{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/newsletter-archives?ContentRecord_id=F57B5BFC-86E8-493F-B1CD-03994E5E889A", "The Enzi Update - September 2016 Newsletter", "2016-09-21", "2016", "2016-09", "Republican", "House", "WY", "Michael Enzi", "E000285", "www.enzi.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The U.S. State Department recently published regulatory guidance which may require small to medium-sized gunsmithing operations and other firearms hobbyists to pay hefty annual registration fees of more than $2,000.\r\nIn a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, led by U.S. Senator Steve Daines, R-Mont., U.S. Representative Steve Scalise, R- La. and signed by U.S. Senators Mike Enzi, John Barrasso, both R-Wyo., as well as 21 other senators and more than 100 representatives, the lawmakers called on the Administration to rescind the plan immediately. \u00a0\r\n\u201cNot only does the guidance expand registration to gunsmiths who do not \"manufacture\" firearms, it also runs counter to the intent of AECA and ITAR, which are meant to control the production and exportation of military material, not the domestic repair or maintenance of a legal, common, and Constitutionally-protected product,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cWe believe the guidance effectively expands ITAR registration requirements and should be rescinded immediately.\u201d\r\nThe full text of the U.S. Senate letter is available for download\u00a0HERE.\r\n\r\nWyoming is by far the top producer and exporter of soda ash in the United States, and it is a key part of the state\u2019s economy. Unfortunately overcapacity in China has hurt Wyoming\u2019s ability to export its own natural soda ash, which is an important chemical required to manufacture other material, such as glass and detergent.\r\nEnzi, Barrasso and U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., recently sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, urging those two agencies\u00a0to work with China to resolve the soda ash overcapacity issue in the upcoming U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade later this year.\r\n\u201cChina\u2019s soda ash overcapacity is the culmination of nearly 30 years of industrial policies aimed at spurring soda ash production even in the face of diminished demand,\u201d the delegation wrote.\r\nThe full text of the letter is available for download\u00a0HERE.\r\n\r\nIn Wyoming and across the country the true face of Obamacare is revealing itself as health care prices soar and competition within the health insurance industry vanishes, according to Enzi.\r\nEnzi took to the Senate floor recently to lament how Wyoming, and a growing number of states, are hurting as they are left with only one insurer available on the Obamacare exchanges.\u00a0Click here for video.\r\n\r\nSenate Budget Committee Chairman Mike\u00a0Enzi called for bipartisan solutions to fix America\u2019s broken budget process during a forum focused on budget process reform.\u00a0\r\nEnzi talked about the importance of budget process reform and gave several examples. He said now is the time to act as America\u2019s mammoth debt is expected to skyrocket to more than $28 trillion in the next decade.\u00a0Click here for video.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/newsletter-archives?ContentRecord_id=F57B5BFC-86E8-493F-B1CD-03994E5E889A"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4359038323163986, "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"}