Cynthia Lummis: “2026 as the “International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists,” to celebrate our nation’s stewards of land.”

This is not controversial outside the walls of this building. It has simply become controversial inside them.

The same is true of protecting girls’ and women’s sports. Gallup has found 69 percent of Americans believe athletes should compete on teams that match their biological sex.

Wyoming’s ranchers, hunters and wildlife managers live with grizzly bears every day.

So Wyoming didn’t just send me here to spew political jargon, play politics. Because these things are simple, they are timeless. They are understood values.