HOME | ABOUT | MEDIA | SERVICES | ISSUES














CHINA & THE OLYMPICS




This week, U.S. athletes are
participating in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. I am
so proud to hear that Alta native Jaelin Kauf brought home a
silver medal in the women's moguls! While I'm excited for every
single athlete who has spent years training for this opportunity
to compete, I'm deeply concerned about continued human rights
abuses by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

For generations, the CCP has held
an iron grip of power on the Chinese people. When dissidents step
out of line, they disappear. When minority groups become a
threat, the CCP enacts a full-scale genocide against those
groups, as evidenced by the treatment of the Uyghur people in
China. They exert undue influence over Taiwan and Hong Kong, and
they are trying to spread their influence to countries around the
globe. We are naive if we believe that their endgame isn't the
same for countries outside of their borders as it is for the
Chinese people.

I'm concerned for the safety of
our athletes who have traveled to Beijing to compete. Not only
their physical safety, but also their virtual safety. Just last
week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi cautioned American
athletes about "angering" the Chinese government. Essentially,
she told our athletes to not speak out against China's human
rights abuses because their safety cannot be guaranteed.

I'm also deeply concerned about
their virtual safety. The CCP is constantly working to find ways
to infiltrate American cyberspace. Those who have travelled to
China know to be careful about where they plug in their phones,
and to be cautious about what WiFi they connect to, but more
recently, the CCP has made attempts to infiltrate the financial
information of its people in addition to those who travel to
their country.

Last year, the CCP announced its
intention to launch a digital yuan. This is a digital
representation of the Chinese yuan, issued by the Central Bank of
China. Those using the digital yuan will keep them in a digital
wallet on a user's phone, giving the Central Bank of China, and
by extension, the CCP, access to the user's financial information
and phone. I am concerned that the CCP will use this access to
surveil American athletes and infiltrate further systems.

I, along with Senators Marsha
Blackburn (R-TN) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), wrote a letter to the
U.S. Olympic Committee urging them to block American athletes
from using the digital yuan to make sure their privacy was
protected from the CCP.

My concerns stand, but I will
still be cheering the American athletes on throughout the games.
However, it is critical we continue to keep pressure on the CCP
and be mindful of the scope and reach the country continues to
have the world over.



Happy Trails,
















WORKING
IN WASHINGTON



Legislative Actions:

I cosponsored
Senator Bill Hagerty's (R-TN) bill called the Stop Nosy Obsession
with Online Payments (SNOOP) Act. This bill would repeal the
authority given to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the
American Rescue Plan to collect customer transaction data from
third-party payment platforms like PayPal and Venmo.
I cosponsored a
resolution to designate the week of February 19th ad National FFA
Week.

FFA educates
and prepares students across Wyoming to become leaders in the
vital agriculture industry.


I cosponsored
Senator Deb Fischer's (R-NE) Cattle Price Discovery and
Transparency Act.

It is
critical to Wyoming cattle producers that livestock marketing
transactions be done in a transparent manner. Right now, beef
prices are up at the grocery store, but producers aren't seeing
those returns. The profits are all going to the packers. This
bill would provide transparency to pricing practices and will
make sure that cash transactions between producers remain
relevant.















WORKING
IN WYOMING




How do you get news?
I want to make sure
that I'm getting news from my office to you in the most efficient
way possible. Do you mind answering a quick, anonymous question?
Loading...
News Around Wyoming:
Casper Star Tribune:
Moguls skier Kauf delivers the love and wins for Olympic silver
ZHANGJIAKOU, China -
At the Tetonia Club in Alta, they clung to one simple phrase as
the bedlam gained steam while their daughter, sister and friend,
Jaelin Kauf, edged closer and closer to the Olympic silver medal:
"Deliver the love."
















WYOMING SHOUT OUT






I want to take a moment to honor
Ryan Pasborg for his heroic actions. Last week, he was driving to
work very early in the morning when he passed a home on fire. He
immediately jumped into action. He saw three children outside and
they said their mom and brother were still inside. Ryan entered
the home to save the mother and child. He performed CPR on the
children's mother until emergency services arrived.

He didn't stop there. He has
since been raising money and buying clothes for the family to
help replace the belongings they lost in the fire.

Read more about Ryan's heroic
actions here.








OFFICE LOCATIONS












Cody
1285 Sheridan Avenue,
Suite 215
Cody, WY 82414
Phone: 307-527-9444


Cheyenne
Federal Center
2120 Capitol Avenue,
Suite 2007
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Phone: 307-772-2477

Casper
Dick Cheney Federal
Bldg.
100 East B Street,
Suite 3201
PO Box 33201
Casper, WY 82601
Phone: 307-261-6572












Sheridan
P.O. Box 6677
Sheridan, WY 82801
Phone: 307-439-7783

Star Valley
80 1st Street
Suite 105
P.O. Box 1630
Afton, WY 83110
Phone: 307-248-1736

Washington, DC
Russell Senate Office
Building
Room SR 124
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-3424

This message was intended for: [email protected]
You were added to the system June 16, 2021.
For more information please follow the URL below:
[link removed]

Follow the URL below to update your preferences or opt-out:
[link removed]

To unsubscribe from future mailings, send an email to mailto:unsub-67903614777-echo3-4BBB97C1247F09FC7987349FAB0B7040@emailsendr.net?Subject=Unsubscribe&body=Please%20remove%20me%20from%20further%20mailings
with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line.