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Standing Up for Law
Abiding Wyoming Gun Owners





In April of 2018, Michael Cargill
of Texas bought two bump stocks for the same reason people across
Wyoming purchase firearms every day - to protect himself, his
family and his property.

Days later the Bureau of Alcohol
Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) issued a ban on bump stocks under the
National Firearms Act. It is not only an egregious violation of
the people of Wyoming's right to bear arms, but also represents a
dangerous new frontier of federal bureaucrats interpreting
federal law in expansive ways Congress clearly did not intend.

Federal agencies, like the ATF,
do not make laws. Their sole job is to interpret existing laws
passed by Congress, not grant itself sweeping authority to
confiscate firearms from law-abiding Wyoming gun owners as is the
case with the bump stock ban.

Luckily, Michael Cargill fought
back against the ATF. The very same day he turned in his bump
stocks to comply with federal law, he filed a lawsuit in federal
district court in Texas challenging the ban on numerous grounds.

While the district court and a
three-judge appeals court panel of the Fifth Circuit sided with
the ATF, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
reversed the lower court's decision and found the ban to be
unconstitutional.

The Biden administration appealed
the ruling and the case is now being heard before the Supreme
Court.

I am leading an amici curiae
brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case alongside 8 other U.S.
Senators and multiple legal experts, including University of
Wyoming Law Professor George A. Mocsary. The brief urges the
court to side with Cargill and preserve the people of Wyoming's
right to bear arms.

Garland v. Cargill represents a
true fork-in-the-road moment for gun rights in America. The
people of Wyoming have a long history of responsible gun
ownership, and I will not allow gun grabbers in Washington to
change that.


Happy Trails,









Senator Lummis' Week in Pictures















I always enjoy seeing Keith
Kennedy of the Wyoming Wheat Growers. This week, he stopped by
the office to discuss what Congress should include in the
upcoming Farm Bill to help farmers and ranchers.











I had a great time at the
National Stock Show for Wyoming Day.
I got to speak with the terrific
Laramie County Community College livestock team and watched them
compete in the Open Prospect Heifer Show.











I had the pleasure of supporting
Judge Kelly Rankin's nomination to be U.S. District Court Judge
for the District of Wyoming during a U.S. Senate Judiciary
Committee hearing.











While Judge Rankin has a wealth
of experience in the law and in the administration of justice, it
is his judicial temperament and character that are most
impressive to me. A judge must be quick to listen, slow to speak
and have an innate drive to understand all sides of an issue.
Through all of the opportunities I've had to interact with Judge
Rankin over the years, I have found that he is a fine exemplar of
all of these qualities.











After the hearing, Judge Rankin
brought his family by my office to celebrate his big day.
















WORKING
IN WASHINGTON



Legislative Actions:


I joined U.S.
Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) in sending a letter to U.S. National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration Deputy Administrator Sophie
Shulman calling for the withdrawal of the Biden Administration's
proposed Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for passenger
cars and light-duty trucks that would effectively mandate the
mass production of electric vehicles (EVs) and phase out
gas-powered cars and trucks.

People in
Wyoming cannot depend on electric vehicles not only because the
infrastructure is not in place, but because the batteries cannot
sustain the cold temperatures in Wyoming during the winter.



Committee Hearings:

During a Senate
Environment and Public Works Committee hearing I raised serious
concerns that the Environmental Protection Agency's push to ban
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) will have a tremendous impact
not only on domestic manufacturing but also on our country's
national security. The Department of Defense is reliant on
commercial manufacturing using PFAS to produce weapons and
supplies that are critical to maintaining national security. It
would be foolish to cut the cord on PFAS without having a backup
plan. Click here to watch my full remarks.












WORKING
IN WYOMING



Working for Wyoming:
An open border is a
choice, and the Biden administration is shamefully choosing to
put America last. Since President Biden entered office more than
8.8 million illegal aliens have poured into our country, around
17 times the population of Wyoming.

The Biden
administration is entitled to its own opinions on what good
border security looks like, but it is not entitled to making up
its own facts. The fact of the matter is these 8.8 million
illegal aliens and the millions more who were already in our
country before Biden's presidency began are not American citizens
and they should not be counted in the U.S. Census. Beyond
apportioning congressional districts, population data from the
census plays a pivotal role in determining how federal funds are
dispersed.

Wyoming communities
already struggle to access federal funds and rewarding larger
sanctuary states like New York-which already has 26 House seats-
for unlawfully harboring illegal aliens will only exacerbate
current federal funding disparities at the expense of the
hardworking people of Wyoming. We cannot allow these states to
pad their population numbers due to their radical immigration
policies, which is why I joined U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
in introducing the Equal Representation Act that seeks to put a
citizenship question on the census to lessen the rural-urban
divide and protect Wyoming from further harm.












GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WYOMING






Traveling across Wyoming in the
winter months can be a hazardous journey. While much of that has
to do with weather, highway travel across our state can be
improved with infrastructure upgrades and improving the upkeep of
our roads. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has made
$3 billion available for the Safe Streets and Roads for All
Program to fund grants for regional, local and tribal initiatives
to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries.

$813 million was made available
on December 13, 2023, but the next round of funding will open in
February 2024. To learn more about the program and to see if you
qualify, click here.










WYOMING SHOUT OUT






Delane Skinner has spent half a
century fighting fires. Skinner began his career as a firefighter
with the Thayne Fire Department in 1979 when he served as fire
chief. Throughout his career he has held many other important
roles, including training officer.

Current Thayne Fire Chief Tedd
Jenkins remarked on Skinner's incredible tenure, "I am not sure
if this has been done before in the state of Wyoming but I can
say it hasn't been done many times!"

Skinner was honored this week at
the Thayne Fire Department's annual awards banquet with a special
plaque commemorating his 50 years of service. Delane, thank you
for keeping us safe in Star Valley all these years!








Photo courtesy of SVI
news.













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Federal Center
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Cheyenne, WY 82001
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Casper
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Bldg.
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Casper, WY 82601
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Sundance
120 North 4th Street
(769)
P.O. Box 769
Sundance, WY 82729
Phone: 307-283-3461

Star Valley
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P.O. Box 1630
Afton, WY 83110
Phone: 307-248-1736

Washington, DC
Russell Senate Office
Building
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