News Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor highlighting how Congress should best respond to the Zika virus.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) settlement with Wyoming’s Andy Johnson. In 2013, the EPA threatened to fine Johnson up to $187,500 per day for building a pond on his property.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) welcomed Wyoming Department of Agriculture Director Doug Miyamoto before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Senator Barrasso invited Miyamoto to testify on invasive species management and his legislation, S. 2240, the Federal Lands Invasive Species Control, Prevention and Management Act.

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, delivered the following opening statement at the subcommittee hearing on invasive species management.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) successfully included items in the 2016 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) to help increase water storage and prevent ice-jam flooding in Wyoming.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor highlighting the accomplishments of the Republican-led Senate.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry signed the Paris climate agreement on behalf of the United States.

Representatives from more than 130 countries will gather at the United Nations in New York on Friday to sign the climate change pact written in Paris last December. They should be aware that the money the Obama administration has promised for these efforts just hit a major legal roadblock.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate passed legislation today aimed at overcoming bureaucratic roadblocks that prevent expedited shipments of American natural gas exports to buyers around the world. The provision, authored by U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), was included in the bipartisan Energy Policy Modernization Act (S. 2012). The bill also includes a number of other energy-state provisions that are important to the West, Barrasso said.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor highlighting the illegality of sending U.S. taxpayer dollars to the United Nation’s Green Climate Fund.