assisted treatment, all of those things.\n\n\u201cGiven the frontier nature of my home state of Wyoming, people are spread out, you don\u2019t have all of those services available everywhere. There are only two towns with a population that can support this level that you\u2019ve described as a specialty care, even less availability for youth focused programs like yours.\n\n\u201cAre there existing programs \u2013 either state or federal \u2013 that you\u2019re aware of that can help in rural communities where you don\u2019t have that full continuum, even though we know that\u2019s the best treatment?\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on rural access to recovery care.\n\n\u201cIn February this year, the DEA reported on regions of the U.S. being targeted by the Mexican drug cartels. I live in one of those regions in Wyoming.\n\n\u201cThey found that the cartels are targeting states further away from the border. The highest area of focus are Native American reservations. Certainly that\u2019s the situation in Wyoming.\n\n\u201cOur Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho, they live on Wind River Reservation, larger than the state of Connecticut. I mean, we\u2019re talking about a big geographic area and low population.\n\n\u201cIt continues to experience one of the highest drug overdose death rates in the state. I\u2019m deeply concerned about the cartels that are targeting our Native American populations.\n\n\u201cA lot of them have to do with the fact that the size of the geography and the smaller number of people make it an area where they can really focus.\n\n\u201cCan the federal government do things? How can we best respond from the federal government level to counter the efforts by the cartels?\u201d\n\nFollow Up:\n\n\u201cUntil we secure the border and protect Americans, we\u2019re not going to be able to get to the bottom of the fentanyl problem.\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on targeted Native American populations.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-secures-extension-for-university-of-wyoming-water-management-project/", "Lummis Secures Extension for University of Wyoming Water Management Project", "2024-05-23", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) secured language in the Water Resources and Development Act of 2024 (WRDA) to extend authorization for a University of Wyoming (UW) project to expand the network of stations to monitor snowpack and soil moisture throughout the plains areas of the Upper Missouri River Basin. The project will produce critical data to help Wyoming and surrounding states mitigate flooding and better understand how they can manage valuable resources and maximize access to water that ranchers and landowners rely on.\n\n\u201cAccess to water is life in Wyoming, and as a rancher I know firsthand how important it is to always be improving our understanding of how we can be good stewards of our natural resources,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cI am proud the University of Wyoming is spearheading the effort to expand upon our base of knowledge and lead us into the future. Seeing Wyoming tax dollars sent to Washington come back and be spent to better our state is truly the best use and a rare departure from the usual wasteful spending in Washington.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nOn April 12, 2024, Senator Lummis sent a letter to U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-DE) and Ranking Member Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV) urging them to include funding to extend the UW project funding in the Water Resources and Development Act of 2024.\n\nThe authorization was set to expire in 2025 but will now be extended to 2029 to prevent a lapse in authorization for the project expected to be completed in 2027.\n\nUW received an $8M grant in 2020 to expand the mesonet network in the state.\n\nAs of April 2024, there were 18 stations in Wyoming and 61 are expected to be completed for the grant.\n\nClick here to read the full bill.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:01:11Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-introduces-resolution-to-recognize-wwii-star-valley-crew/", "Barrasso, Lummis Introduces Resolution to Recognize WWII Star Valley Crew", "2024-05-22", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014 U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced a resolution honoring the crew of the Star Valley, a U.S. Army Air Corps B-24 Liberator that crashed during World War II, and recognizing their sacrifice to defend our great nation.\n\n\u201cAfton\u2019s Sergeant Wilford T. Heninger served our country and Wyoming with distinction. He left a legacy of service, dedication and patriotism for future generations to emulate. The crew of the B-24 Liberator Star Valley honored his legacy by naming their aircraft after him,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cThis brave crew ultimately gave their lives to defend our nation and freedoms in a mission over France in 1944. Our resolution honors the crew of the Star Valley B-24, Sergeant Heninger, and all the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War II.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe crew of the Star Valley represented our state triumphantly and served our nation with great honor and distinction,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cThese men and their families made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our great country and our resolution ensures their memory and unwavering dedication to defending the freedoms we hold so dear lives on.\u201d\n\nOn February 5, 1944, the Star Valley, named in honor of an Army Air Corp servicemember from Afton, Wyoming, who died in a training accident, crashed near the French village of Saint-Leonard-en Beauce. Nine service members died and one was held as a prisoner of war until liberation in 1945. Each May, Saint-Leonard-en Beauce hosts a ceremony honoring victims of World War II including the crew of the Star Valley.\n\nRead a copy of the resolution here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-democrats-block-barrassos-build-the-wall-act/", "Democrats Block Barrasso\u2019s Build The Wall Act", "2024-05-22", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cDemocrats in this body have done nothing to secure the border. They\u2019ve done nothing to stop the flood of illegal immigrants [\u2026] My proposal finishes the wall. It pays for it by clawing back unused COVID funding. This wall is absolutely vital to our border security.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo) took to the Senate floor to request unanimous consent to consider the Build the Wall Act of 2024. This bill finishes the southern border wall and uses unspent COVID-19 funds to pay for it.\n\n\u201cWe know that the border wall works. My proposal finishes the wall. It pays for it by clawing back unused COVID funding. This wall is absolutely vital to our border security,\u201d Senator Barrasso said on the Senate floor. \u201cIf Democrats are serious about securing our border, they should start by voting for a policy that actually works and is paid for.\u201d\n\nSenate Democrats subsequently blocked consideration of the Build the Wall Act.\n\nSenator Barrasso\u2019s Build the Wall Act of 2024 is cosponsored by Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), James Risch (R-Idaho), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa).\n\nExcerpts of Sen. Barrasso\u2019s Remarks:\n\n\u201cI come to the floor today to continue this discussion about the crisis at our southern border.