John Barrasso
If passed, the Local Radio Freedom Act would prevent music companies from charging local radio stations for playing songs on air. On Thursday, March 9, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) reintroduced the bipartisan Local Radio Freedom Act. The bill already has strong bipartisan support, giving it momentum in Congress. For decades, record…
Thousands of Wyoming residents are waiting to see if a sizeable amount of their student loan debt will be forgiven by the Biden Administration – a decision now in the hands of the Supreme Court. The Biden-Harris Administration released new data showing the number of people in each state who applied for student debt relief…
A coalition of Republican senators is supporting legislation to prevent President Biden from forgiving student loan debt as the Supreme Court continues to explore its legality. U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., joined U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) in reintroducing the Debt Cancellation Accountability Act. This legislation would prevent the Biden administration…
U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Co-Chairs of the Senate Rural Health Caucus, passed a bipartisan bill to improve rural health care in the Senate with “unanimous consent,” a recent press release states. The State Offices of Rural Health (SORH) Reauthorization Act of 2022 will reauthorize a key support for health facilities…
Wyoming’s senior senator sees the two-year delay to the Natrium nuclear reactor project as another sign the United States must build a domestic supply of nuclear fuel through new legislation. On Tuesday, Dec. 13, Wyoming Senator John Barrasso, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (E.N.R.), released the following statement in…
After the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Thursday that prices have increased more than expected to 0.4 percent in September, Wyoming Senator John Barrasso is weighing in on how this rise is affecting Americans. The Senate Republican Conference Chairman is warning that high prices are becoming “entrenched in our economy.” That number is greater…
In a tribute to the hard-working men and women that helped establish the American West, the U.S. Senate has declared July 23, 2022, the National Day of the American Cowboy. The bipartisan resolution, which the Senate passed unanimously, was introduced by U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-WY, along with other senators. Started…
Former Wyoming Senator Al Simpson received the Presidential Freedom from President Joe Biden on July 7, and many Wyoming leaders celebrate him as a worthy recipient. On Thursday, July 7, former U.S. senator and lifelong Cody resident Al Simpson joined sixteen other Americans to receive the first Presidential Medals of Freedom awarded by President Joe…
All three of Wyoming’s congressional representatives decry the lack of input from state, local, and federal agencies before the BLM purchase in a state that already has a vast amount of federal land. On Thursday, June 23, U.S. Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, and Rep. Liz Cheney, all R-Wyo., sent a letter to Department…
A Park County representative is among a group of Wyoming Republicans who want Senators Barrasso and Lummis to reject any gun reform bill that reaches the U.S. Senate floor. Language for a potential bipartisan gun reform bill has been released. Some semblance of this bill could reach the U.S. Senate floor – and may even…
