John Barrasso-Senator

Dear Friends,

A developer in Colorado is trying to draw water from the Green River and pipe it to Colorado’s Front Range.

This project has broad repercussions for our entire state. That’s why I stepped in to guarantee Sweetwater County communities have a voice during this debate. Sweetwater County, Rock Springs, Green River and the Sweetwater County Conservation District now have cooperating agency status with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The status gives the Sweetwater County community a chance to share their expertise with the Corps of Engineers as it begins drafting its recommendation.

Protecting the current and future interests of Wyoming is paramount. We must work to ensure a plentiful future water supply for Wyoming.

Best Wishes,


U.S. Senator John Barrasso




Senator Barrasso talks to Shannon and Carl Harris of Afton at "Wyoming Wednesday" in Washington, D.C. Shannon, who is currently the Principal at Star Valley High School, was named Wyoming's 2009 High School Principal of the Year.

Senator Barrasso TV

Barrasso on MSNBC with Tamron Hall

Barrasso on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

Barrasso on FOX News with Patti Anne Brown

Barrasso on FOX News Sunday with Shannon Bream

Barrasso on MSNBC’s Morning Meeting with Dylan Ratigan

Barrasso on MSNBC with David Shuster and Tamron Hall

News from Senator Barrasso's Office

Budget Office Paints Bleak Picture for Fossil Fuel Sector, Wyoming
Barrasso Lauds Honesty from Non Partisan Budget Office

October 14, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts the U.S. fossil fuel industry will suffer significant job losses if the Waxman-Markey climate bill is signed into law.

Director of the CBO, Dr. Douglas Elmendorf, said the fossil fuel sector would mirror the massive job losses experienced by the manufacturing industry since the 1970s.

The startling admission was in response to questioning by Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.). Elmendorf was testifying before the Energy and Public Resources Committee hearing Wednesday.

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Senators Call for 3 Days
Bills should be available online with their total cost

October 8, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso, both R-Wyo., put their weight behind an amendment today that would change Senate rules to increase transparency in the halls of Congress.

The amendment, which is identical to a stand-alone resolution the members cosponsored this week, requires every piece of legislation in the Senate to be available to the public and provide a full cost analysis by the Congressional Budget Office three days before consideration by any subcommittee or committee of the Senate or on the floor of the Senate. Unfortunately, the Democratic leadership used a procedural motion to block consideration of the amendment on the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill currently being debated in the Senate.

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CIA Climate Change Center –The Wrong Priority
“Barrasso: Let’s focus on the safety of the American people.”

October 6, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) is opposing the Administration’s misguided defense funding priorities. Barrasso says the CIA should be combating terrorists, not spying on sea lions.

Barrasso is fighting the Administration’s efforts to fund a climate change center at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Appropriations bill.

“The CIA is responsible for gathering foreign intelligence information for the United States. I don’t believe creating a center on climate change is going to prevent terrorist attacks.”

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Senator Barrasso in the News

Wall Street Journal

Climate Spies: Should the CIA Worry About Climate Change?

October 6, 2009

By Stephen Power

There’s been a lot said lately about the national-security implications of climate change, in the form of water shortages, mass migration, and unstable governments.

But in the view of at least one U.S. senator—Republican John Barrasso of Wyoming–those potential impacts don’t justify a “climate change center” like the one that the Central Intelligence Agency recently launched.

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New York Times

C.I.A. Climate Center Irks Barrasso

October 6, 2009

By John M. Broder

Senator John Barrasso, a conservative freshman Republican from Wyoming, said on Tuesday that he would try to stop the Central Intelligence Agency from opening a new climate change center by choking off its funding.

“The C.I.A. is responsible for gathering foreign intelligence information for the United States,” Mr. Barrasso said in announcing an amendment to a 2010 spending bill to block any money being spent by the agency on the new office. “I don’t believe creating a center on climate change is going to prevent terrorist attacks.”

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