\n\n\u201cWhen Joe Biden walked into the White House, the southern border was secure. Tragically for our country, he then signed 94 executive orders in his first 100 days.\n\n\u201cHe rolled out the welcome mat and millions and millions of illegal immigrants flooded into our nation. Democrats in Congress joined him.\n\n\u201cThey joined the president, they worked with him, they aggressively rolled back Republican-led policies that had worked to keep our country safe.\n\n\u201cOur southern border is now a pipeline for illegal crossings. Since Joe Biden took office, almost 10 million illegal immigrants have invaded America.\n\n\u201cDemocrats\u2019 uncontrolled, illegal immigration, it strains our tax dollars, it undermines the safety of our citizens, and it endangers our communities.\n\n\u201cHardworking American taxpayers are now paying for housing, health care, and government handouts all for illegal immigrants.\n\n\u201cAccording to one study, the Democrat border crisis costs states and cities close to $450 billion each and every year.\n\n\u201cThe heaviest costs of this crisis are born by families, by communities, and by local law enforcement. Day after day, lives are cut short or changed forever.\n\n\u201cJust two weeks ago, in Florida, an 11-year-old girl was kidnapped and sexually assaulted\n\nby a 20-year-old illegal immigrant. Brought into this country under the Catch-and-Release program by President Biden. He\u2019s here because of this dangerous program.\n\n\u201cThe local sheriff had this to say: \u2018The Federal government is victimizing the people who live in this country by letting these people in.\u2019\n\n\u201cTo my Democrat colleagues who voted for open borders, I ask you this: What if that were your daughter? What if this were your granddaughter? Kidnapped by an illegal immigrant, brought in under the Catch-and-Release program.\n\n\u201cFortunately, this young girl\u2019s mother was able to identify the situation and ran desperately to get that daughter who had been kidnapped.\n\n\u201cWe are here fighting to secure the border and to make our communities safer.\n\n\u201cDemocrats in this body have done nothing to secure the border. They\u2019ve done nothing to stop the flood of illegal immigrants. The record of the Democrats is appalling. And let me start with H.R. 2.\n\n\u201cH.R. 2 is of course the House bill. It\u2019s called the Secure Our Border Act of 2023. It\u2019s the strongest border security bill in our history.\n\n\u201cIt completes the wall \u2013 because walls work. It surges new technology to the border. It hires more border patrol agents and gives them a bonus. It ends Catch-and-Release. And it reinstates the successful plan of Remain in Mexico.\n\n\u201cIf signed into law, H.R.2 would stop the flood of illegal immigrants.\n\n\u201cThe House of Representatives passed this bill, the Secure the Border Act of 2023, on May 11, 2023. That\u2019s over a year ago. The Senate Majority Leader refuses to bring this House-passed bill to the floor. He has been blocking the bill for over a year.\n\n\u201cOf course, it\u2019s not just blocking the Secure the Border Act that is the problem. Democrats will not vote for real border security measures.\n\n\u201cFor three years now, open-border Democrats \u2013 each and every one of them \u2013 have rejected solutions aimed at fixing the border crisis. Not once. Not twice. Twenty-two different recorded votes.\n\n\u201cDemocrats banded together to say no to finishing the wall. No to ending catch and release. And no to restoring the Remain in Mexico policy. They blocked the Laken Riley Act.\n\n\u201cMeanwhile, they embrace policies that tried to smooth the flow of illegal immigrants when people all across America are saying stop this flood.\n\n\u201cThis includes sending illegal immigrants cash payments \u2013 paid with taxpayer dollars.\n\nDemocrats continue to fund sanctuary cities.\n\n\u201cFor three years, my Democrat colleagues seemed to welcome the crisis at our southern border. They now want to run away from their record.\n\n\u201cAnd we know why. It\u2019s because Election Day is less than 6 months away and they can read the polls. So Democrats can run, but they cannot hide.\n\n\u201cThe Majority Leader recently said, \u2018The situation at the border is unacceptable.\u2019\n\n\u201cI\u2019m not sure he actually believes that.\n\n\u201cAfter all, one of his first comments after the 2022 election, he endorsed amnesty for illegal immigrants. The Majority Leader said at the time that opening up our country to illegal immigrants is \u2018the only way we\u2019re going to have a great future in America.\u2019\n\n\u201cDemocrats have no desire to secure the border. Every single Democrat in this Capitol is responsible for the drugs, the death, and the destruction brought on by the invasion of our nation by illegal immigrants.\n\n\u201cThis is the cycle of suffering that Senate Republicans are determined to stop.\n\n\u201cThis week, I introduced the Build the Wall Act. We know that the border wall works.\n\n\u201cMy proposal finishes the wall. It pays for it by clawing back unused COVID funding. This wall is absolutely vital to our nation\u2019s security.\n\n\u201cOnce upon a time Senator Schumer supported a border wall in the past. Many of his Democrat colleagues supported a border wall. When Joe Biden was then Senator Joe Biden, and I served with him in this body, he actually voted for a border wall.\n\n\u201cThey all flip flopped, and we know why: politics, plain and simple.\n\n\u201cTo my Democrat colleagues I say this: You are responsible for innocent Americans being victimized by illegal immigrants in communities all across the nation.\n\n\u201cIf Democrats are serious about securing our border, they should start by voting for a policy that actually works and is paid for.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s the reason to vote for the bill I\u2019ve introduced, the Build the Wall Act.\u201d\n\nFollow Up to Senator Ron Wyden\u2019s (D-Ore.) Objection:\n\n\u201cLet me be very, very brief in just pointing out that this bill calls for using unspent COVID money specifically as a result of the COVID pandemic that hit our nation. Money sent to be spent for that.\n\n\u201cIt does seem to me just about every American that we are way beyond that period of time and money designated for that purpose, it has not yet been spent, should be readily available for a project like this.\n\n\u201cI\u2019d also note that my friend and colleague who\u2019s on the floor was along with President Biden and Leader Schumer, was one of those who did vote on September 29, 2006, for a bill at the time, it was called the Secure Fence Act of 2006.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/barrasso-lummis-introduces-resolution-to-recognize-wwii-star-valley-crew/", "Barrasso, Lummis Introduces Resolution to Recognize WWII Star Valley Crew", "2024-05-22", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014 U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced a resolution honoring the crew of the Star Valley, a U.S. Army Air Corps B-24 Liberator that crashed during World War II, and recognizing their sacrifice to defend our great nation.\n\n\u201cAfton\u2019s Sergeant Wilford T. Heninger served our country and Wyoming with distinction. He left a legacy of service, dedication and patriotism for future generations to emulate. The crew of the B-24 Liberator Star Valley honored his legacy by naming their aircraft after him,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cThis brave crew ultimately gave their lives to defend our nation and freedoms in a mission over France in 1944. Our resolution honors the crew of the Star Valley B-24, Sergeant Heninger, and all the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War II.