WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today issued the following statement after final passage of Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill.

“Senate Republicans kept our promises to the American people. We voted to put more money in people’s pockets, to make our communities safer, and to stop the largest tax increase in history.

“I worked to secure major wins for Wyoming. Our bill makes significant investments in rural healthcare and the development of life-saving cures. We cut taxes for Wyoming families, workers, and small businesses. We expand the child tax credit. We unleash affordable, available, reliable Wyoming energy.

“Americans elected Republicans to make our country safer, stronger, and more prosperous. This bill does it.”

Big Wins for Wyoming Taxpayers and Workers:

• Makes the 2017 tax cuts permanent to stop a $4 trillion tax hike – saving Wyoming families on average more than $1700 a year in taxes.

• 10,000 Wyoming workers will benefit from no tax on tips – bill creates a deduction of up to $25,000 for qualified tips for millions of tipped workers like waitresses, barbers, hairstylists, and taxi drivers.

• More than 65,000 Wyoming families will benefit from the preserved and expanded child tax credit.

• 50,000 small businesses in Wyoming will get a tax cut. 

Unleashing Wyoming Energy:

Increases Oil & Gas Lease Sales – H.R. 1 includes language requiring the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to hold quarterly oil and gas lease sales in nine western states, including Wyoming.

Increases Coal Leasing – H.R. 1 includes language to revive coal leasing in Wyoming and across America. It also specifically requires the Secretary of the Interior to increase the number of acres available for coal leasing to no less than four million acres.

Repeals EV Credit – H.R. 1 includes language from Senator Barrasso’s Eliminating Lavish Incentives to Electric (ELITE) Vehicles Act that repeals the $7,500 tax credit for new electric vehicles (EVs), eliminates the tax credit for purchasing used EVs, wipes out the federal investment tax credit for electric vehicle charging stations, and closes the “leasing loophole” that has allowed certain taxpayers and foreign entities to evade restrictions on EV incentives.

Encourages Carbon Capture and Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery – H.R. 1 includes language from Senator Barrasso’s Enhancing Energy Recovery Act that will create parity under the Section 45Q carbon capture tax credit by giving across-the-board, equal treatment for carbon captured for increased energy production, utilization, and sequestration – including enhanced oil and natural gas recovery.

Cuts the Green New Scam – H.R. 1 includes several provisions that rescind a majority of the Biden administration’s “green new scam” priorities. This includes pausing the Democrat tax on methane emissions for ten years. 

Helping Wyoming’s Workforce and Small Businesses:

Small Business Expensing – H.R. 1 includes language from Senator Barrasso’s Growing America’s Small Businesses and Manufacturing Act that will allow small businesses to immediately expense up to $2.5 million in equipment purchases. This will help Wyoming farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, and other Main Street businesses expand operations, compete more effectively, and hire additional workers.

Certainty for Wyoming Sugar Producers – H.R. 1 includes language to support and increase certainty for Wyoming’s sugar producers. The bill extends the sugar program through 2031 and increases sugar loan rates and storage rates for both raw cane sugar and refined beet sugar.

Expanding Apprenticeship Opportunities – H.R. 1 establishes the Workforce Pell Grant program to provide aid for students in short-term, high-quality workforce programs. This expansion will help more students afford the skills training necessary for in-demand jobs, including eligible apprenticeship programs.

Strengthening Rural Health Care:

Developing Life-Saving Cures – H.R. 1 includes language from Senator Barrasso’s bipartisan Optimizing Research Progress Hope and New (ORPHAN) Cures Act that will speed up the process for approving new life-saving drugs and treatment options for Americans affected by rare diseases.

Rural Health Care Fund – H.R. 1 creates a Rural Health Transformation Program, giving Wyoming hospitals, clinics, and health centers access to more than $500 million to help ensure high-quality care remains available across our frontier state.

Strengthening Medicaid – H.R. 1 makes important reforms to strengthen Medicaid by cutting waste, fraud and abuse. It puts in place work requirements for able-bodied, working-age adults. It also withholds federal funding to states that break the law and enroll illegal immigrants on Medicaid.

Investing and Increasing our National Security:

Securing our Border – H.R. 1 includes increased funding for the border wall and other investments in border security and infrastructure. It also provides funds to hire ICE and CBP agents to deport the largest number of criminal illegal aliens in history.

Modernizing our Nuclear Deterrent – H.R. 1 includes $2.5 billion for the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Program to replace the Minuteman III missiles – a key priority for F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, WY.

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