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Biden is Bad for
Small Businesses




President Biden's tenure has been
defined by many failures but few have had more of a damaging
impact on our nation's small businesses than his reckless
spending and big government regulatory agenda.

We recently learned inflation
surged again last month, elevating the total increase in prices
under President Biden to 18.6%. While the president's failed
policies are mainly to blame, his personnel choices have also
contributed to our economic woes.

One of President Biden's most
damaging nominations was picking Julie Su to be Secretary of
Labor. Su has served as Acting Secretary since she was nominated
by President Biden on February 28, 2023, for one reason - even in
the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate, her radical beliefs have
prevented her from earning the votes required to be confirmed.

Julie Su has done nothing but
deliver one price hike after another for family-run businesses in
Wyoming that are already struggling under the burden of
record-high operating costs due to inflation and sky-high
interest rates.

This week, I led six of my Senate
colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden demanding he
withdraw Julie Su's nomination to be Secretary of Labor.

The letter cites how Su, who has
been serving as Acting Secretary for more than a year without
Senate confirmation, has enacted policies that have inflicted
such significant financial hardship on farmers, ranchers and
small businesses throughout Wyoming that many are in danger of
closing forever.

We need a Secretary of Labor who
understands the value small businesses bring to communities and
embraces innovation instead of one-size-fits all big government
mandates.

Julie Su has hurt Wyoming, and it
is time for her to go.


Happy Trails,









SENATOR LUMMIS' WEEK IN PICTURES















The best part of my week -
Wyoming Wednesday.



















I got to spend some time with
Judge Joe Bluemel, who has served as a District Judge in the
Third Judicial District in Lincoln and Uinta counties since 2015,
and his family.


















Senator John Barrasso and I met
with Wyoming Office of Tourism Executive Director Diane Shober,
Blair Hotels Travel Development Vice President of Leisure Quintin
Blair, Little America Regional General Manager Tony O'Brien,
Sheridan County Travel & Tourism Executive Director Shawn Parker,
Uinta County Herald Publisher Mark Tesoro and other advocates for
tourism in Wyoming to discuss how we can build upon the Cowboy
State's already stellar reputation as a global destination for
tourism.

























WORKING
IN WASHINGTON



Legislative Actions:


I sent a letter
alongside Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-WA) to Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning requesting a
comment period extension on the agency's Greater Sage-Grouse
Rangewide Planning Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft RMPA/EIS) released
last week.

The BLM's
proposals will have wide-reaching impacts on farmers, ranchers
and landowners throughout Wyoming whose livelihoods depend on
responsible management of our federal lands.
Our
stakeholders deserve adequate time to voice their concerns and
suggest commonsense changes to D.C. bureaucrats' policies, which
is why we are requesting at least a 180-day extension to ensure
their voices are heard.



Committee Hearing:
During a U.S. Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing titled,
"Spectrum and National Security," I highlighted the huge problem
Wyoming is facing with Rip and Replace. Congress required
broadband and cellular providers to remove Chinese equipment but
only provided 40% of the money required for these upgrades. Now,
Wyoming is facing a crisis that threatens to leave communities
throughout the state without reliable broadband services. Your
zip code should not determine if you have internet access. It is
imperative we remove the Chinese technology and replace it with
trusted products that are safe and secure. Click here to watch
the hearing.











WORKING
IN WYOMING



Working for Wyoming:
It may seem like
Groundhog Day in Washington as Congress debates another bloated
spending package released at the last minute. While I am always
skeptical of these last-minute spending jams, I am particularly
frustrated with this one because we have not been given adequate
time to read the 1,012-page bill.

While we do not know
the details hidden deep within the pages of the bill, I do know
that the eye-popping $1.2 trillion price tag is too much. America
is already drowning under the tremendous burden that is the more
than $34 trillion national debt. Instead of kicking the can down
the road on the ever-growing debt, every action taken by Congress
needs to be focused on balancing the budget and paying down the
debt.

I joined U.S. Senator
Mike Braun (R-IN) in cosponsoring a resolution recognizing the
national debt as a threat to national security. Currently, $0.44
of every $1 people in Wyoming pay in taxes goes to paying off the
debt. We are rapidly approaching a reality where a majority of
every dollar paid in taxes is paying off yesterday's debt instead
of solving today's problems.

The national debt
needs to be treated like the crisis it is.
Media:
I joined Larry Kudlow
on Fox Business to discuss the Biden administration's sweeping
electric vehicle (EV) mandate that will require nearly 67% of
vehicles to be EVs by 2032. People in Wyoming should not be
forced to pay for expensive EVs that are ill-equipped for the
cold weather and long drives they traverse on a daily basis.
Click here to watch the full interview.












GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WYOMING






Senator John Barrasso, Governor
Mark Gordon and I are looking forward to hosting the second
annual Wyoming Funding Summit in April. The summit presents a
rare opportunity for towns, counties and organizations across
Wyoming to hear directly from state and federal funding agencies
about how to identify, apply and secure grant funding.

This event would not be possible
without our partners.

We are so grateful that the
University of Wyoming is once again partnering with us for this
event alongside the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services,
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Wyoming Association
of Municipalities and Wyoming Business Council.

If you are interested in joining
us for this summit, click here.










WYOMING SHOUT OUT






75 years is a long time and for
some, a lifetime. For Bettie Marie Daniels, 75 years marks the
amount of time she has been a Girl Scout. She first joined the
organization in 1939 and has been involved ever since. Beyond
selling thousands of cookies, Daniels has made an incredible
impact on the thousands of lives she has touched.

To recognize her decades of
dedication to the organization, Girl Scouts of Montana and
Wyoming recently hosted a community celebration for Daniels at
the Etoquinnow Girl Scout House in Cody. The celebration featured
a fashion show of the Girl Scout uniforms through the decades and
a surprise appearance by her children.

Bettie Marie led by example for
decades, and I am proud that she was fittingly honored by the
Girl Scouts.








Photo courtesy of
Cowboy State Daily.













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