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe crew of the Star Valley represented our state triumphantly and served our nation with great honor and distinction,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cThese men and their families made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our great country and our resolution ensures their memory and unwavering dedication to defending the freedoms we hold so dear lives on.\u201d\n\nOn February 5, 1944, the Star Valley, named in honor of an Army Air Corp servicemember from Afton, Wyoming, who died in a training accident, crashed near the French village of Saint-Leonard-en Beauce. Nine service members died and one was held as a prisoner of war until liberation in 1945. Each May, Saint-Leonard-en Beauce hosts a ceremony honoring victims of World War II including the crew of the Star Valley.\n\nRead a copy of the resolution here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-applauds-house-passage-of-pro-crypto-legislation/", "Lummis Applauds House Passage of Pro-Crypto Legislation", "2024-05-22", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statement commending the House of Representatives for passing legislation to provide market structure for the crypto asset industry.\n\n\u201cThe passage of FIT 21 proves there is strong, bipartisan support in Congress for creating a regulatory framework for the crypto industry,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cSenator Gillibrand and I have worked tirelessly to provide commonsense solutions that strike the balance of unleashing financial innovation without eroding consumer protections with our digital asset legislation, and I am encouraged by the House\u2019s shared interest in positioning the United States to be a global leader in cryptocurrency. Congratulations to Chairman Patrick McHenry, Chairman GT Thompson, Representative French Hill and Representative Dusty Johnson on this momentous vote.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-bill-funds-southern-border-wall-with-unused-covid-19-funds/", "Barrasso Bill Funds Southern Border Wall with Unused COVID-19 Funds", "2024-05-21", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced legislation that would require unobligated COVID-19 funds be used to finish building the wall along our southern border.\n\nSenator Barrasso introduced the legislation as an amendment to the Border Security Act (S. 4361).\n\nThe Build the Wall Act of 2024 would establish the \u201cSouthern Border Wall Construction Fund\u201d and require the Department of Homeland Security to use any unobligated Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to construct and maintain physical barriers along the southern border of the United States.\n\n\u201cBorder walls work. Before President Biden came into office, we were well on our way to a secure and safe southern border. But on his first day in office, the president and Democrats rolled out the welcome mat for millions of illegal immigrants to come into our nation,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cWe must hold Democrats accountable for their open border policies that have created the worst border crisis in our nation\u2019s history. If they are serious about securing our border, they should have no issues voting for a policy that actually works and is already paid for.\u201d\n\nFull text of the legislation can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-presses-sec-blinken-on-bidens-reckless-administration-of-evacuations/", "Barrasso Presses Sec. Blinken on Biden\u2019s Reckless \u201cAdministration of Evacuations\u201d", "2024-05-21", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cWhether it\u2019s in Burma, Belarus, Sudan, Haiti, there seems to be a dangerous growing trend of the U.S. in retreat\u2026 It appears the [Biden] administration has become the administration of evacuations.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 At today\u2019s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) pressed U.S. Department of State Secretary Antony Blinken on the Biden administration\u2019s disastrous foreign policies.\n\nSenator Barrasso challenged the State Department\u2019s condolences on the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and noted the Biden administration\u2019s growing record of global military evacuations and surrendering military bases to adversaries. Finally, Barrasso questioned Sec. Blinken on countering Russia\u2019s newly created foothold in Africa.\n\nSecretary Blinken testified at today\u2019s Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on American Diplomacy and Global Leadership: Review of the FY25 State Department Budget Request.\n\nOn the Biden Administration\u2019s Condolences for Iranian President\n\n\u201cYesterday the State Department issued a statement mourning the death of the Iranian President. Now, I assume that as Secretary, you share that sentiment.\u201d\n\nFollow Up:\n\n\u201cWell, I don\u2019t think it should be a normal course of business. I think it\u2019s shocking that this administration would mourn the death of the \u201cButcher of Tehran\u201d. I don\u2019t.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019s responsible for death, rape, torture, the sworn enemy of the free world. So I think it\u2019s a terrible mistake, Mr. Secretary.\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on the late Iranian president.\n\nOn Global Military Evacuations\n\n\u201cI want to move on to another issue in terms of some of the evacuations and retreats that are happening around the world.\n\n\u201cSince the deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan in August of 2021, the administration has urgently evacuated Americans at several embassies across the globe. I hadn\u2019t expected to hear about this in Wyoming, but I heard about it again in Wyoming just this past weekend.\n\n\u201cWhether it\u2019s in Burma, Belarus, Sudan, Haiti, there seems to be a dangerous growing trend of the U.S. in retreat. The United States has been forced to draw down, evacuate, and close numerous diplomatic posts.\n\n\u201cIt used to be rare to see images of U.S. troops flying to the rescue to evacuate our embassies, but it\u2019s becoming a more common sight under this administration. In 2023, U.S. troops and three helicopters airlifted seventy American employees from Sudan. In 2024, in Haiti, U.S. military airlifted over thirty stranded Americans.\n\n\u201cIt appears the administration has become the administration of evacuations.\n\n\u201cDuring your leadership as Secretary of State, how many embassies have we had to close or evacuate?\u201d\n\nFollow Up:\n\n\u201cDo you see a unifying, underlying factor for this terrible trend, and how are you addressing that?\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on Biden\u2019s numerous evacuations.\n\nOn Surrendering American Military Bases to Adversaries\n\n\u201cThe administration, following the withdrawal from Afghanistan, left behind weapons, ammunition, and equipment that ultimately armed the Taliban.\n\n\u201cNow we\u2019ve announced withdrawal from Niger. State Department efforts to re-establish relations and engage in diplomacy there have failed. The government there is demanding that we leave.