Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar appeared before the U. S. Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee about the DOI’s new oil and gas leasing regulations that will affect Wyoming.  DOI plans to host public meetings introducting the new regulations.

Wyoming senator John Barrasso is a member of the committee.  During testimony yesterday Barrasso suggested to Salazar the DOI should have taken a listen first then implement approach rather than an implement first, then listen…(Click to hear comment from Sen. Barrasso)

Barrasso fears the new regulations will kill what he described are red, white and blue jobs across the country.