Barrasso Applauds Decision in Trump v. United States
CASPER, WY—U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today released the following statement applauding the United States Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. United States.
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Barrasso Applauds SCOTUS Decision to Curb Power of Federal Agencies
CASPER, WY – U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement applauding today’s United States Supreme Court ruling overturning the Chevron Doctrine, a decision that will curb the power and authority of unaccountable federal agencies.
Barrasso, Lummis Block FCC’s Eleventh-Hour Election Meddling Attempt
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso, Cynthia Lummis (both R-WY) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Ending FCC Meddling in Our Elections Act of 2024 which blocks the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) last ditch effort to interfere with the outcome of the presidential election. Barrasso and Lummis cosponsored this bill to protect the people of Wyoming’s right to free and fair elections.
Barrasso Statement on Meeting with President Donald Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after meeting with President Donald J. Trump.
Barrasso, Lummis, Risch, Crapo, Hageman, Simpson Urge U.S. Department of Transportation to Swiftly Aid Wyoming in Repairing Teton Pass Following Landslide
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Jim Risch (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Representatives Harriet Hageman (R-WY) and Mike Simpson (R-ID) sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urging the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide necessary federal assistance to the Wyoming Department of Transportation as it works to repair Teton Pass following a catastrophic landslide that wiped out a section of the highway.
Barrasso, Pfluger Lead Letter Protecting Use of Predator Control Devices for Sheep and Goat Producers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and U.S. Representative August Pfluger (R-Texas) recently led a bicameral letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) demanding the agency roll-back its ban on purchasing or deploying M-44 sodium cyanide ejector devices.
Barrasso, Lummis Fight to Protect Rural Nursing Homes from Federal Overreach
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., joined Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) and their colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the Biden administration’s final rule affecting rural nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
Barrasso Statement on Biden’s Too Little, Too Late Executive Order
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement slamming President Joe Biden’s latest executive order on the border.
Barrasso, Lummis, Thune and Rounds Demand U.S. Forest Service Releases Chokehold on Timber Industry in the Black Hills
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), John Thune (R-SD) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore excoriating the Biden administration for its forest management policies in the Black Hills National Forest that are reducing the amount of trees available to harvest forcing saw mills to close and timber workers to lose their jobs. The senators request the Biden administration to open more of the Black Hills National Forest for timber harvesting and toss a lifeline to the Wyoming and South Dakota saw mills and workers who have seen their livelihoods threatened by the radical policies coming out of Washington.
Barrasso: Biden’s Open Border is to Blame for Fentanyl Deaths
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At today’s Senate Committee on Finance hearing, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) discussed how the Biden administration’s open-border agenda is escalating the fentanyl crisis across the country.