News Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need to stop the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced bipartisan legislation to expedite the payment of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits to individuals with terminal illnesses by eliminating the five-month waiting period.

It has been obvious for a long time that President Obama badly wanted to strike a deal with Iran on its illicit nuclear program. The problem is, if you want it bad, you’ll get it bad.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, and U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, held a field hearing in Seattle to discuss wildland fire management. More than 700,000 acres are burning in the state of Washington and more than 1 million acres have burned nationwide so far this year.

GILLETTE, WYOMING— Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) participated in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) listening session in Gillette, Wyoming on raising the royalty rates on the Federal Coal Leasing Program. The text of Senator Barrasso’s prepared statement for the record is below.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor highlighting the bipartisan accomplishments of the Senate during the first half of the year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) announced that Bronwyn Lance Chester has joined his staff as communications director and chief spokesperson for the Senate Republican Policy Committee.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized President Obama’s “Clean Power Plan” that mandates massive new red tape and job-crushing regulations on American energy producers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) issued the following statement after the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced bipartisan energy legislation introduced by Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA). The Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 includes the Barrasso-Heinrich bipartisan liquefied natural gas (LNG) export bill (S. 33) and an amendment Barrasso offered that directs federal agencies to prioritize environmental reviews for helium projects.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) praised the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for passing two Barrasso water bills, the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Transparency Act S. 593 and S. 1305, a bill that would expand the water storage capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir in Wyoming.