WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to serve as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced fifth-generation Wyoming rancher and president of the Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts Shaun Sims before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Sims hails from Uinta County.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor highlighting the importance of giving the American people a voice in the Supreme Court nomination process.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) questioned U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Thomas Tidwell about sage grouse conservation plans and the USFS maintenance backlog. Barrasso specifically called on Tidwell to justify adding new administrative staff, new land acquisitions and new roads when the USFS currently has a $5 billion maintenance backlog.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) questioned Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Heather Higginbottom about the administration’s recent deposit of $500 million into the United Nations Green Climate Fund.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor highlighting his legislation to prevent illegal immigrants from being able to prescribe opioids if states issue them medical, dental and other professional licenses.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor highlighting the precedent Senate Democrats set for Supreme Court nominations.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso and U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis, all R-Wyo., issued these statements following the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal to remove the grizzly bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem from the Endangered Species Act Federal Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and transfer management of the bear to the state of Wyoming.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) called on U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz to promptly approve liquefied natural gas (LNG) export applications for the remainder of the Obama administration. Barrasso also urged the administration to do everything it can to stop the Russian-German Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project from moving forward.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) spoke about the need for bipartisan coal ash legislation at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing. The hearing included testimony on the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016 (S. 2446), which was introduced by Senators John Hoeven (R-ND) and Joe Manchin (D-WV). The bill would give states the authority regulate the byproduct of burning coal, commonly referred to as coal ash.
