Congressman

Cynthia Lummis

Representing Wyoming
  • House Passes Job Boosting Energy Development Bill
    Jul 25, 2012 - WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis joined 252 members of the U.S. House in passing a replacement for President Obama’s weak offshore drilling plan proposed this past June. As opposed to the job killing policies set into motion by this administration the House offshore drilling proposal,... More
  • Salazar Testifies Before Lummis and Appropriations Committee
    Feb 16, 2012 - WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo) questioned Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today in the Interior and Environment Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. Lummis took the opportunity to raise concerns to the Secretary over increased Soda Ash royalty rat... 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
  • Lummis EAJA Bill Gets its Day in Committee
    Oct 11, 2011 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law reviewed H.R. 1996, the Government Litigation Savings Act (GLSA), which reinstates accountability and transparency to taxpayer-funded payments made by the federal government in the name Equal Access to Just... More
  • Lummis Announces EAJA Bill Hearing
    Oct 6, 2011 - Today, Vice Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), announced that the House Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law will consider H.R. 1996, the Government Litigation Savings Act (GLSA) on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Authored by Repr... More
  • Exposing Big Green Environmentalist's Best-Kept Secret
    Sep 8, 2011 - They say there's no such thing as a free lunch. Unfortunately, that notion is news to environmentalist groups who, for years, have been dipping into a bottomless, untraceable money pit to push their political agendas in court and grind the work of land management and other federal agencies to a halt... More
  • Lummis Statement on Relisting of Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse in Wyoming
    Aug 4, 2011 - U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) reinstated Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for the Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse in Wyoming: “The Endangered Species Act designations are said to be based on the ‘be... More