\n\n\u201cOur nation is withdrawing one thousand troops from two air bases where we conducted important counterterrorism missions for decades.\n\n\u201cMedia reports already indicate that Russian troops have already been deployed to these air bases where American soldiers are located.\n\n\u201cDo you know how much American taxpayer money the United States have spent on building these bases and training the military there?\u201d\n\nFollow Up:\n\n\u201cDo you not see risk, though, with American taxpayer-funded bases ultimately ending up in the hands of the Russians?\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on surrendering American military bases.\n\nOn Countering Russia\u2019s Foothold in Africa\n\n\u201cNow we\u2019re seeing the Russians, you know, the Wagner mercenary group providing military training and support in Burkina Foso, Mali, in addition to where you mentioned.\n\n\u201cHow are we countering Russia\u2019s newly created foothold in Africa?\n\nFollow Up:\n\n\u201cI would add that once they find out the hard way, it may be very difficult for them to extract themselves from the domination of the Russians and come back to us.\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on countering Russia\u2019s foothold in Africa.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-bidenomics-is-crushing-american-families/", "Barrasso: Bidenomics is Crushing American Families", "2024-05-20", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) spoke on the Senate floor today to correct the record about the failure of Bidenomics and its negative impact on the American people.\n\nSen Barrasso\u2019s Remarks:\n\n\u201cI come to the floor today to speak about the economy. Joe Biden is clearly the president of high prices. People all across the country, all 50 states, are well aware that this is going to be Joe Biden\u2019s enduring legacy.\n\n\u201cPrices spiked again in April. The statistics are out. Prices have been rising again and again and again. Price increases have been now above 3 percent for the last 37 months. This is the longest period in history of high prices since the late 1980s.\n\n\u201cPresident Biden continues to repeat a falsehood. You could call it a lie. Because he has said time and again that inflation was 9 percent when he came into office. This is pure confusion on his part. Even the liberal fact-checkers \u2013 people at CNN, people in the Washington Post \u2013 have said what President Biden is saying about inflation is flat-out false. It\u2019s wrong.\n\n\u201cIn January of 2021, the day that the current President Biden took the oath of office, the inflation rate in America was 1.4 percent. Today, prices are almost 20 percent higher than they were the day he took the oath of office.\n\n\u201cThe burden of Bidenomics on the American public is crushing, it\u2019s compounding, and of course, it\u2019s cumulative. It continues to add on every single day. But Democrats in this chamber and around the country deny this economic reality. Certainly, the Democrat in the White House denies this economic reality. And President Biden proved that he was completely disconnected from the suffering American families.\n\n\u201cEarlier this month, he said Americans have, quote, \u2018the money to spend.\u2019 I\u2019m not sure who he\u2019s talking to, but that\u2019s not the case across America. And it\u2019s not the case in my home state of Wyoming. Democrats are completely out of touch on the economy because they are out of touch with American voters, the citizens of this country.\n\n\u201cRising prices have plagued Americans for the last three years. Everyday life costs more and more and more. Under Joe Biden, Americans are squeezed, they are stressed, and they are struggling to get by. More than half of Americans will tell you that the economic conditions that they see day in and day out are poor \u2013 poor for them personally. More than 80 percent of Americans saying that high prices are their number one concern. That\u2019s what the Americas are suffering from today.\n\n\u201cPresident Biden\u2019s policies are not the cure for inflation and our economic anxieties. Joe Biden and the Democrats\u2019 policies are the cause of our economic struggles. Joe Biden and the Democrats in this chamber and in the House of Representatives at a time when Nancy Pelosi was Speaker, they approved more than $3 trillion in wasteful Washington spending. The President added more than $1 trillion additionally on stifling and punishing economic regulations. He launched a war on American energy. Hiked energy costs for families. Gas prices went up, electricity prices went up.\n\n\u201cBecause of failed Bidenomics, Americans are paying over $12,000 more a year, this year, than they did the year that he came into office just to buy the same things that they could buy the day he came into the White House. It\u2019s over $1,000 a month. That\u2019s what the American people are seeing today.\n\n\u201cA hundred-dollar cart of groceries in 2019, the costs now are that same cart full of groceries, not very full, $137. Gallon of gas was in 2021, 2.38. Today in many of the battleground states \u2013 Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania \u2013 it\u2019s approaching $4 a gallon.\n\n\u201cNow of course, high prices aren\u2019t the only problem. Interest rates are at the highest level in 23 years. High interest rates are a bitter fruit of Bidenomics. People are suffering when they have to take out a loan. This is causing significant affordability crisis all across the country and in all age groups. Under these failed policies of the Biden administration, younger people, younger Americans, have been demoralized. They are delaying life\u2019s biggest moments.\n\n\u201cHome ownership is slipping far out of the reach of most young married couples and young people trying to start a family. Young Americans are facing the costliest housing market ever. Borrowing costs have soared. Biden took office, they were 2.7 percent. Today, over 7 percent. Home prices today are nearly six times higher than the average household income. That\u2019s a record ratio. Six times higher than the average household income.\n\n\u201cOther costs \u2013 utility costs, insurance costs, all costs \u2013 are climbing. And they\u2019re all caused by the amount of spending we\u2019ve had under this administration. Young Americans having trouble buying a car. The price of car loans is going way up as well as the price of automobiles themselves.\n\n\u201cYoung Americans are also forced to rely on credit cards more and more. They are developing mounting debt, which is going to contribute to saddle them and their future. Young Americans will tell you that they are overextended and they are distressed and they\u2019re begging for relief.\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s high prices and high interest rates are going to create tomorrow\u2019s troubles. President Biden has failed to protect the American dream. We now have an entire generation of young Americans who can\u2019t afford to buy a home, can\u2019t afford to start a business, can\u2019t afford to begin a family, and certainly can\u2019t afford to grow any savings that they may have.\n\n\u201cAmericans are absolutely fed up with big spending high-priced Democrats. People are financially exhausted by Joe Biden\u2019s high prices. People are ready to move beyond Bidenomics and beyond Joe Biden. Time for a change.