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Standing up for
Fiscal Responsibility




Perhaps the single biggest reason
I decided to run for the U.S. Senate was my concern over the
national debt, which was $21 trillion when I entered office in
January of 2021. The Fiscal Responsibility Act, or so-called debt
ceiling deal, that I voted against this week allows that debt to
grow to $35 trillion by January of 2025, a 67% increase from when
I entered the Senate.

This level of spending is
unsustainable.

Reckless spending comes with
severe consequences that escalate when the government decides to
print more money. People in Wyoming know this all too well,
having experienced the worst inflation in 40 years under
President Biden.

What worries me most about
Washington's out-of-control spending is the burden being placed
on my three grandkids and every other young child in Wyoming.
Right now, a child born today would be saddled with a $95,000
bill for our current national debt, and that amount will grow
every second of their lives.

While I cannot support ballooning
our national debt, it was far from the only reason I voted
against the deal. The bill keeps funding for 98% of President
Biden's 87,000 new IRS agents to harass and target Wyoming
taxpayers and increases welfare spending with additional
exemptions for people not working.

My core beliefs of fiscal
responsibility and limited government guide me in representing
you in the United States Senate, and I could not in good faith
vote for a bill that burdens the people of Wyoming with trillions
more in debt to expand the welfare state and increase the federal
bureaucracy.


Happy Trails,













Senator Lummis' Week
in Pictures



















I got to take a break
from the chaos of Washington to speak with students from Big Horn
Middle School visiting our nation's capital to compete in the
International Academic Competition Nationals. These bright young
students advanced through a tough gauntlet of qualifiers and
regional championships to compete in the national finals for
Geography, History and Science. Good luck in the competition!

























WORKING
IN WASHINGTON



Legislative Actions:


I cosponsored the
Educational Choice for Children Act which creates tax credits for
people and organizations who donate to non-profit scholarship
granting organizations.

Increasing
scholarship funds will expand educational and school choice
opportunities leading to higher quality education for Wyoming
students.



Committee Hearings:

During an
Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and
Wildlife hearing, I highlighted the regulatory challenges Wyoming
water providers face in supplying clean and affordable water to
our communities. I also welcomed Executive Director of the
Wyoming Association of Rural Water Systems, Mark Pepper, to
testify before the committee about the cost impact of regulatory
overreach on rural communities. Click here to watch my remarks
and here to view Mr. Pepper's testimony.
I raised serious
concerns during a Senate Banking Committee hearing with U.S.
Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration Thea Kendler about the fact that there are not
restrictions in place to prevent U.S. service members' personal
data from being shared with foreign adversaries, like China. In
addition to the invasion of individual privacy, there is an
obvious national security risk presented by allowing America's
adversaries to have sensitive data about the brave men and women
serving our nation and protecting the freedoms of the people of
Wyoming. Click here to view my remarks.

Major Votes:

Passage of H.J.
Res. 45, a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution introduced
by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) revoking President Biden's
suspension of student loan payments and transfer of debt onto
Wyoming taxpayers.
Supported

Asking
hardworking people in Wyoming to cover a $400 billion bill for
doctors' and lawyers' student loans is unfair and just plain
wrong. Maybe I am old fashioned, but if you take out a loan, you
pay it back.














WORKING
IN WYOMING



Working for Wyoming:
Wyoming has played a
key role in making America a global energy superpower, including
in the nuclear sector by leading the nation in uranium
production. This week, the Senate Environment and Public Works
Committee passed the ADVANCE Act, a bipartisan bill that I
sponsored, which will strengthen Wyoming's status as an energy
powerhouse and ensure that America has the most sophisticated
nuclear energy technology on the planet.

During the
legislative process, I raised concerns about duplicative
environmental regulatory oversight of the same project, a problem
that has unnecessarily slowed down Wyoming's TerraPower project,
called Natrium. The delays at Natrium illustrate just how
critical reforming our federal permitting process is to ensure
that innovation is not bogged down by red tape in Washington.
News Around Wyoming:
Torrington's Dave
Koza Never Played In The Majors, But His Bat Is In Cooperstown
Cowboy State Daily
Dave Koza's bat is in
the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Not bad for a
ballplayer that never even made it to the major leagues. Not for
one at-bat, not for one measly bag of sunflower seeds, not a
sniff of "The Show."

The perennial minor
leaguer wallowed in the obscurity of bumpy bus rides, $20 a day
per diem for food and unheralded rundown ballparks throughout the
New England area.

Man who made first
ascent of Second Tower reflects on history after it partially
crumbled last fall
Casper Star-Tribune
John Mowat remembers
the day 71 years ago when he and three others became the first to
climb the Grand Teton's Second Tower, a pyramid on the mountain's
skyline that partially crumbled last fall.

He recalls how
partner Leigh Ortenburger left his customary lunch of six peanut
butter-and-jelly sandwiches behind.












GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WYOMING






This week, U.S. Senators John
Barrasso, Governor Mark Gordon and I unveiled the full agenda for
the upcoming Wyoming Federal Funding Summit. We also announced
that the University of Wyoming is joining the summit as a
presenting partner. The summit is a first of its kind event
providing free professional instruction, access to agency
representatives and various resources to help localities,
counties and non-government organizations (NGOs) apply for,
secure and manage federal funds.

The Wyoming Federal Funding
Summit will be held in Sheridan. The grant writing intensive will
take place on June 12th and 13th. Space is very limited for the
writing portion of the course, so organizations are encouraged to
register as soon as possible and only send one representative to
this course. The federal funding overview and seminar will take
place on June 14th and 15th. All sessions are free and open to
the public, but prior registration is required. If interested in
attending, but unable to come in person, there will be a virtual
option for people to attend both the grant course and federal
funding summit.

In addition to the federal grant
writing and management workshop, there will be additional panels
and discussions on Infrastructure, Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA)
and Inflation Reduction Act funding, technical assistance and
grant management and an open house with federal agency
representatives where participants will have the opportunity to
bring them their projects, questions and ideas. Representatives
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Economic
Development Authority, the Department of Housing & Urban
Development, Department of Transportation, Department of Energy,
Small Business Administration, USDA Rural Development and various
state partners and agencies will be in attendance.

A full event agenda can be found
here. While Senator Barrasso and I did not support final passage
of the Infrastructure, Investment & Jobs Act or the Inflation
Reduction Act, we are committed to ensuring Wyoming communities
and citizens have fair access to the programs their tax dollars
are helping to fund.

For more information and to
register, visit
www.lummis.senate.gov/federal-funding-summit-rsvp.










WYOMING SHOUT OUT






Casper's own Peak Rescue team
joined rescue teams from across the globe in competing at
Grimpday, an annual competition testing the skills of the most
elite rescue teams on the planet. This year's event was held in
Marseille, France and the teams competed in a range of difficult
high-angle rope rescues including cliff-side, rooftop and treetop
rescues.

Despite competing against
multiple former world championship teams, Casper's Peak Rescue,
led by founder Micah Rush, won the competition, becoming the
first ever American team to do so. In addition to Rush, the
championship team included Tye Herron, Eric Christensen, Chris
Steinhoff, Keith Luscinski, Terry Lam and Jon Bertsch.

I am so proud of the Peak Rescue
Team, and I hope everyone in Wyoming sleeps a little better
knowing that if disaster strikes, we have the best rescue team in
the world right here in Casper!






*Photo courtesy of
Oil City News













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