John Barrasso

What is happening is any sort of a change to a policy, whether they change the deductible, change the copay or any of those things, then that policy is disallowed as something you can keep.

Doctors will tell you the biggest deadbeat when it comes to paying for health care is the Federal Government. It is Washington. More and more of my colleagues are opting out... from taking care of Medicare patients because what they get…

I am trying to get my amendment No. 4313 pending so we can have an up-or-down vote. It is unfortunate that this has been blocked. This amendment fixes flaws in the Cobell v. Salazar settlement, which is important to Indian country. These…

I come to the floor today as someone who has practiced medicine in the State of Wyoming since 1983, taking care of families across the great State of Wyoming as an orthopedic surgeon and also as a medical director of the Wyoming Health…

I think I would agree completely with preferring that approach.

This bill is important for jobs, jobs in Wyoming and jobs across the country.

So my question is does the department consider domestic uranium production important for America's energy security?

So it would make sense then that the department wouldn't want to force too much uranium on the market, which would perhaps push the envelope to the point that it impacts American jobs and American energy?

The uranium is a valuable resource, and it is owned by the American people.

The Environmental Protection Agency ought to be focused on the gulf, not on something that theoretically may make a difference 100 years from now. At a time when emissions are going up in China and going up in India and going up in Russia…

I think the Senator from Utah has made a clear point. The costs are real. The costs of doing this are very real. The benefits, however, are theoretical. I see my colleague and friend from Idaho here. I ask him, who elected the…

We are here to speak in favor of the Murkowski resolution in opposing what the Environmental Protection Agency is trying to do in terms of its efforts to regulate climate change because we know that is a job killer for all Americans.

We're very pleased that bipartisan rural mobility legislation in 3485 was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Barrasso

It's time to use the other boot to actually stop the spill.

The administration's confused response stands in contrast to public anger.

The American people aren't just furious at British Petroleum, the American people are also furious that the government has allowed this to happen.

The proposed changes in onshore potentially hand significant control over oil and gas exploration, development, and production to the whims of those that profess--and these are his words--'a nowhere, not ever philosophy to surface…

The Administration's onshore policies are going to hurt rural economies in the West and leave Americans even more vulnerable to higher gas prices.

I believe the bill is going to be bad for patients, bad for our providers, the nurses and doctors who take care of them, and bad for the payers--the American people, who will foot the bill for this health care bill.

What we all see is an environment that is unacceptable, including major and minor construction deficiencies.

Blocking future offshore exploration only means we will import more from foreign countries.

Our first priority needs to be stopping the leak, containing the spill.

Shifting this blame does not get us very far.

I think, Mr. Chairman, that statement highlights the goal of these groups to regulate everything Americans do from heating their homes to driving their kids to school.

I come to offer a second opinion on this bill and now this law. I think these things have not been accomplished by the bill that has been signed into law. This bill--this bill now signed into law--is going to be bad for patients, bad for…