\n\n\u201cSenate Republicans are ready to put America back on track. We\u2019re fighting to lower costs. That\u2019s what we\u2019re hearing every weekend at home: Get down the prices of things that are up under Joe Biden, stop the wasteful Washington spending and unleash American energy. That\u2019s the solution to the problems facing America today.\n\n\u201cThis is how we can help make life more affordable for all Americans.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-join-bill-to-repeal-unnecessary-tax-on-firearm-purchases/", "Barrasso, Lummis Join Bill to Repeal Unnecessary Tax on Firearm Purchases", "2024-05-20", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) joined U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and their colleagues in introducing the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises (RIFLE) Act. This legislation would remove a burdensome tax imposed on firearms regulated under the National Firearms Act.\n\n\u201cThe Second Amendment is one of our nation\u2019s most essential safeguards. Law-abiding citizens in Wyoming responsibly use this right to keep and bear arms every day,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cThe last thing responsible gun owners need is more burdensome Washington taxes and restrictions. Our legislation keeps unnecessary red-tape out of Wyoming and protects Second Amendment rights across the country.\u201d\n\n\u201cLaw-abiding gun owners in Wyoming should not be forced to pay excessive taxes for exercising their Second Amendment rights,\u201d said Senator Lummis. \u201cWhile President Biden and Senate Democrats continue to wrongfully target responsible gun owners, I will continue fighting to preserve the people of Wyoming\u2019s right to keep and bear arms.\u201d\n\n\u201cLaw-abiding Americans who exercise their Second Amendment rights should not be subject to unnecessary taxes and restrictions preventing them from doing so. Passed into law in 1934, the National Firearms Act needs to be amended. Our legislation will remove the red tape that places an undue financial burden on would-be gun owners,\u201d said Senator Cotton.\n\nCo-sponsors of this legislation include U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.).\n\nFull text of the legislation can be found here.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA) regulates short-barreled shotguns and rifles, fully automatic firearms, suppressors, and a catchall category of explosives. In addition to background checks and registration, NFA regulated items have a $200 tax.\n\nThe ATF has acknowledged the tax was intended \u201cto curtail, if not prohibit, transactions\u201d of firearms. The $200 tax, unchanged since 1934, is equivalent to $4,648 in today\u2019s dollars.\n\nSince 2018, ownership of NFA regulated items have grown by more than 250% as more sportsmen, shooters and firearm enthusiasts exercise their Second Amendment right.\n\nThe RIFLE Act does not modify the current checks and registration; it solely removes the federally mandated financial burden on law-abiding gun owners.\n\nThe legislation is endorsed by the National Rifle Association and the National Shooting Sports Foundation.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/barrasso-lummis-join-bill-to-repeal-unnecessary-tax-on-firearm-purchases/", "Barrasso, Lummis Join Bill to Repeal Unnecessary Tax on Firearm Purchases", "2024-05-20", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) joined U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and their colleagues in introducing the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises (RIFLE) Act. This legislation would remove a burdensome tax imposed on firearms regulated under the National Firearms Act.\n\n\u201cThe Second Amendment is one of our nation\u2019s most essential safeguards. Law-abiding citizens in Wyoming responsibly use this right to keep and bear arms every day,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cThe last thing responsible gun owners need is more burdensome Washington taxes and restrictions. Our legislation keeps unnecessary red-tape out of Wyoming and protects Second Amendment rights across the country.\u201d\n\n\u201cLaw-abiding gun owners in Wyoming should not be forced to pay excessive taxes for exercising their Second Amendment rights,\u201d said Senator Lummis. \u201cWhile President Biden and Senate Democrats continue to wrongfully target responsible gun owners, I will continue fighting to preserve the people of Wyoming\u2019s right to keep and bear arms.\u201d\n\n\u201cLaw-abiding Americans who exercise their Second Amendment rights should not be subject to unnecessary taxes and restrictions preventing them from doing so. Passed into law in 1934, the National Firearms Act needs to be amended. Our legislation will remove the red tape that places an undue financial burden on would-be gun owners,\u201d said Senator Cotton.\n\nCo-sponsors of this legislation include U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.).\n\nFull text of the legislation can be found here.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA) regulates short-barreled shotguns and rifles, fully automatic firearms, suppressors, and a catchall category of explosives. In addition to background checks and registration, NFA regulated items have a $200 tax.\n\nThe ATF has acknowledged the tax was intended \u201cto curtail, if not prohibit, transactions\u201d of firearms. The $200 tax, unchanged since 1934, is equivalent to $4,648 in today\u2019s dollars.\n\nSince 2018, ownership of NFA regulated items have grown by more than 250% as more sportsmen, shooters and firearm enthusiasts exercise their Second Amendment right.\n\nThe RIFLE Act does not modify the current checks and registration; it solely removes the federally mandated financial burden on law-abiding gun owners.\n\nThe legislation is endorsed by the National Rifle Association and the National Shooting Sports Foundation.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-we-must-improve-rural-health-care-access/", "Barrasso: We Must Improve Rural Health Care Access", "2024-05-17", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cWhether you\u2019re a Republican or Democrat, you\u2019re from a state that has a lot of rural areas \u2013 you want to get doctors into those areas.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 At a recent Senate Finance Committee hearing, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) discussed health access challenges facing Wyoming with rural health experts.\n\nBarrasso specifically highlighted the need to invest in rural medical residency training programs, improve access to maternity services, and counteract the effects of rural hospital closures.\n\nKeith J. Mueller, Ph.D., Lori Rodefeld, Ms, Jeremy P. Davis, MHA, and Michael Topchik testified at Thursday\u2019s Senate Committee on Finance hearing on Rural Health Care: Supporting Lives and Improving Communities.\n\nOn Increasing Doctors in Rural Hospitals Through Training Programs\n\n\u201cIn Wyoming, our medical school works in partnership with the University of Washington, along with Montana, Alaska, and Idaho in the WWAMI program.\n\n\u201cWhat we\u2019ve found out is that giving students a rural experience and residents rural experience helps them recognize early in their career the benefits of working in rural clinics and hospitals, and hopefully then moving there and practicing there full time.\n\n\u201cI think it\u2019s encouraging, it\u2019s a great recruitment tool if they have that experience. Research shows residents are more than five times more likely to then go on and practice in a rural community if their residencies are in those types of communities.