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Barrasso Questions DOE, DOI Nominees on Uranium, Anti-Coal Stream Rule IG Report

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) questioned Department of Interior (DOI) nominee Mary L. Kendall and Department of Energy (DOE) nominee John Frances Kotek about excess uranium management and an inspector general’s (IG) report on the DOI’s anti-coal stream rule. Ms. Kendall is nominated to be inspector general at DOI. Mr. Kotek is nominated to be an assistant secretary at DOE (nuclear energy).

Barrasso Chairs Subcommittee Hearing on Paris Climate Talks

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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy, presided over a hearing on the economic and environmental impacts of the international climate negotiations to be concluded in Paris this December.

Barrasso Applauds Court Decision Blocking WOTUS

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals halted action on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule.

Barrasso Questions Energy Secretary on U.S. Crude Oil Exports

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) questioned U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz about the ban on American exports of crude oil and the energy security of our nation’s allies. Secretary Moniz was testifying before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the potential modernization of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve … Read more

Senator John Barrasso Delivers Weekly Republican Address

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the Weekly Republican Address, Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming says the Obama Administration is saddling the nation with thousands of costly and burdensome regulations that are driven more by ideology than practicality. In the past six years, the administration has issued more than 2,500 new regulations that are expected to cost the American economy a staggering $680 billion. “You might ask, what do Americans get for all this time and money? One of EPA’s rules on power plants would cost as much as $2,400 for every $1 in direct benefits. This imbalance is a big reason why Americans’ wages have been stagnant since President Obama took office,” says Barrasso. The Weekly Republican Address is available in both audio and video format and is embargoed until 6:00 a.m. ET, Saturday, October 3, 2015. The audio of the address is available here, the video will be available here and you may download the address here. A full transcript of the address follows:

Barrasso Questions Administration Witness on WOTUS, Regulatory Overreach in WY

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) questioned Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Jo-Ellen Darcy about the Obama administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, highlighting a family in Wyoming who was fined for building a stock pond on their property. Darcy was testifying before today’s Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife oversight hearing.

Barrasso: More Bad News on Obamacare

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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor highlighting recent alarming headlines about President Obama’s health care law.