Enzi, Barrasso: Ag community needs more time to comment on worker regs
3/24/08
“The spring season brings many demands on the time of agricultural producers, and many have expressed interest in reviewing these proposed rules. Given the importance of this program to Wyoming’s agricultural industry, we respectfully request that you provide more time for further comment,” the senators wrote. “Feedback from the public is surely one of the most essential elements of successful rulemaking. In this case, any comment period shorter than two months during the busy spring calving, lambing and planting season is simply not enough time to allow for meaningful comments.” 
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Enzi, Barrasso: Ag community needs more time to comment on worker regs
3/24/08
“The spring season brings many demands on the time of agricultural producers, and many have expressed interest in reviewing these proposed rules. Given the importance of this program to Wyoming’s agricultural industry, we respectfully request that you provide more time for further comment,” the senators wrote. “Feedback from the public is surely one of the most essential elements of successful rulemaking. In this case, any comment period shorter than two months during the busy spring calving, lambing and planting season is simply not enough time to allow for meaningful comments.”
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Barrasso to UW Cowgirls – “Go Get ‘Em”
3/19/08
“Every Wyoming soldier I met with in Afghanistan talked about the Cowgirl basketball team,” Barrasso said. “We are all so proud of what they have accomplished this year. Their hard work and dedication led to the one of the most successful seasons in the history of the program. I know they will continue to make us all very proud.”
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Barrasso in Afghanistan to Thank Troops  Audio
3/18/08
“We traveled extensively around Afghanistan visiting troops in Bagram, Kabul and Forward Operating Base Sharana. Our military, and in particular the men and women serving in the Wyoming National Guard and as members of the regular forces are doing an outstanding job in helping secure and rebuild Afghanistan,” Barrasso said.
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Enzi, Barrasso Push Justice Dept. to Investigate Meat Packing Merger
3/17/08
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso , both R-Wyo., pushed the U.S. Department of Justice for strict oversight of the proposed merger of three of the largest national meat packing companies. The Senators stressed the importance for Attorney General Michael Mukasey to scrutinize the merger proposal to ensure a free and fair marketplace.
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Barrasso, Enzi Join Senators To Pull Pork
3/14/08
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Mike Enzi, both R-Wyo., are adding their efforts to a bipartisan measure by co-sponsoring language that would apply a year-long moratorium on congressional earmarks and stop pork projects from being funded in the next fiscal year.
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Barrasso, Enzi Tell Purse Holders To Nix Net Receipt Sharing
3/14/08
In a letter sent to Chair Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Ranking Member Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, lead senator Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), Enzi, Barrasso and 10 senators from other Western states urged the committee to leave out the “net receipt sharing” proposal from President Bush’s fiscal year 2009 budget for the Department of the Interior. The proposal would reduce Wyoming ’s and other states’ share of federal mineral royalties on public domain lands from an equal 50/50 split to 49 percent, thereby increasing the federal share to 51 percent. The two percent decline of the state share, authorities estimate, will result in a loss of about $20 million for Wyoming over the coming year.
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Barrasso Slams Overstuffed Democrat Budget Video Clip
Senator Works to Protect Wyoming Economy
3/13/08
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Barrasso, R-Wyo., condemned Democrats over their grossly bloated 2009 budget. In his speech to the Senate, Barrasso spoke on issues vital to Wyoming such as cutting taxes, spurring economic growth, and slashing government spending.
“We achieve economic progress in Wyoming when the government gets out of the way,” Barrasso said. “That is the spirit that powers our state. We should unlock the American entrepreneurial spirit that made this country an economic leader.”
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Barrasso Statement on 2009 Budget Resolution
3/13/08
Let me be clear: The people of Wyoming do not believe eliminating the President's tax cuts and dramatically increasing Federal spending is the right prescription for our economy. I would go so far as to say this budget does exactly the opposite of what is needed. This budget will send the wrong signal to small investors. The budget will send the wrong signal to ranchers. This budget will send the wrong signal to farmers. This budget will send the wrong signal to small business owners all across Wyoming.
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Enzi: HELP Committee approves critical bills to enhance public health programs
3/13/08
Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)Committee, today said he is pleased that the HELP Committee approved a series of bills to enhance the public health, including measures to expand breast cancer research, advance standards for medical imaging certification, help states develop systems of care for stroke patients, and three bills that focus on assisting pregnant women and children.
