U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY)

The following are excerpts from the opening remarks of Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) this week to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee:
I look forward to hearing from each of the participants today

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Wyoming Senator John Barrasso says Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is ''not prepared to answer questions" from states about implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

Barrasso also says it appears to him that Sebelius hasn't given much thought to the implementation of the act

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Wyoming Senator John Barrasso says spending cuts, rather than tax increases, should be the focus of efforts to avoid a ''fiscal cliff" budget deficit current looming for the federal government in January

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Wyoming's Republican Incumbent U.S. Senator and Congresswoman appear to hold the edge against their Democratic challengers in statewide voting today. Wyoming law enforcement officials say that even if a Colorado ballot initiative decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana is approved in today's election it will not change their enforcement of the state's marijuana laws, even for state residents who might legally buy pot in Colorado. Joy Greenwald has a report. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY)  said despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling declaring the individual mandate int he Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act constitutional, the bill is unworkable and needs to be repealed.  The Wyoming Division of State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails has instituted a ban on all open fires at sites located on state lands. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. 

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