\n\n\u201cAnd I see Ms. Rodefeld, you agree and I\u2019m going to have a question for you soon about OBGYN care in some of these areas.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019ve introduced legislation called the Rural Physician Workforce Production Act to provide additional funds to rural hospitals that train residents.\n\n\u201cRight now, so much of the funding goes to the larger community \u2013 the large city hospitals \u2013 not the rural experience.\n\n\u201cThis is political, but it\u2019s bipartisan, because if you\u2019re a senator \u2013 whether you\u2019re a Republican or Democrat \u2013 you\u2019re from a state that has a lot of rural areas. You want to get doctors into those areas.\n\n\u201cSo how could a program like this, this model for training in rural areas, actually help training programs be more viable in those locations?\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on increasing doctors in rural hospitals.\n\nOn Improving Access to Maternal Care in Rural Areas\n\n\u201cIn Wyoming, due to financial strains and workforce shortages, maternity services are closing \u2013 and you\u2019re an expert in this area.\n\n\u201cFive of our counties have lost maternity services entirely. Seven others have minimal access to care. And it\u2019s leaving only eleven of our twenty-three counties with adequate access to OB services.\n\n\u201cNow, just for reference, every single county in Wyoming is larger than the entire state of Delaware or the entire state of Rhode Island. Some of our counties are larger than Connecticut, larger than the state of New Jersey.\n\n\u201cCan you imagine if the entire state of Delaware or Rhode Island or New Jersey lost all of their OB services? You know it would be in the front page of every paper.\n\n\u201cSo what I would like to talk to you about \u2013 as the expert you are \u2013 is how we can address this crisis.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a matter of health and economic viability for rural America. If you can\u2019t provide opportunities to deliver babies or to recruit teachers, people in small businesses, all of those things.\n\n\u201cYou really were successful, I thought, in Wisconsin in crafting that residency program to be a tool to addressing rural access.\n\n\u201cSo on the federal level can we mirror the access and the success that you\u2019ve had?\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on improving access to maternal care.\n\nOn Counteracting Rural Hospital Closures\n\n\u201cI\u2019m there in the community a lot as rural hospitals and clinics across the country are closing at a higher rate than urban hospitals. Patients are forced to travel greater distances.\n\n\u201cI think that telehealth has helped, but how else can we strengthen rural care so patients are not forced to drive hours for care?\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on counteracting rural hospital closures.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-whitehouse-bipartisan-national-hospital-week-resolution-passes-u-s-senate/", "Barrasso, Whitehouse Bipartisan National Hospital Week Resolution Passes U.S. Senate", "2024-05-17", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) recently introduced a resolution to designate May 12 through 18, 2024 as National Hospital Week. The resolution honors the significant role hospitals and hospital staff play in patient health care across the United States.\n\nThe resolution passed the U.S. Senate unanimously this week.\n\n\u201cDuring National Hospital Week, we recognize and celebrate the hard work of our nation\u2019s hospital workers,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cDoctors, nurses, and hospital staff across the country provide critical care and comfort to patients when they need it most. In Wyoming, we are grateful for our health care providers and support staff for their dedication to caring for patients in all our communities.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis week we\u2019re celebrating the many contributions hospital workers make in the delivery of high-quality care for Rhode Islanders,\u201d said Senator Whitehouse. \u201cThe doctors, nurses, and staff who work in our local hospitals provide heroic care during some of the most challenging moments patients and their families will ever go through.\u201d\n\n\u201cWyoming hospitals are a vital part to each community across the state and deserve to be celebrated and recognized. The incredible staff members, in each hospital, dedicate their lives to serving others, often putting their own safety and health in jeopardy. Hospitals are anchors in their communities. The Wyoming Hospital Association is grateful for the recognition, from Senator Barrasso and the other members of the Senate, for the incredible service healthcare workers perform. Wyomingites are blessed to have access to care in almost every community in the state. Wyoming hospitals and nursing homes employ over 32,000 employees.\u201d \u2013 Eric Boley, Wyoming Hospital Association\n\n\u201cThe AHA commends Senators John Barrasso, Sheldon Whitehouse, Marsha Blackburn, Shelley Moore Capito, and Roger Wicker for their resolution in support of National Hospital Week. We appreciate their recognition of the important work that hospitals, nurses and other caregivers are doing for patients nationwide. We look forward to continue working with Congress to ensure that hospitals and health systems continue to be at the forefront of advancing health in each and every community.\u201d \u2013 Lisa Kidder Hrobsky, Senior Vice President of the American Hospital Association\n\nThe resolution is cosponsored by Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.).\n\nThe full text of the resolution can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-wy-delegation-blasts-blm-wyoming-coal-ban/", "WY Delegation Blasts BLM Wyoming Coal Ban", "2024-05-16", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis and Rep. Harriet Hageman, all R-Wyo., blasted the Bureau of Land Management\u2019s final supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) and proposed amendment to its Buffalo Field Office land use plan.\n\nIn the plan, the BLM bans future coal leasing in Wyoming\u2019s Powder River Basin. This impacts 12 of Wyoming\u2019s active coal mines and will put 48 billion short-tons of BLM-administered federal coal off limits for mining.\n\n\u201cPresident Biden continues to wage war on Wyoming\u2019s coal communities and families,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cThis short-sighted plan will kill future coal leases in Wyoming\u2019s Powder River Basin \u2013 the most energy-rich area in the country. This will kill jobs and could cost Wyoming hundreds of millions of dollars used to pay for public schools, roads, and other essential services in our communities. Cutting off access to our strongest resources surrenders America\u2019s greatest economic advantages \u2013 to continue producing affordable, abundant, and reliable American energy.\u201d\n\n\u201cI am horrified to see the Biden administration\u2019s latest assault on our nation\u2019s domestic energy production,\u201d said Senator Lummis. \u201cWyoming has been targeted left and right by rule after rule handed down by this administration as it works to cater to the extremists within the Democratic Party. The Cowboy State produces some of the cleanest and best coal in the world. This RMP will push our country to rely on foreign adversaries for energy needs at a time when our grid is pushed to the brim and Wyoming coal is needed now more than ever to power our nation and the world. I will work with my colleagues every step of the way to prevent this RMP from going into effect.