New Report Shows Law Incentivizes Employers to Drop Coverage This week, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released a new report that shows the President’s health care law encourages employers to drop health insurance coverage. The NFIB surveyed 750 small businesses. Of those businesses, more than 57% indicated they would consider dropping health insurance … Read more
Barrasso bill allows all Americans, not just unions and companies, a way out of the President’s health care law. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced the WAIVE Act to give all Americans the opportunity to apply for a waiver from the Administration out of the President’s health care law. The waivers … Read more
Introduce Bill to block SEC from forcing businesses to conduct costly and burdensome climate analysis. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) and U.S. Representative Bill Posey (R-FL) re-introduced the Maintaining Agency Direction on Financial Fraud Act. The Act blocks the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) requirement that companies disclose the impacts of … Read more
Will Introduce Bill to Give All Americans a Waiver from Obamacare WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement regarding the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) new round of waivers from the President’s health care law. HHS has now granted a total of 1,471 waivers to over 3.2 … Read more
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), member of the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks, sent a letter to the Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park (YNP), Dan Wenk, urging changes to the proposed winter use plan. In the letter to Superintendent Wenk, Barrasso stresses the importance of approving a winter-use plan that increases … Read more
Senate Energy Committee Passes the Ski Area Recreation Opportunity Enhancement Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) praised the Senate Energy Committee’s passage of the Ski Area Recreation Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2011. “Today, bipartisan members of the Energy Committee voted to boost local economies by increasing recreational opportunities,” said Barrasso. “By … Read more
“The President says it’s time to ‘eat our peas.’ I agree with another President – President Ronald Reagan – who said it’s time to starve the beast, and the beast is Washington.” Click here to watch the speech. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate … Read more
Washington Spending Spree Makes It Harder for Private Sector to Create Jobs WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement regarding the 800th day since the United States Senate has passed a budget. He also commented on the U.S. Department of Labor’s unemployment numbers for June. “It’s been 800 days … Read more
EPA announces new job-crushing rule WASHINGTON –Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, released the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement of the job-crushing Interstate Transport Rule: “This Administration proves time and time again that they just don’t understand how its actions … Read more
Cost, Quality, and Access to Care Get Worse Click here to watch the speech. The President repeatedly promised that his health care law would improve health care for all Americans. We now know the President’s health care law actually makes it worse. Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) spoke on the Senate floor about how … Read more
