Wyoming’s farmers and ranchers feed the nation. Growing up as the fourth generation of Wyoming ranchers just outside of Ft. Laramie, I know the challenges the Wyoming agriculture community faces on a daily basis. These challenges, however, are unnecessarily complicated by bad Washington, D.C. policies, put in place by bureaucrats who lack real world experience.
This can be seen through the abuse of the Endangered Species Act, attempts to implement the harmful Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, the ongoing effort to mandate electronic identification (EID) tracking of our livestock, and so many more. Affordable and reliable food, a pillar of modern U.S. success, is threatened through such policies. As your representative, I continue to work every day for the values and policies that will benefit our agriculture industry and which ensure the food security Americans deserve and have come to expect.
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Congresswoman Harriett Hageman, a Wyoming Republican, has carried the torch for cattle producers who oppose vertical integration and excessive government mandates. To that end, her fight against livestock traceability measures isn’t new but it is heating up. Hageman said the USDA, the major packers, and the ear tag manufacturers’ attempts to force mandatory EID tag use on American cattle producers is not new.
Hageman said the USDA, the major packers, and the ear tag manufacturers’ attempts to force mandatory EID tag use on American cattle producers is not new.
A group of Congressional Republicans are taking steps to block a proposed federal regulatory scheme that would require the tracking and surveillance of U.S. cattle.
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.), along with 14 Republican co-sponsors, has introduced a bill to halt the proposed regulations for taking effect.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman, joined by Representatives Armstrong (R-ND), Biggs (R-AZ), Boebert (R-CO), Brecheen (R-OK), Crane (R-AZ), Donalds (R-FL), Gosar (R-AZ), Maloy (R-UT), Massie (R-KY), Ogles (R-TN), McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Rosendale (R-MT), Jason Smith (R-MO), and Spartz (R-IN), introduced a joint resolution pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to block the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) rule mandating electronic identification (EID) eartags for bison and cattle moving interstate.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman and Senator Cynthia Lummis introduced a joint resolution disapproving of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) rule mandating electronic identification (EID) eartags for bison and cattle moving interstate. Senator John Barrasso has also joined this legislation as an original cosponsor.
“This rule is a solution in search of a problem,” U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) said, criticizing a final rule making that mandates a new kind of cattle ear tag.
The congresswoman issued a press release May 9 that explains her position on the issue and the negative effects she predicts for Wyoming’s cattle industry. Her complaints included increased cost for ranchers, disproportionate impact on small cattle producers, and no apparent positive effect on beef production.
A new U.S. Department of Agriculture rule that will require all sexually intact cattle and bison moving across state lines to be tagged with electronically readable tags has raised the ire of U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming.
Hageman has long opposed the rule that was finalized Friday requiring tags to be both visually and electronically readable. It applies to intact cattle and bison 18 months or older, all dairy cattle, and show and rodeo cattle and bison of any age.