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This week, the Environment and
Public Works Committee held a congressional hearing on the FY
2024 Budget request for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
During the hearing, I questioned Director Martha Williams on a
number of issues extremely important to Wyoming, including the
delisting of the Greater Yellowstone Grizzly Bear, the Biden
administration's attempt to change the definition of "habitat" as
it pertains to the Endangered Species Act and wildlife migration
corridors.

I am concerned with this
administration's willingness to completely ignore the advice of
those who live and work on the land the federal government is
trying to regulate. The people of northwest Wyoming see the
impacts of the increasing number of grizzly bears in the
Yellowstone area every day. Being an endangered species is bad
for the bears and it is bad for the communities in northwest
Wyoming.

We should be celebrating this as
a success story - the partnership between state and federal
wildlife managers has made it possible for the grizzly bear
population to recover! Instead, we are fighting to close this
chapter in the grizzly bears' recovery.

Earlier this year, I introduced
the Grizzly Bear State Management Act to return management of
grizzly populations back to state wildlife managers. They live
near the bears, so they know how to best manage their populations
to ensure the highest quality of life for the grizzlies and their
neighbors.

In Wyoming, where nearly 50% of
our land is owned by the federal government, we know how
important it is to make sure we are working well with our federal
partners to keep our land and wildlife healthy. I will keep
pushing the federal agencies that operate in Wyoming to be good
neighbors and to consider the input of those who live and work on
the land.


Happy Trails,













Senator Lummis' Week
in Pictures
















I had a great
discussion with Kurt Croell, a Wyoming business owner, about how
I am working to slow down the Biden administration's Green New
Deal inspired agenda that is crushing our state's energy industry
and raising costs on all consumers.







I was thrilled to
talk with Sheridan High School student Jada Berry about her last
few months in our nation's capital serving as a page in the U.S.
Senate. (While still going to school!)













WORKING
IN WASHINGTON



Legislative Actions:


I introduced the
Licensing Individual Commercial Exam-takers Now Safely and
Efficiently (LICENSE) Act which would streamline burdensome
licensing regulations by making permanent several waivers the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) implemented
in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Supply
shortages are made worse by a shortage of truckers. My bill
eliminates unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles to make it easier for
people in Wyoming to earn a commercial driver's license without
compromising safety.


I introduced the
Uranium Miners and Workers Act of 2023 amending the Radiation
Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) which provided compensation to
those injured due to exposure to radiation from nuclear testing
and uranium production.


Wyoming
miners and workers who took on an unknown risk to do this
dangerous but essential work deserve to be taken care of. At the
same time, it is important this legislation is targeted toward
those most directly impacted by the mining, milling and
transporting of uranium while ensuring we are not adding
astronomical amounts to our national debt.





Committee Hearings:


During a Senate
Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs hearing, I
demanded answers from Signature Bank's former Chairman &
Co-Founder Scott Shay and former President Eric Howell about why
they tried to use digital assets as a scapegoat for Signature
Bank's collapse despite the fact that all evidence points to
their own failure to adequately manage liquidity risks within the
bank and failure on the part of regulators to keep these banks in
check. Click here to view my remarks.
I pushed for a
status update on Wyoming's petition to delist the Greater
Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) Grizzly Bear during a Senate
Environment and Public Works Committee hearing. I also questioned
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Martha Williams for more
information on critical habitat designations under the Endangered
Species Act that would negatively impact Wyoming landowners.
Click here to view my remarks.












WORKING
IN WYOMING





Media:

I joined Neil Cavuto
on Fox Business to discuss the threat of Tik Tok, and I applauded
the work our neighboring state of Montana took to push back on
the Chinese Communist Party's influence over the social media
platform. Click here to watch the interview.


Working for Wyoming:

For people across
Wyoming, access to public land is a way of life. Now, the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) is attempting to ram through a deranged
proposal that would drastically alter land management by allowing
'conservation' to be an approved use for public land under the
multi-use mandate.

This would allow
radical activists from outside of Wyoming to tie up acres of land
and deprive rural communities of their ability to earn a living
through grazing and mineral development. I cannot allow this
government overreach to occur. This week, I led a letter
alongside House Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse demanding it
extends the public comment period to hear from the people and
communities impacted by the new rule.


News Around Wyoming:



Rare White Bison Born
At Wyoming's Bear River State Park

Cowboy State Daily
A 30-pound rare white
bison calf hit the ground at the Bear River State Park near
Evanston, Wyoming, at about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Park Superintendent
Tyfani Sager said the new baby is small, but by all accounts
doing well.



Wyoming schools chief
releases sweeping educational reform plan



Casper Star-Tribune




Wyoming's top
education official laid out sweeping goals for the state's K-12
system Thursday in a newly released strategic plan, setting the
stage for reforms that would reach every corner of public
education and change how the Wyoming Department of Education
works with school districts.

Wyoming
Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder's plan
would see the Department of Education take on more of a
leadership role during her time in office. Under her vision, the
department will proactively build model policies and outline best
practices for the state's school districts on a number of issues
including student discipline, literacy and library book access.












GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WYOMING






U.S. Senator John Barrasso,
Governor Mark Gordon and I are hosting a Federal Funding Summit
in Sheridan June 12th-15th to provide free professional
instruction, access to agency representatives and various
resources to help localities, counties and non-government
organizations (NGO's) apply for, secure and manage federal funds.

This free, four-day event, which
is divided into a two-day grant writing and management intensive
and a two-day overview of federal funding opportunities, gives
federal funding seekers the opportunity to brush up on their
grant writing skills and learn best practices for pursuing
federal funding opportunities.

An event summary can be found
here. While the two-day grant writing class is currently full,
you can still attend the second half of the summit focused on
connecting Wyoming communities and people directly with federal
agency representatives. You can also sign up to be on the wait
list for the grant writing class. For more information and to
register, visit:
www.lummis.senate.gov/federal-funding-summit-rsvp.










WYOMING SHOUT OUT






Finding products that are 'Made
in America' has become increasingly rare, but Aviat Aircraft is
keeping American manufacturing alive and well at their facility
in Afton. Started in the 1930s, Aviat Aircraft is now the longest
continuously operating aircraft builder in the United States.

The "Home of America's Favorite
Taildraggers" specializes in producing the Aviat Husky and Pitts
Special, which are both two-seat planes. Aviat's planes are all
meticulously handcrafted and there is only one automated machine
in the entire facility. The team still manages to work at a rapid
pace and produce one aircraft every nine days!

I applaud Aviat Aircraft for
proving that we can still produce products in America. I hope
this story inspires more investment and innovation in Wyoming.







Photo courtesy of
Cowboy State Daily














OFFICE LOCATIONS












Cody
1285 Sheridan Avenue,
Suite 215
Cody, WY 82414
Phone: 307-527-9444


Cheyenne
Federal Center
2120 Capitol Avenue,
Suite 2007
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Phone: 307-772-2477

Casper
Dick Cheney Federal
Bldg.
100 East B Street,
Suite 3201
PO Box 33201
Casper, WY 82601
Phone: 307-261-6572













Sundance
120 North 4th Street
(769)
P.O. Box 769
Sundance, WY 82729
Phone: 307-283-3461

Star Valley
80 1st Street
Suite 105
P.O. Box 1630
Afton, WY 83110
Phone: 307-248-1736

Washington, DC
Russell Senate Office
Building
Room SR 127A
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-3424

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