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Making the Endangered
Species Act Work for Wyoming




Fifty years ago, the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) was signed into law by President Richard Nixon
with the intention of establishing a clear process for recovering
species on the verge of extinction.

In the years that have passed
since its enactment, this well-intended law has taken on a life
of its own and dramatically shifted from its original purpose to
the point where it does far more harm than good to Wyoming
communities with virtually no improvement to the species it aims
to recover.

Since its passage, 1,667 species
have been protected under the ESA. Of those 1,667 species, only
62 have successfully been delisted during a 50-year span. What is
even more concerning is 36 species were only delisted because of
data errors, such as when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
listed the Monito Gecko because scientists could not find enough
geckos during their daytime search. Once they realized it was a
nocturnal species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife went back at night and
found the Monito Gecko to be a thriving species and promptly
removed it from the list.

The failure to recover species
has not stopped the ESA from enacting harsh restrictions on
ranchers, landowners and many businesses across Wyoming.

The Western Caucus Foundation
marked the ESA's 50th anniversary by compiling a comprehensive
report. It details the problems and failures of the ESA and plans
to create a road map for commonsense reforms that ensure the ESA
is more effective in saving impacted species and less harmful on
people living and working in Wyoming.

I value the good intentions of
the ESA to preserve our nation's iconic species and landscapes,
but change is desperately needed to modernize this antiquated
policy in a way that actually recovers endangered species without
destroying the communities around them.



Happy Trails,









Senator Lummis' Week in Pictures






This week, I got to meet with
Florian Hilmer, a German exchange student studying in Powell as
part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange. This program is
jointly offered by the U.S. and German governments for high
school students and recent high school graduates.

I enjoyed visiting with him about
his experience in Wyoming, showed him the Jackelope on my wall
and told him to keep an eye out for them in Powell.

























WORKING
IN WASHINGTON



Legislative Actions:


I joined U.S.
Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) in sending a
letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) opposing fuel economy standards for passenger cars and
light trucks.

People in
Wyoming depend on affordable and reliable vehicles for
transportation and this unrealistic de facto electric vehicle
mandate would increase America's reliance on China.



Committee Hearings:

During the last
six years, drug-related overdose deaths in Wyoming have doubled.
The rapid increase has stretched law enforcement and medical
services thin, especially in rural areas that are understaffed to
begin with. While there are many contributing factors, the impact
of President Biden's open-borders agenda cannot be ignored. I
spoke with members of law enforcement and country music star and
addiction recovery advocate, Jason DeFord aka 'Jelly Roll', on
what Congress can do to tackle the fentanyl crisis during a
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing.
Watch my questioning here.












WORKING
IN WYOMING



Working for Wyoming:
In recent months, we
have witnessed a coordinated effort by radical left-wing
activists to remove President Donald Trump from the ballot. While
a Laramie judge rightfully thwarted the effort in Wyoming,
similar efforts in Maine and Colorado have not had the same
outcome.

Weaponizing the legal
system to remove candidates from the ballot not only undermines
the integrity of our elections, but seeks to silence the American
people and circumvent their will. I joined Senator Thom Tillis
(R-NC) in introducing the Constitutional Election Integrity Act
which seeks to prevent state politicians and state entities, such
as courts, from disqualifying presidential candidates from the
ballot on constitutional matters that should be decided by the
U.S. Supreme Court. Our Founding Fathers fought to give the
American people the freedom to elect their president, and we must
protect that right.












GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WYOMING






The U.S. Department of
Agriculture announced it is accepting grant applications for the
Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) program.

The RISE program is a
community-driven initiative that will help create high-wage jobs
and new businesses in underserved rural communities.

The program is making
approximately $2 million available to partnerships of local
governments, investors, industry, institutions of higher
education and other public and private entities in rural areas.
To see if you are eligible and to learn more, click here.










WYOMING SHOUT OUT






For most people, saying they
conquered a mountain is a figure of speech, but not for Dr. Joe
McGinley. On Monday, the Casper mountaineer summited Mount
Vinson, Antarctica's tallest peak.

McGinley and his team fought
through a brutal storm with -50-degree windchill on their way to
the top of the 16,050-foot summit. He has now successfully
climbed the tallest peaks on six of the world's seven continents.


In addition to Mount Vinson,
McGinley has conquered Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mount Elbrus in
Europe, Denali in North America, Mount Aconcagua in South America
and the Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia.

Way to represent Wyoming all
around the world, Dr. McGinley!








Photo courtesy of
Cowboy State Daily.













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