Legislative Actions:

• I cosponsored the Traveler’s Gun Rights Act that would allow folks who don’t have a permanent, fixed address, such as those living in RV communities, to list a P.O. Box or Private Mailbox for their address when filling out a Firearm Transaction Record with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF).
  • It is important that all citizens, regardless of where they live, have equal ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
• I joined the newly formed Senate Future Farmers of America (FFA) Caucus. This caucus will work to support agriculture educational efforts now and in the coming years.
  
  • The national FFA organization continues to be an organization of vital importance to the up-and-coming generation of farmers and ranchers. Thousands of people in Wyoming are alumni of the organization.
• I cosponsored Senator Angus King’s (I-ME) Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption (PRIME) Act that would allow custom slaughter facilities to sell directly to consumers without the requirement that they be USDA certified and inspected.
  
  • It is important to the expansion of small businesses and the Wyoming's capacity to process meat that federal oversight be reduced so that small slaughter facilities have fewer burdens on their operations.

Committee Hearings:

• Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee
  • I questioned a panel on the Water Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Implementation of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act: Stakeholders’ Needs and Experiences.” Click here to watch the hearing.
• Commerce Committee
  • I spoke in the Commerce hearing entitled “Ensuring Transparency in the Petroleum Markets” where I called for increases in American energy production. Click here to watch the hearing.

Major Votes:

• Confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States
  
• Opposed
  • I take my constitutional duty of fully vetting each of the president’s nominees very seriously. Based on Judge Brown’s previous record, I was not confident that she will fairly and impartially interpret the Constitution.
    
• Passage of H.R. 7108, suspension of trade states with Russia
  
• Supported
  • This bill suspends normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus. It also permanently authorizes the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions based on violations of human rights, and it revises the President’s authority to impose these sanctions.

With the announcement that the State of Wyoming is drafting a plan to use federal funds to install electric vehicle charging stations across the state, my offices have received quite a few concerns. Folks are worried about electricity costs going up, lithium battery recycling, and the practicality of having electric cars on Wyoming roads. This is a situation that I will continue to monitor as the plan unfolds.

Media:

• I joined Charles Payne on Fox’s “Making Money” to discuss Ukraine, inflation, and my Responsible Financial Innovation Act. Click here to watch the clip!

News Around Wyoming:

Barrasso, Lummis Will Vote Against Jackson Confirmation To Supreme Court
Cowboy State Daily
Both of Wyoming’s U.S. senators plan to vote against Judge Kentaji Jackson’s appointment to the nation’s highest court.

Nominated by President Joe Biden, Jackson is expected to be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court by the U.S. Senate in the coming days. The confirmation vote follows a tie vote along party lines in the Senate Judiciary Committee on whether to recommend Jackson’s appointment.

Senator Lummis appoints Casper field rep Jackie King as state director
Oil City News
Wyoming’s junior U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis announced that she is appointing Field Representative Jackie King as the State Director in light of the tragic passing of former State Senator Leland Christensen.

King most recently served as one of Senator Lummis’s field representatives based out of Casper.

Lummis bill helps create federal Crypto regulations
Wyoming News Now
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis is taking on an ambitious framework, and this bi-partisan effort could change the way people and businesses use currency.

Last summer, the framework was started when an infrastructure bill’s definition of “broker” had the potential to be applied to digital assets.

Bill Introduced To Create Universal “No Fly” List For Violent Passengers; Lummis Opposed
Cowboy State Daily
A bill in Congress that would create a national “no-fly” list for disruptive airline passengers is being opposed by U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis.

Lummis has been outspoken in her opposition to the “Protection From Abusive Passengers Act,” introduced Wednesday, which she sees inviting overreach by the federal government