Legislative Actions:

• I joined Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Tim Scott (R-SC) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) in introducing the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act to protect people in Wyoming from the Internal Revenue Service monitoring their private transactions.
  • The IRS has no business knowing every detail of small financial transactions between individuals in Wyoming, and banks and credit unions shouldn’t be forced to spy on their customers on behalf of the IRS. This commonsense legislation will stop this clear invasion of privacy and prevent future attempts to politicize the IRS.
• I defended the people of Wyoming’s Second Amendment rights and demanded accountability from the ATF by joining Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) and four of my colleagues in introducing the ATF Transparency Act.
  • Law-abiding gun owners in Wyoming should not have their constitutionally guaranteed rights infringed on because of a simple paperwork mistake or bureaucratic backlog.

Committee Hearings:

• Committee on Environment and Public Works
  
  • I participated in the nomination hearing for Joe Goffman to be the Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency. I shared my grave concerns about his nomination and asked about his attempts to demonize Wyoming’s energy industry. Click here to watch.

Media:

I participated in a press conference with Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) to discuss our Congressional Review Act (CRA) to push back on the Biden administration’s attempts to politicize Americans’ retirement funds. Click here to watch my remarks.

I also wrote an op-ed for the Washington Times about the Biden administration’s encroachments into the retirement funds of people in Wyoming.

Working for Wyoming:

Many folks across the great state of Wyoming are extremely concerned about the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers using the Clean Water Act (CWA) to dip their toes into Wyoming’s privately owned water. In response, Wyoming has joined a 25-state coalition to stand up against the Biden administration's attempted land grab targeted at farmers and ranchers. I signed onto a letter back in February stating my concerns with the president’s overreach, asking that this rulemaking be suspended. This is an issue that my team and I are at the forefront of and we are working to do everything we can to protect Wyoming’s water for generations to come.

News Around Wyoming: 

Barrasso, Lummis cosponsor legislation to protect Wyoming taxpayers from IRS surveillance
Oil City News
U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-WY, joined Tim Scott, R-SC, and Mike Crapo, R-ID, in introducing the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act to protect people in Wyoming from the IRS monitoring their private transaction information.

“The people of Wyoming want nothing to do with Joe Biden’s plan to give more power to the IRS. This agency can’t even keep tax records secure. The last thing they should be given is even more access to taxpayers’ private and personal data,” Barrasso said. “The Democrats are using this tactic to squeeze as much money as they can out of hardworking Americans. Senator Lummis and I are committed to stopping this power grab dead in its tracks.”

Wyoming Arts Council Now Accepting Community Support Grant Applications
County 10
The Wyoming Arts Council is now accepting Community Support Grant applications. The deadline to apply is April 14 at 11:59 pm MST.

The Community Support Grant is a competitive grant program for operating and/or project support for qualified organizations that provide services to their community through the arts. Applicants may also apply for funding for arts learning activities.