May 9, 2012
Keeping the Helium Reserve operating will have a very stabilizing effect for the strategic use, for NASA, for defense.
John Barrasso
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John Anthony Barrasso is an American politician and physician serving as the senior United States senator from Wyoming since 2007. A member of the Republican Party, Barrasso has focused on issues such as healthcare, energy, and economic growth during his tenure in the Senate. He has been an advocate for reducing government regulations and promoting energy independence, reflecting the interests of his constituents in Wyoming, a state rich in natural resources.
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Apr 18, 2012
Energy development on Tribal lands is critical for employment and economic growth in Indian Country and for America's energy security and our independence.
Apr 18, 2012
Many of these problems are really aspects or features or something much larger: a pervasive lack of opportunity to earn a good living.
Apr 18, 2012
Thank you very much. Thank you for bringing a number of members of your organizational staff, and thank you for the 32 recommendations. We will take them most seriously. Thank you.
Apr 18, 2012
Economic development and economic opportunities--those are the keys to a healthy, productive community.
Apr 18, 2012
I am reminded how important energy development is to Indian communities across the Country.
Apr 18, 2012
For far too long, bureaucratic red tape has prevented the pursuit of Tribal economic development opportunities, especially energy development.
Apr 17, 2012
Would it not be fair to ask, has GSA outlived its usefulness as a Federal agency?
Apr 17, 2012
Do you have all the resources that you need to bring back the accountability that taxpayers demand and deserve?
Apr 17, 2012
These actions occurred because of a culture, a culture of excess within the GSA and a lack of respect for the rules.
Apr 17, 2012
This investigation, it has exposed the waste, the fraud, and the abuse that the American people really resent so much.
Apr 17, 2012
There was a systematic failure to follow the law and abide by the procedures to spend taxpayer dollars appropriately.
Mar 21, 2012
This over 2,000-page law will result in over 100,000 pages of regulations. There is one part of the law where, for a couple of pages--4 to 6 pages--they had 400 pages of regulations and 50 pages of legal guidance. When we talk to…
Mar 21, 2012
On behalf of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, Public Lands Council and its affiliates and, most significantly, the over 22,000 families dependent on public land grazing, I urge your support for this legislation.
Mar 21, 2012
I want to ask one other question of you. The groups such as Western Watershed Project and the WildEarth Guardians repeatedly sue to put family farms and small ranchers out of business.
Mar 21, 2012
This legislation would convey land currently used as a shooting range to the Powell Recreation District in the State of Wyoming.
Mar 21, 2012
Uncertainty and litigation undermine all businesses. It is especially true for rural ranching communities.
Mar 21, 2012
This bill provides the respective Secretaries with the needed flexibility when reissuing grazing permits.
Mar 21, 2012
Your testimony to me clearly explains why long term stability is needed, not just for grazing permit holders, but for rural economies, for wildlife as well as for public access.
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