\u201d\n\n\u201cJoe Biden\u2019s war on the West continues, this time by enacting an RMP that will destroy the Wyoming coal industry,\u201d said Representative Hageman. \u201cThis decision to eviscerate Wyoming\u2019s coal production will impact every American\u2019s access to affordable and reliable energy, and only benefits the despots and dictators that this administration now relies on to meet our energy needs, while further weakening our economy and national security. At the same time, it will result in the need to increase coal production in countries with poor environmental and labor standards, thereby causing even more world-wide pollution \u2013 the total opposite of what this failed administration claims to be trying to accomplish. The Biden Administration\u2019s war on affordable and reliable energy won\u2019t end until we end his presidency.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-lauds-passage-of-resolution-rolling-back-sec-overreach/", "Lummis Lauds Passage of Resolution Rolling Back SEC Overreach", "2024-05-16", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Cynthia M. Lummis", "L000571", "www.lummis.senate.gov", "lummis", "https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) applauded the U.S. Senate passing her Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution overturning the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s (SEC) Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 121. This resolution protects the foundation of essential custody services for consumers and deals a major blow to President Biden\u2019s SEC that has become a runaway regulatory agency.\n\n\u201cSAB 121 was a disaster from the start. The SEC should never set policy\u2014over banks, no less, an industry they do not regulate\u2014through a staff accounting bulletin. This is nothing more than this administration attempting to skirt the law while also eliminating critical consumer protections,\u201d said Lummis. \u201cThis is a win for financial innovation and a clear rebuke of the way the Biden administration and Chair Gary Gensler have treated crypto assets and marks the first time both chambers of Congress have passed standalone crypto legislation. President Biden needs to take note of the bipartisan support this CRA received in both the House and Senate and sign this into law.\u201d\n\nThe resolution passed the Senate by a vote of 60 \u2013 38.\n\nBackground:\n\nOn November 15, 2023, Senator Lummis, Representative Wiley Nickel (D-NC) and Representative Mike Flood (R-NE) sent a letter alongside Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Representatives Patrick McHenry (R-NC), French Hill (R-AR) and Ritchie Torres (D-NY) to the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Currency and the National Credit Union Administration (prudential regulators) urging them to clarify that SAB 121 is not enforceable after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that it is a rule for purposes of the Congressional Review Act.\n\nOn February 1, 2024 Senator Lummis alongside Representatives Nickel and Flood introduced a bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s Staff Accounting Bulletin 121.\n\nThe House passed the CRA resolution last week by a vote of 228 \u2013 182.\n\nClick here to read the full text of CRA.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-demands-answers-on-biden-blocking-arms-to-israel/", "Barrasso Demands Answers on Biden Blocking Arms to Israel", "2024-05-15", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cThe people of Israel deserve a partner and a friend that it can trust, not one that leaves it to face terrorism and terrorists alone.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) questioned U.S. Department of State Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie D. Jenkins on President Biden\u2019s recent move to cut off arms shipments to Israel and the administration\u2019s lack of progress on engaging China on its nuclear expansion.\n\nUnder Secretary Jenkins testified at today\u2019s Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on the Future of Arms Control and Deterrence.\n\nOn President Biden Cutting Off Arms to Israel\n\n\u201cI want to talk about cutting off arms to Israel. Israel is one of our nation\u2019s closest allies.\n\n\u201cOn October 7th, Hamas brutally murdered men, women, and children in Israel. I\u2019ve seen the videos. American citizens were among the individuals killed, injured, kidnapped, and held hostage.\n\n\u201cThe death and destruction of these terrorists is shocking. Hamas continues to hide in populated areas. Hamas continues to use civilians as human shields.\n\n\u201cWith the serious threats in the region, I think it\u2019s more important than ever for Israel to quickly receive everything it needs to defend itself, to eliminate Hamas \u2013 yet the Biden administration is doing the complete opposite at this point.\n\n\u201cLast week, President Biden announced he was cutting off shipments of ammunition and weapons to Israel.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m going to be clear. This is happening while one of our strongest allies in the Middle East is at war with terrorists, murderers.\n\n\u201cThe people of Israel deserve a partner and a friend that it can trust, not one that leaves it to face terrorism and terrorists alone.\n\n\u201cThe administration should be ashamed, I believe, of its actions. These are the weapons Israel needs to defeat Hamas, to defend its people against additional attacks from Iran and from its proxies.\n\n\u201cLast week, 48 U.S. senators introduced a resolution condemning the decision by the Biden administration.\n\n\u201cI think we must be taking every step possible to expedite the delivery of these important weapons, not putting up new barriers and obstacles in the way.\n\n\u201cSo, do you support the U.S. blocking weapons from going to Israel?\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on President Biden cutting off arms to Israel.\n\nOn Holding Up Necessary Weapons\n\n\u201cMy concern is that there are other countries looking in on this as well. And if they say, \u2018well, how can we expect us to be good partners with them if at this time we\u2019re withholding weapons?\u2019\n\n\u201cSo the question is, given recent reports of the administration asking for approval from Congress for a new arms shipment, why is the administration holding up weapons now? If this is something that was just approved?\u201d\n\nFollow-up:\n\n\u201cMy follow-up to that would be that some of these bombs are to get to the fact that these tunnels are so far underground, and that\u2019s used as a hiding place by Hamas. And we\u2019ve seen that.\n\n\u201cI think that\u2019s been a surprise to many \u2013 the extent of the tunnels and the depth of the tunnels \u2013 and the intention of some of these armaments are to get specifically to that.\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on holding up necessary weapons.\n\nOn Chinese Nuclear Expansion\n\n\u201cI want to ask a question on China. During your confirmation process, you committed to me in writing that you would work with U.S. allies and partners to urge Beijing to engage meaningfully with the United States on arms control.\n\n\u201cThe 2022 Nuclear Posture Review said China has embarked on an ambitious expansion, modernization, and diversification of its nuclear forces, of which you\u2019re well aware.