R. Mark Armstrong says it’s time for change

Sheridan Media reporter Pat Blair recently had an opportunity to visit with one of this year’s candidates for the U.S. Senate. Here’s her story.

R. Mark Armstrong says this country needs change.

A resident of Centennial, Armstrong is one of 10 Republicans vying for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the retirement of Senator Mike Enzi. He’s a native of Laramie – a great-grandson of legendary University of Wyoming coach John Corbett – and at one time worked as a geologist for Halliburton.

I had a chance to interview him earlier this week when he attended the Sheridan County Republican Women’s luncheon at Kendrick Park.

Speaking of issues on which he feels strongly, Armstrong said the National Environmental Policy Act, NEPA for short, needs to be rewritten. He said NEPA is very complex and it’s hurting our economy. He said the fossil fuel industry is under attack because of NEPA and climate variance.

Armstrong said we also need mandatory country of origin labeling. And the COVID-19 crisis, he believes, has shown that the packing industry needs to be diversified. He said we need to protect Wyoming’s economy – fossil fuel, ranching and tourism.

Armstrong believes the government has too much power, and he said because he has children and grandchildren, it’s very important to him to leave this nation better off than he found it.