John Barrasso

Key Endorsements Fuel Momentum for Bipartisan WOTUS Vote

WASHINGTON, DC –Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) announced hundreds of national, state and local endorsements of his bipartisan Federal Water Quality Protection Act, S. 1140. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the motion to proceed to S. 1140 on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 2:30 pm ET.

Barrasso: Congress Works to Rein in Irresponsible EPA

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor highlighting the recent report that confirms the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could have prevented the Gold King Mine spill. Barrasso also details some of the Obama administration’s most egregious new rules and how members of Congress are working to stop them.

WY DEQ Director Parfitt Testifies Before Senate on Anti-Coal Stream Rule

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) welcomed Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Director Todd Parfitt before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Senator Barrasso invited Parfitt to testify on the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s (OSM) proposed “stream protection rule.” Parfitt testified alongside Janice Schneider, the Interior Department’s assistant secretary for Land and Minerals Management, and three others.