John Barrasso

My view on this is that the permitting process now has been weaponized to pick winners and losers.

The State of Washington has abused their authority to block the export of coal mined in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and Montana.

When the State of Washington denied the water quality certification for the Millennium Bulk Project, it claimed there would be environmental harm, but the State of Washington's own consultant concluded there would be a net environmental…

Washington State's refusal to issue the permit is not just bad for our economy; it is also bad for the environment.

By preventing this project from moving forward, Washington State has hurt the economy of the entire region and the Nation.

During the first year of the Trump administration, it is my understanding that EPA finalized 22 deregulatory actions.

Uranium production is vital to our country's national security, our energy security.

The State of Washington is abusing Section 401 of the Clean Water Act in order to block the development of the coal export terminal in that State.

The Clean Air Act requires that EPA grant relief to small refineries which suffer disproportionate economic hardship under the Renewable Fuel Standards, the RFS.

I introduced a bill this week to address this problem. We can't allow States to block the export of American energy.

I would encourage President Trump to nominate Andrew Wheeler to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

I absolutely agree with members of this committee that we do deserve timely responses to the questions that you've raised.

I urge all my colleagues to support the nominations.

I always felt that was a treaty that had significant concessions on our side and very little, if anything, from Russia.

I think it did seem that President Trump is taking the right decisions in terms of--with these intermediate nuclear weapons in terms of providing for Poland the missile capacity there to defend.

I appreciate everything that you continue to do and am grateful for what the President is doing.

I was very happy to see President Trump talking with our NATO allies and specifically with Germany about their ongoing dependence on Russia for energy.

Last month, CEQ issued 'An advance notice of proposed rulemaking' requesting public comment on potential revisions to these regulations.

I applaud President Trump's nomination of these accomplished and devoted public servants.

The hearing on August 1 will be an opportunity to learn about the work being done by the agency to protect America's environment and allow our Nation's economy to grow.

I look forward to working across the aisle with members who will join me in using the Western Governors Association's bipartisan work to make the Endangered Species Act work better for both wildlife and for people.

For 30 years defenders of the status quo have prevented prior Congresses and Administrations from improving the law, so I believe we need to act.

I think we need to move beyond the current failing policy of listing species and then leaving them on life support.

Shouldn't these States be given a greater role to play in helping prevent these listings in the first place, by protecting species, and if the listings do occur, have the States have a greater role in helping recover these species?

I would say that a significant number of environmental and conservation organizations have voiced their enthusiasm to work with this Committee in this bipartisan effort.