Congressman

Cynthia Lummis

Representing Wyoming

News List

  • House Approves Agricultural Emergency Disaster Relief Funds
    Aug 2, 2012 - WASHINGTON – After months of suffering from loses in livestock from prolonged droughts and forest fires, the U.S. House approved a retroactive reauthorization of expired disaster assistance programs for ranchers nationwide. In Wyoming 21 of the state’s 23 counties are under drought designation or ar... More
  • Department of Labor Withdraws Youth Agriculture Restrictions
    Apr 26, 2012 - WASHINGTON – Thursday evening the U.S. Department of Labor announced that proposed rules to restrict youth from working in agriculture would be withdrawn by the Administration. The new restrictions would have banned teenagers from certain livestock work and eliminated 4-H and FFA training certificat... More
  • Lummis Gets to the Bottom of New Brucellosis Regulations
    Mar 7, 2012 - Under Secretary of Agriculture Edward Avalos appeared before the Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee Tuesday to discuss the department’s proposed FY2013 budget. U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo) a member of the House Appropriations Committee ... More
  • Lummis Statement on Wolf Rider Language in FY 2012 Appropriations Legislation
    Dec 16, 2011 - U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) issued the following statement regarding the removal of the Lummis wolf rider language in the fiscal year 2012 Appropriations legislation that mirrored a no-sue clause passed in the Spring that delisted wolves in five other Western states: “The decision to p... More
  • Lummis Applauds Bipartisan House Passage of Farm Dust Legislation
    Dec 8, 2011 - Today, U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Vice Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1633, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act: “Imagine farmers being fined for doing things like driving a tractor... More
  • Lummis Statement on the REINS Act
    Dec 7, 2011 - U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) issued the following statement after House passage of H.R. 10, The REINS Act, a bill that reins in out of control federal regulations by requiring congressional approval for any federal regulation with an economic impact of $100 million or more: “While Ameri... More
  • Congressional and Senate Western Caucuses Weekly Address
    Nov 18, 2011 - This week, Congressional Western Caucus Vice Chairman Congressman Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) delivered the Congressional and Senate Western Caucuses’ weekly address. In her remarks, Congressman Lummis discussed her jobs bill, H.R. 1996, the Government Litigation Savings Act. The legislation will would re... More
  • House Judiciary Committee Passes Lummis EAJA Bill
    Nov 17, 2011 - U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) lauded House Judiciary approval of the Government Litigation Savings Act. Authored by Lummis, the legislation strengthens the purposes of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) and prevents abuse through environmental lawsuits filed in protest of federal lan... More
  • Lummis Bill Is Deficit-Friendly Solution for Grand Teton National Park Land Parcels
    Nov 4, 2011 - Today, U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced bipartisan legislation that could help resolve the ongoing issue of how to finance state-owned school parcels inside Grand Teton National Park (GTNP) in a fiscally responsible manner. Paying for the $107 million parcels is at issue since th... More
  • U.S. House Moves Forward with Arizona Land Swap
    Oct 26, 2011 - Today, U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) voted in favor of H.R. 1904, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act, legislation that facilitates a land swap which would open up the third largest undeveloped copper resource in the world. The bipartisan legislation seeks 2,400 acre... More

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