WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman voted against a bill that was advertised as a response to Hamas-inspired campus unrest, but which instead provides no actual relief for terrorized Jewish students and infringes on the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This poorly drafted bill only made it to the Floor of the House because the Republican Majority ignored its promise to follow regular order, which   more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, issued the following statement on April 30, 2024: * * * Today, the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held a legislative hearing on two bills to hold the Indian Health Service accountable for health related services provided to tribal members by private providers and to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and solve a discrepancy in means-te  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) in announcing their plan to introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to block the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) interim final rule that prohibits Americans from exercising their Second Amendment rights. The rule not only infringes on the Second Amendment rights of Wyoming citizens, but completely  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) questioned UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty on a cyberattack against Change Healthcare. The February cyberattack is the largest healthcare cyberattack to ever occur and it is still affecting health care providers across the United States. The attack disrupted health care services, compromised patients' personal data, and imposed financial losses on   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced legislation to end the federal electric vehicle and charging stations tax credit. The Eliminating Lavish Incentives to Electric (ELITE) Vehicles Act (S. 4237) stops taxpayer money from subsidizing the purchase of luxury electric vehicles for high-income individuals and corporations. This bill specifically repeals the $7,500 tax credit for n  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: In today's Energy and Natural Resources hearing, ranking member John Barrasso (R-WY), defended Wyoming's communities, economy, and public lands during his exchange with Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. Barrasso addressed the draft Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, the finalized Public Lands Rule, and oil and natural  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on April 30, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), released the following statement on the Biden administration's final rule implementing change to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The final rule will delay decision-making and threaten ess  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), joined Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) on a letter to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning opposing the agency's rule for solar development. This rule could shut out other multiple-uses, including grazing, mineral  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the President's budget request for the U.S. Department of the Interior for Fiscal Year 2025. The hearing featured testimony from the Honorable Deb Haa  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Jim Risch (R-ID), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Roger Marshall (R-KS) applauded the unanimous passage of H.R. 1042, a bill to ban Russian uranium imports into the United States. H.R. 1042 is Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers'   more

CASPER, Wyoming, May 4 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-WY, joined Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in introducing bipartisan Congressional Review Act legislation in the Senate to block the Biden administration's electric vehicle mandates. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized new emissions regulations which would require up to two-thirds of new cars and nearly   more