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Since his first day in office, President Biden has used every regulatory tool at his disposal to limit domestic energy
production to appease environmental extremists. Last week, President Biden
escalated his war on domestic energy by ordering a pause on all pending non-Free Trade Agreement export permit applications for LNG, a de facto export
ban. I joined U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in sending a scathing letter to the Biden administration urging it to reconsider the pause
and instead work to unleash American energy. Beyond being a direct escalation in President Biden’s war on domestic energy, the ban is also a
late Christmas gift to America’s energy-producing foreign adversaries. American LNG is the cleanest in the world, and a ban just means other
countries will rely more on dirtier foreign alternatives, like Russia, Iran and Qatar. The Biden admin's LNG export ban operates under the same flawed logic French utility Engie used
to halt U.S. LNG before turning around and buying Russian LNG with 40% more emissions. Even worse, the European Union is trying to impose a carbon tax
on Wyoming energy by 2026 that would fall under the same flawed logic. We cannot defer to the Europeans to tell us how to calculate taxes on our own
industries. I joined U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
in voting for the PROVE IT Act which will defend Wyoming’s robust energy and manufacturing industries from other
countries’ carbon taxes by gathering data to show how Wyoming sets the bar in terms of environmental standards.
We know the technological miracle of fracking and an increased
abundance of domestic LNG have been the main reasons American emissions have decreased 15% since 2005, the most in the advanced
world. The data is clear – Wyoming energy
is a global force for good. I
will continue to work in Washington to unleash domestic energy production, limit the damage of foreign carbon taxes and ensure there is never a
domestic carbon tax. Happy
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Senator Lummis' Week in Pictures | |
I was thrilled to celebrate
Wyoming native Monica M. Bertagnolli becoming the new Director of the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Bertagnolli grew up on a
ranch in southwestern Wyoming and previously served as the 16th Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and worked as a Professor at Harvard
Medical School and a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. I know she will make Wyoming proud in her new role! |
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2nd Annual Wyoming Funding Summit Set for April 8-12 in Riverton | |
I am thrilled to announce registration
is open for the second annual Wyoming Funding Summit hosted by Senator John Barrasso, Governor Mark Gordon and me!
The summit provides FREE professional training on
identifying, applying for, securing and managing grant funding. You will get the opportunity to interact with and hear directly from state and federal
funding agencies. Towns and counties are strongly encouraged to attend. To learn more information, see the highlights and materials from last year and register
for this year as a speaker or as an attendee, please click here.
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A walk across a
frozen pond almost ended in disaster for a couple of Gillette horses after the ice buckled under their weight and they became trapped under the ice.
Led by Battalion Chief Kate Eischeid, the Campbell County Fire Department responded to a call for help and quickly arrived at the ranch just ten
minutes later. The firefighters secured their safety lines and got right to
work cutting through the ice to free the pair of horses. After 20 minutes, enough ice had been cut to allow the horses to escape the frigid pond.
While the horses were clearly freezing, they escaped major injury and are doing great. Thank you to the Campbell County Fire Department for all you do to protect the animals and people living in our
state!
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