
** FILE ** Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, following a closed-door briefing on the investigation into the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, following a closed-door briefing on the investigation into the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

** FILE ** Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, walks away from the podium after speaking to reporters following the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. McConnell is flanked by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wy., right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), Kentucky Republican, gestures as he speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, following a GOP strategy luncheon. With him (from left) are Republican Sens. John Barrasso of Wyoming and John Thune of South Dakota. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (center) gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. With him (from left) are Sens. John Thune, John Barrasso, Jerry Moran and John Cornyn. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., center, takes a question on the controversial Arizona immigration law that will be argued in the Supreme Court tomorrow, at a news conference following a Republican strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Republican Policy Committee chair listens at left, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)