Cynthia Lummis - Senator for Wyoming
We Need to Eliminate President
Biden's Unnecessary and Woke Policies
President Biden and
progressive Democrats are infamous for big government policies that
pander to their far-left base and inflate unelected D.C. bureaucrats'
power. For more than three years, the President and Democrats in
Congress have embraced a top-down overhaul of federal agencies to
maximize their power, ensuring liberal ideologies touch every aspect
of the federal government.
The Biden administration has grown quite
fond of woke and divisive politics, and has installed so-called
"diversity, equity and inclusion" (DEI) programs into the federal
government which squander taxpayer dollars.
While liberal elites
love to pat themselves on the back for supposedly being "inclusive,"
people in Wyoming are not falling for their insincere virtue signals;
they know these DEI programs are not about promoting fairness but
about sewing division and worsening racial biases. Let me be clear:
there is no place for this discourse in the federal government, and
the people of Wyoming should not be forced to watch their hard-earned
money wasted on these harmful policies, especially while inflation
rates under this administration soar and prices continue to rise
across the board.
I recently partnered with Senator J.D. Vance
(R-OH) to introduce the *Dismantle DEI Act *to eliminate DEI programs
within the federal government and rescind these out-of-touch executive
orders. Our bill outlaws mandatory employee DEI pledges, ends these
trainings and prevents educational accreditation agencies from
leveraging their position to push DEI policies on our education
institutions.
The people of Wyoming should not be funding the Biden
administration's woke and wasteful agenda, and I am fighting every day
in Washington to end this madness.
Happy Trails,
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Senator
Lummis' Week in Pictures
This week, I joined Semafor in a fireside
chat about the future of the financial services industry and how the
U.S. can drive financial innovation by creating commonsense guardrails
centered around consumer protections for digital assets.
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I
was proud to receive the Defender of Limited Government award from the
Institute of Legislative Analysis for my votes defending the freedoms
people in Wyoming hold dear.
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I
enjoyed celebrating our nation's independence last week throughout
Wyoming! The Cody Stampede Parade and rodeo roundup is always a hit
year after year.
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I
also enjoyed meeting folks in Lincoln County during parades in Thayne
and Afton.
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Last
week, I was excited to celebrate the opening of the Meta Data Center
in Cheyenne that will help Wyoming be on the ground floor of
cutting-edge technology and boost our economy.
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Legislative
Actions
Thanks to the *Chevron *doctrine, unelected bureaucrats in
D.C. have been enjoying far too much power, freely empowered to
interpret laws however they see fit. Most recently, the *Chevron
*doctrine allowed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives (ATF) to create new federal crimes to punish law-abiding
and responsible gun owners without Congressional approval.
In
response to this egregious overreach, I led my colleagues in filing an
amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court *Garland v. Cargill *case
calling the Biden administration out for this glaring overstep, and I
am proud to say the Supreme Court ruled in our favor.
The
Constitution is clear: decision-making powers lie with the
democratically-elected members of Congress, not Biden's bureaucrats.
This administration has enjoyed unlimited power to pander to its
radical base and drown the people of Wyoming in a sea of regulations.
Now that the Supreme Court has taken this administration's finger off
the scale, I have partnered with my colleagues to establish a working
group to restore legislative powers to the people and finally put
these runaway agencies back in their place.
Working for
Wyoming
This week, I partnered with Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) to
introduce the *Transparency in Student Lending Act *to ensure families
and student borrowers have all the information they need before taking
out loans to pursue higher education.
When young people across
Wyoming apply for student loans, they should have a clear
understanding of the financial obligations they are assuming. Senator
Barrasso and I are partnering to bring transparency to the student
loan process and ensure borrowers understand the true cost of their
loans, empowering them to make informed decisions. This legislation
requires the Department of Education to disclose to borrowers the
following information before the disbursement of their loan:
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The loan amount
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The loan's stated interest rate
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The
standard term for a loan of the same type
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Any fees or
additional costs associated with the loan
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Any capitalization of
interest on the loan
The full text can be found here.
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Grant Information
The Department of Transportation has
released the 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Reconnecting
Communities Pilot Program Fiscal Years (FY) 2024-2026. This program
helps reconnect communities previously cut off from economic
opportunities by transportation infrastructure. The *Infrastructure,
Investment and Jobs Act *authorized $1 billion in grant funding from
FY 2022-26 for planning, construction and technical assistance.
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Wyoming
Shoutout
Recently, athletes across the country punched their
tickets to Paris in the upcoming Summer Olympic Games, and the
University of Wyoming's own Jack O'Neil was among those chosen to
represent our nation in the upcoming Paralympics.
Jack topped the
field in the 100-meter backstroke with an impressive 1:11:60 and he
took third place in the 100-meter freestyle clocking in at 1:05.04.
Good luck in Paris, Jack! The Cowboy State is rooting for
you.
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*Photo
Courtesy of the University of Wyoming*
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Cody
1285 Sheridan Avenue
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Cody, WY 82414
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307-527-9444
Sundance
120 North 4th Street (769)
P.O. Box
769
Sundance, WY 82729
Phone: 307-283-3461
Cheyenne
Federal
Center
2120 Capitol Avenue, Suite 2007
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Phone:
307-772-2477
Star Valley
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1630
Afton, WY 83110
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Casper
Dick Cheney
Federal Bldg.
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PO Box 33201
Casper, WY
82601
Phone: 307-261-6572
Washington, DC
Russell Senate
Office
Building
Room SR 127A
Washington, DC 20510
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202-224-3424
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