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NO-FLY AND DUE PROCESS
This week, I wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging him to reject Delta Airlines' call to create a federal 'no-fly' list for passengers behaving badly on commercial airlines.

A 'no-fly' list was created after 9/11 to make sure that those who were seeking to cause chaos and terror in our skies didn't have the ability to replicate the attacks that happened on that horrific day. Yet that list, while surely it kept terrorists out of the skies, also has prevented some innocent people from traveling freely based on their name. 

I have deep concerns about creating another list that interferes with our right to travel freely. I am not suggesting that there shouldn't be serious consequences for the violent and erratic actions that we have witnessed on planes. Those that assault flight crews or try to breach cockpits should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, and airlines are well within their rights to ban those passengers from flying on their airlines in the future. My qualm is with the idea that we should ban people from exercising their constitutional right to travel freely without due process of law. 

If a situation does arise where a new 'no-fly' list needs to be created, it is important that the task fall to Congress, not to unelected bureaucrats. I'll reiterate: dangerous and belligerent behavior on planes is unacceptable. Putting the safety of flight crews and other passengers in danger, regardless of ones' reasoning, is unacceptable. However, one's constitutional rights should not be abridged without due process. I'll continue to fight for the rights of the people of Wyoming here in Washington no matter what. 

Happy Trails,
WORKING IN WASHINGTON

I delivered a speech honoring my dear friend Leland Christensen on the Senate Floor this week. He spent his life serving the people of Wyoming, and he will be sorely missed. Click here to view the speech. 

Legislative Actions:

I cosigned a letter led by Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers calling out the wasteful approach to spending resources developing new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) regulations.

  • WOTUS is federal government overreach, plain and simple. Any expansion of WOTUS will have negative impacts on Wyoming's agriculture and energy industries.

I cosponsored the Fair Repair Act, which would require original manufacturers to provide manuals and diagnostic equipment to independent repair shops and individual owners of the equipment. 

  • In rural states like Wyoming, many ranchers live upwards of 100 miles from the nearest equipment dealership. That makes it time-consuming and expensive to repair broken equipment. If they had the tools to make a proper diagnosis, they could fix it themselves. 
Major votes:
Continuing Resolution to maintain current levels of federal government funding
  • Opposed - I voted against this because our federal spending is out of control. We recently reached $30 trillion in debt. 
Hearings:
Environment & Public Works Banking, Housing and Urban Development
WORKING IN WYOMING

All Wyoming, All the Time:
The grant process can be overwhelming. I want to ensure that local communities, organizations and businesses in Wyoming can easily find grants they qualify for and have all the information they need to apply for those funds. My staff has worked tirelessly to comb through every grant made possible by the recently enacted infrastructure law to carefully highlight the ones that are most relevant to Wyoming. I hope local communities, non-profits, and businesses across the Cowboy state are able to use this website as a resource, and my staff is ready to answer specific questions they have about the federal grant process. To access the website, go to www.lummis.senate.gov/funding opportunities.

News Around Wyoming:

Gordon Reaches Deal to Keep Bridger Power Plant Open
An agreement has been reached between PacificCorp and the state of Wyoming to keep Unit 2 of the Jim Bridger power plant operational beyond April 30, 2022, the original date it was supposed to close. 

Based on a press release by Governor Mark Gordon, the agreement has PacificCorp convert Units 1 and 2 to natural gas, which must be done no later than Jan. 1, 2024, along with committing to certain emission limits. 

Biden administration misses deadline to hold first-quarter lease sale in Wyoming
Wyoming will not see a federal oil and gas lease sale in the first quarter of 2022.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) told producers last year that it would "offer 195 parcels totaling about 179,001 acres in an oil and gas lease sale in the first quarter of calendar year 2022," in accordance with a June court order directing it to resume quarterly lease sales. 

See my statement on this decision here:

WYOMING SHOUT OUT
Wyoming may not have its own NFL team, but Wyoming football players are showing up in the pros all over the country. Wyoming's own Logan Wilson of Casper went to the Super Bowl with the Cincinnati Bengals this past Sunday. While they were not ultimately victorious, it was a treat to cheer on a Wyoming native as he played in the Super Bowl. Congratulations Logan!
AP Photo/Duane Burleson

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