\n\n\u201cIt went on to say that China expanding its nuclear options could allow for them to include nuclear coercion, and limited nuclear first use in their employment strategy.\n\n\u201cCan you share with the committee how many engagements you actually have had with the Chinese officials \u2013 specifically on their nuclear weapons, ambitions, and expansion?\u201d\n\nFollow-up:\n\n\u201cIt sounds like that\u2019s not going to happen at this point.\u201d\n\nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks on monitoring China\u2019s nuclear expansion.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"], ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-honors-fallen-sergeant-nevada-krinkee-of-sheridan-wyoming/", "Barrasso Honors Fallen Sergeant Nevada Krinkee of Sheridan, Wyoming", "2024-05-15", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) spoke on the Senate floor during National Police Week to honor the legacy of Sergeant Nevada Krinkee of the Sheridan Police Department.\n\nSergeant Krinkee tragically died in the line of duty in Sheridan, Wyoming, on February 13, 2024.\n\nSenator Barrasso\u2019s Remarks:\n\n\u201cI rise today during Police Week to pay tribute to Sergeant Nevada Krinkee, member of the police force in Sheridan, Wyoming.\n\n\u201cSergeant Krinkee was a beloved officer in Sheridan. He was well-known for his selflessness. His colleagues would tell you he \u2018always put other people first.\u2019\n\n\u201cHis death in February of this year in the line of duty is absolutely tragic. It shook our state.\n\n\u201cSergeant Krinkee is the first officer in Wyoming since 1997 \u2013 the first one this century \u2013 to die by homicide in the line of duty.\n\n\u201cHe is the first line of duty death in the history of the Sheridan Police Department.\n\n\u201cSergeant Krinkee made the ultimate sacrifice for the community he loved and swore to protect. He was only 33 years old.\n\n\u201cIn March, I attended his funeral in Sheridan, Wyoming. It was so large they had to move it to the community college auditorium.\n\n\u201cWhat moved me was the outpouring of folks from all around the community \u2013 as well as the state, as well as the country.\n\n\u201cThey were there to honor Sergeant Krinkee, but also to support his wife, Karla, and their young daughter, Bella.\n\n\u201cMore than 1,800 people attended in the community of Sheridan, Wyoming. They flooded in from across Wyoming and from across the country.\n\n\u201cMany of them who were there to mourn his death and honor his family had never actually met Sergeant Krinkee.\n\n\u201cIt was the largest single event in Sheridan, Wyoming in 40 years. Forty years ago, Queen Elizabeth visited Wyoming and had a similarly sized turn-out.\n\n\u201cLaw enforcement officers traveled from every corner of our state. They came from tiny towns and also from big cities across the West.\n\n\u201cAll came to pay their respects to the man and to their brother in uniform.\n\n\u201cAs police cars escorted the family to the memorial service, citizens of Sheridan lined the streets of the community \u2013 four deep \u2013 waving American flags. Absolutely beautiful to behold.\n\n\u201cOne of the newspaper reporters asked a man from Wyoming who had driven over 100 miles to be there, why he came that far to attend the funeral. After all, this was someone who had never met or heard of Sergeant Krinkee before he had been killed.\n\n\u201cHe responded, \u2018I stand for those who have stood for us, and I will until the day I die.\u2019\n\n\u201cThat says a lot about the people of Wyoming through and through.\n\n\u201cOne of the greatest blessings of our great nation is the men and women of law enforcement.\n\n\u201cPolice officers have one of the most dangerous and demanding jobs in our nation. And they do it with competence and compassion.\n\n\u201cToday, officers deal with dangerous criminals. They often do this in the face of continuous criticism. It is alarming.\n\n\u201cPolice officers across the country are coming under attacks from criminals and the soft-on-crime politicians who coddle them.\n\n\u201cSadly, more police officers have been killed or injured by gunfire in the line of duty in 2023 than ever before.\n\n\u201cPoliticians who support criminals rather than police and demonize and defund the police hold responsibility.\n\n\u201cThe police, as a result, are demoralized and endangered.\n\n\u201cWe also see violent crime in America at a record high. Compared to 2019, murders are up 17 percent. Aggravated assaults are up 8 percent.\n\n\u201cLet me be clear: Defunding the Police has made our communities less safe. For police officers, it has turned the badges on their sleeves into targets on their backs.\n\n\u201cLaw enforcement officers love their communities enough to give their lives to protect those communities. They are incredible men and women. To me, each one is a hero and we are grateful for each and every one of them.\n\n\u201cThey wear the badge and protect our communities despite all the risks. It is the definition of selflessness.\n\n\u201cTo the men and women of law enforcement \u2013 you are everyday heroes, and you are among us every day.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:12:30Z"]], "truncated": false, "filtered_table_rows_count": 155, "expanded_columns": [], "expandable_columns": [], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "units": {}, "query": {"sql": "select url, title, date, year, month, party, chamber, state, member_name, bioguide_id, domain, scraper, source, date_source, text, has_text, collected_at, updated_at from releases where \"chamber\" = :p0 and \"state\" = :p1 and \"year\" = :p2 order by date desc limit 101", "params": {"p0": "Senate", "p1": "WY", "p2": "2024"}}, "facet_results": {"party": {"name": "party", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?chamber=Senate&state=WY&year=2024", "results": [{"value": "Republican", "label": "Republican", "count": 155, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?chamber=Senate&state=WY&year=2024&party=Republican", "selected": false}], "truncated": false}, "chamber": {"name": "chamber", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?chamber=Senate&state=WY&year=2024", "results": [{"value": "Senate", "label": "Senate", "count": 155, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?state=WY&year=2024", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}, "state": {"name": "state", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?chamber=Senate&state=WY&year=2024", "results": [{"value": "WY", "label": "WY", "count": 155, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?chamber=Senate&year=2024", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}, "year": {"name": "year", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?chamber=Senate&state=WY&year=2024", "results": [{"value": "2024", "label": "2024", "count": 155, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?chamber=Senate&state=WY", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}}, "suggested_facets": [], "next": "2024-05-15,https~3A~2F~2Fwww~2Ebarrasso~2Esenate~2Egov~2Fnewsroom-news-releases-barrasso-honors-fallen-sergeant-nevada-krinkee-of-sheridan-wyoming~2F", "next_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?chamber=Senate&state=WY&year=2024&_next=2024-05-15%2Chttps~3A~2F~2Fwww~2Ebarrasso~2Esenate~2Egov~2Fnewsroom-news-releases-barrasso-honors-fallen-sergeant-nevada-krinkee-of-sheridan-wyoming~2F&_sort_desc=date", "private": false, "allow_execute_sql": true, "query_ms": 76.40481367707253, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}