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Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks with reporters after he was elected to be the Republican whip, the number two position in leadership, when the GOP takes over the majority at the beginning of next year, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., will succeed longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell as the new Senate majority leader. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Barrasso praises Hegseth as ‘strong’ pick for defense secretary

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., offers remarks following the Senate Republican policy luncheon at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

John Barrasso, Wyoming’s high-ranking Republican U.S. senator, seeks 3rd full term

By Mead Gruver - Associated Press

FILE -- A banner hangs during a ceremony announcing a proposed $300 million expansion of Google's data center operations Tuesday, June 2, 2015, in Lithia Springs, Ga. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, vetoed a bill that would have suspended tax breaks for new and expanding data centers. (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)

Do we want to win AI race, or achieve a net-zero carbon footprint?

By Michael McKenna

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during a Senate Finance committee hearing about President Joe Biden's proposed budget request for the fiscal year 2024, Thursday, March 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Tennessee Democratic state Rep. Gloria Johnson has launched an exploratory committee as she considers running for the seat held by Blackburn in 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

GOP senators confront Secret Service director at RNC, demanding she resign or answer their questions

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, answers a question from a reporter, Tuesday, April 26, 2022, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. With McConnell are Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., center. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

GOP senators call for a conference meeting to discuss new leader election

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget in Washington, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Bonnie Cash/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

GOP Sen. John Barrasso’s wife dies after battling brain cancer

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, center, has a small talk with her counterparts before a plenary session in the G-7 ministers' meeting on climate, energy and environment in Sapporo, northern Japan, Saturday, April 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) ** FILE **

Energy Secretary Granholm grilled by GOP senator over ‘arrogant’ EV road trip altercation

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, expresses criticism for Interior Secretary Deb Haaland as she testifies on President Joe Biden's budget request for 2024, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Senate Republicans push bid to streamline energy projects in counter to Manchin’s proposal

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump gives thumbs up as he steps off Air Force One, accompanied by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., at the Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Sen. John Barrasso: Presidents can’t declassify documents ‘by saying so’ or ‘by thinking about it’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget in Washington, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Bonnie Cash/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Sen. John Barrasso tells Rep. Liz Cheney ‘not enough Democrats’ in Wyoming for her to win primary

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this March 22, 2019, file photo an American flag flies on a construction site at Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, a nuclear power plant, in Waynesboro, Ga. Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming called Sunday for shutting down imports of Russian uranium and increasing U.S. production, arguing that the sales are propping up Russian President Vladimir Putin's attack on Ukraine. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Sen. John Barrasso calls for banning Russian uranium, increasing U.S. production

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks after President Joe Biden announced Jackson as his nominee to the Supreme Court in the Cross Hall of the White House, Feb. 25, 2022, in Washington. Judge Jackson's confirmation hearing starts March 21. If confirmed, she would be the court's first Black female justice. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Republicans to question Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s judicial philosophy

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the chamber for a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. Senate leaders announced an agreement to extend the government's borrowing authority into December, temporarily averting an unprecedented default that experts say would have decimated the economy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate narrowly passes short-term debt ceiling hike, delaying default showdown and dividing GOP

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden walks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, after attending a meeting with the House Democratic caucus to try to resolve an impasse around the bipartisan infrastructure bill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Progressives defend Capitol Hill impasse: We’re pushing Biden’s agenda

By Tom Howell Jr. and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this June 8, 2021, file photo, Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The panel deadlocked during a Thursday, July 22, 2021, vote on Stone-Manning, setting up a future floor vote. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Republicans urge president to drop Stone-Manning after dumping Chipman

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Barrasso seeks to delay Tracy Stone-Manning vote over $100,000 loan from developer

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., is sworn in during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior secretary, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Deb Haaland, Interior pick, backs down on ‘Republicans don’t believe in science’ tweet at hearing

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Wyoming delegates move to block oil, gas executive order

Associated Press

Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., left, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., chairman of the Republican Conference, respond to reporters at a stakeout in the basement of the Capitol during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Barrasso says Wyoming not making people stay home: ‘We’ve been socially distancing’ since 1890

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., heads to the Senate floor, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

John Barrasso: Census citizenship question necessary; Dems want health care for illegal immigrants

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times