For over 30 years as a private attorney and now as your representative, I have defended Wyoming against the administrative state. For too long, Washington, D.C. has delegated authority to unelected bureaucrats in a manner that jeopardizes our Constitution.
Administrative agencies have the power to write, enforce, and judicially review law, even though they are unelected and therefore unaccountable to the People. How this translates in Wyoming is the EPA’s ability to bring tens of thousands of dollars of fines per day against a rancher who simply cleared out an irrigation ditch on his property, or small businesses losing resources to complex regulatory compliance.
As a member of the Judiciary Committee, I have primary jurisdiction over administrative law where I am working to restore power in Congress, ensure due process, and otherwise stop the onslaught of trillions in hidden taxes that stem from annual regulatory compliance.
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In recent decades, the Administrative State has massively enlarged, draining from Congress the ability to legislate and govern through expansive rulemaking. Executive Branch agencies now produce thousands more regulations and rules per year than bills passed through Congress, and the majority of these rules are unable to be exposed as federal overreach or ruled unconstitutional as a result of the flawed Chevron deference doctrine in federal courts.
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, is championing a bill that would limit presidents in making major policy rules and allow federal agencies much less power to set their own regulations.
The Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act would require congressional approval for all major rules that have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more.
President Joe Biden’s administration is doling out taxpayer money through an anti-terrorism grant initiative to a university program that hosted a conference where the Republican Party, as well as Christian and conservative groups, were lumped in with terrorist groups.
Rep. Hageman joins FRC's "Washington Watch with Tony Perkins" to discuss the need and purview of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, and other efforts to rein in absurd federal agency overreach and surveillance. (Family Research Council, Washington Watch with Tony Perkins, 02/11/23)
Rep Hageman joins Newsmax's "Carl Higbie FRONTLINE" to share the need to hold government agencies accountable for their of-the-charts spending, as well as calls for Secretary Blinken to testify before Congress on his involvement in covering up the Hunter Biden laptop story
The fact is simple: spending and rulemaking by federal agencies is extremely out of hand, creating immense financial burdens on Americans – the equivalent of $14,684 per household every single year. This is coupled with the absurdity of some of these rules, such as the EPA's overbearing RFID eartag rule and attempts to define irrigation ditches on Wyoming's farms as "navigable waters", which would place private property under federal authority.
Rep Hageman joins Newsmax's "American Agenda" to discuss House Judiciary Democrat's attempts to discredit and hinder recent testimony from FBI whistleblowers, as well as the national risk posed by the inability of some Senate Democrats to fully perform the duties of their office
Harriet Hageman, the fiery, plain-spoken Republican representative from Wyoming, didn’t hold back yesterday in the House Judiciary Committee hearing that is investigating the “
Over the past 20 years, the FBI has shifted away from being a predominant law-enforcement agency, resulting in the centralization of power in Washington. As we know, once people gain power, they are loath to give it back; the FBI and DOJ continue to target political campaigns, abuse the FISA court to surveil Americans, and repress parents' attempts to protect their children.
We must stop the political power grab by agencies that once epitomized fairness and justice; the only way to effectively do this is to remove the corrupt leadership at the helm.
In an at-times chaotic House Judiciary Committee hearing on the weaponization of the federal government, U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) was not afraid to "name names" when it comes to the corrupt leaders within the administration of President Joe Biden.
"To be blunt, the leadership of the FBI and DOJ are corrupt," Hageman said. "I will name names: Christopher Wray and Merrick Garland are corrupt. They know it, we know it, and the American people know it," she added.