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January 2, 2025
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A new law, the Corporate Transparency Act, would be about to crush small-business owners, invade their privacy and violate their constitutional rights, had it been allowed to take effect as intended on New Year’s Day. It’s a bad law that was smuggled into an unrelated defense bill in 2020 under the cover of Covid-19.

Issues:The Administrative StateEconomy and Budget
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December 30, 2024
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The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Buffalo and Rock Springs Resource Management Plans (RMP) are a direct attack on Wyoming’s heritage, economy, and the livelihoods of the hardworking men and women who call this great state home.

Issues:Natural Resources
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November 6, 2024
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For our federal government, and regardless of the issue, “the sky’s the limit.” Applying this adage to ownership of real property “out west” is well-known, which is why I have introduced the No Net Gain in Federal Lands Act of 2024.

Issues:Natural ResourcesThe Administrative State
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October 24, 2024
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The United Nations seeks to dictate how we use our own land and water, and Kamala Harris is helping them do it.

Issues:The Administrative State
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October 4, 2024
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An emerging and dangerous issue which should be of concern to everyone in the Western U.S. is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) implementation of the Sustainability Targets in Agriculture to Incentivize Natural Solutions (SUSTAINS) Act of 2021. 

Issues:Agriculture
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June 28, 2024
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For two generations the Chevron Doctrine has given federal agencies an unfair advantage, outsized authority and unconstitutional power in interpreting statutes and issuing rules. Friday, the Supreme Court righted this wrong. 

Issues:The Administrative State
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May 27, 2024
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but Rocky Mountain Power (RMP) wants to raise your electric bill by double digits (16.5% in total) … yet again.

This is not the first rate increase that RMP has proposed, and it will not be the last. 

Issues:Energy
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May 13, 2024
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In Wyoming, we have always relied on access to America’s public lands for our way of life and our livelihood. It is essential for energy and mineral development, ranching and agriculture, hunting and fishing, hiking and climbing, and so much more. 

Issues:Natural Resources
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April 3, 2024
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This op-ed was first published in Townhall on April 3, 2024. Click here to view it on their site.

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas has willfully facilitated and

Issues:Border Security and Immigration
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February 29, 2024
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There are all kinds of phrases and jargon that are particular to Congress and legislative procedure, so much so that sometimes it sounds like the folks on Capitol Hill are speaking a different language. When members of Congress talk in “legislative speak,” normal people tend to tune them out because, unlike D.C. careerists, they are not obsessed with the minutiae of the process.