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Wyoming Unemployment Rate Second Lowest in Nation
3/13/08
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Barrasso, R-Wyo., welcomed news from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) which shows that Wyoming 's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January fell to 2.7 percent. Wyoming ’s rate is the second lowest in the nation. The national rate for January was 4.9 percent.
“Unemployment in Wyoming is at a five year low,” Barrasso said. “Our state’s economy is strong. We have added 8,300 jobs since January 2007, which is a 3 percent increase over last year. Our unemployment rate is at its lowest point since the boom of the late 1970’s.”
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Lawmakers consider Enzi request to rebuke federal mineral royalty theft
3/12/08
"I ask my colleagues now, whether your state is being taken advantage of or not, whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, to stand with us and support my amendment to restore the 2 percent net receipt sharing of federal mineral royalties to states. You know as well as I do that your state’s money could be next," said Enzi. "By accepting this amendment the Senate can put its foot down, draw the line in the sand and tell the administration one more time that they cannot take 20 million Wyoming dollars with the feeble excuse that it needs an extra two percent for ‘administrative costs’."
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Enzi calls for renewed, strengthened education and training programs to help Americans remain financially secure
3/6/08
“Knowledge, skills, and experience – not federal mandates and entitlement programs – are the keys to lasting financial security in a globally competitive economy,” Enzi said. “Long term solutions, which will ensure our students and workers are ready and able to fill the high skills, high paying jobs of the 21st century, are the only source of real and lasting economic security.”
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Barrasso Renews Fight to Fix Illegal Immigration Video Clip
Urges Senate to Pass Bill Denying Driver’s Licenses to Illegals
3/5/08
“I think the U.S. Senate has a responsibility to say where it stands on the issue of driver’s licenses for people who enter the country illegally,” Barrasso said. “Providing state issued licenses to illegal immigrants is not in the best interests of our national security."
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Barrasso, Enzi Join Senators to Increase Border Security, Stop Amnesty
3/5/08
“ Wyoming folks want secure borders and a secure nation. We owe it to all Americans, those who were born here and those who are legal immigrants to maintain the ideals of the citizenship process and the laws of our country,” Barrasso said.
“Secure borders are a basic building block to our national security. We can’t have true national security without knowing exactly who is coming into our country. We have laws already on the books to decrease illegal immigration through our borders but there is a gap of enforcement that needs to be plugged. By working together we can form a formidable group to bring change and discussion to the immigration problems in our country,” said Enzi.
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Enzi berates Congress’s fiscal irresponsibility and pushes for control of spending in the coming year
Senate Budget Committee considers FY2009 budget this week
3/5/08
“As stewards of the public trust, Congress needs to make the hard choices necessary to leave a fiscally and economically sound country to our children and our grandchildren,” said Enzi. “Unfortunately, the easy road is where we’ve tread. The budget we will begin working on today is just another slip of paper in the trail leading this country to financial ruin. We simply cannot sustain the current level of spending, which is spiraling out of control.”
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Enzi reminds Wyoming seniors to take advantage of free Medicare Part D sign-up
3/3/08
“It is important that seniors know that help with signing up for Medicare Part D is available throughout the state free of charge. The task of deciding which Medicare prescription drug plan is the best choice may be challenging, but in Wyoming there are several sources of free assistance to help you choose the right plan for your needs,” Enzi said. “Seniors do not – and should not – have to pay a service fee to sign up for the Part D program.”
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Senators to USDA: Beef and lamb from Argentina still too dangerous for America
Tester, Enzi, Barrasso warn of ‘serious effects’ on livestock industry
3/3/08
The U.S. put restrictions on Argentine meat products after a history of outbreaks of the highly contagious disease. Now the USDA wants to relax restrictions to allow beef imports from certain regions of Argentina. The Senators oppose this proposal and asked the USDA to analyze the economic risk of a Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in America before making any final decisions.
“We have serious concerns about the implementation of such a plan,” the Senators wrote. “Questions remain about the effectiveness of animal disease controls and tracking in Argentina. Weaknesses in this system could have serious effects on the American livestock industry.”
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