Legislative Actions:

• I cosigned a letter to Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory asking for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis on any efforts related to the President’s America the Beautiful (30x30) campaign
  
  • Wyoming is nearly 50% federal land, and while 30x30 is still vague and undefined, any federal efforts to increase federal ownership or control of more land could significantly impact Wyoming’s economy, budget, and way of life.
• I agreed to cosponsor the Airline Pilots Retirement Security Act  that would raise the mandatory retirement age for commercial airline pilots from 65 to 68 years old.
  
  • Pilot shortages are a key reason flights to rural areas like Wyoming get cancelled. This bill would help ensure that experienced pilots are not forced to retire before they are ready.

Committee Hearings:

Committee on Environment and Public Works

• Hearing entitled “Oversight of the Council on Environmental Quality: A Year in Review”
  
  • I questioned Environmental Quality Chairwoman Brenda Mallory about the effects of the National Environmental Policy Act on states like Wyoming and the new regulations that the Biden administration are trying to impose. To watch the hearing, click here.

Major Votes:

• Motion to Proceed to S.4132, The Women's Health Protection Act
  
  • Opposed 
  • The Women’s Health Protection Act was an attempt by progressive Democrats in the Senate to dramatically expand abortion in the United States. Abortion rights should be decided by state legislatures. Not the federal government.

The 2022 Aerospace and Defense Industry Conference that I co-hosted last weekend in Casper was a major success for Wyoming businesses. We had a wonderful lineup of speakers and attendees that included military and NASA personnel, aerospace contractors, Wyoming businessmen, Governor Mark Gordon, University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel, and my fellow Wyoming Senator John Barrasso. I am eagerly looking forward to seeing this relationship between Wyoming and the aerospace and defense sector continue to blossom!

News Around Wyoming:

Lummis, Barrasso celebrate signing of bill honoring women's rights pioneer
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed legislation into law led by U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., and Sens. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.; John Barrasso, R-Wyo.; and Ben Cardin, D-Md., to rename a federal building in Cheyenne as the “Louisa Swain Federal Office Building.”

“Louisa Swain was a true pioneer. Her historic first vote in Wyoming set the course for women’s suffrage across the nation," Lummis said in a news release. "I am grateful to Sens. Van Hollen, Barrasso and Cardin for helping me honor Louisa Swain, who called both Wyoming and Maryland home. I am thrilled to have my first bill to become law be one that honors her legacy, and I look forward to seeing that legacy enshrined in my hometown of Cheyenne.”  

New Law Means 90% of Hunting Licenses For “Big Five” Animals Will Go To Wyoming Residents
Cowboy State Daily
Beginning in the fall of 2023, more Wyoming residents will have the opportunity to chance to win big game hunting tags, thanks to a new limiting the licenses available to out-of-state hunters.

Next fall, 90% of the licenses for the “big five” wild game animals – bighorn sheep, moose, mountain goat, grizzly bears and wild bison – will be allocated for Wyoming residents, leaving only 10% of the licenses for non-resident hunters, according to the state Game and Fish Department.