Another essential component of our national security is energy security. America is blessed with abundant natural resources which can ensure that we have accessible and affordable energy. Legacy energy sources such as coal, oil, gas, and uranium can meet our demands, and Wyoming is blessed with an abundance of these energy resources. However, a growing partnership between politicized investment capital and unelected bureaucrats seeks to undermine these necessary resources to advance an energy transition which cannot provide the power a prosperous nation requires.
Faced with an onslaught of regulations and private sector advocacy, I value my position on the Natural Resources Committee and as Co-Chair of the Coal Caucus to advance policies which unleash American energy rather than inflicting energy poverty on our communities. Among my priorities are reforming laws weaponized by environmental groups such as the National Environmental Policy Act, reducing the federal burden on the Western mineral estate, and routing out the ESG-bureaucrat collaboration, such as my success in blocking the implementation of Natural Asset Companies (NACs).
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Today my Indian and Insular Affairs subcommittee held a hearing to discuss the budget requests for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Office of Insular Affairs (OIA). The Biden Administration seeks to increase BIA's budget for the purpose of green new deal-style priorities that are not practical or reliable, and instead create economic harm and energy poverty for Native communities. At the same time, OIA's budget is being cut, with no mention of where future funding for our contracts with freely-associated states where come from.
I questioned representatives from the Bureau of Land Management and the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement as part of examining their FY24 budget requests. Immediately, the question dodging and delaying tactics that have often defined my oversight attempts of the Biden Administration surfaced yet again.
ROCK SPRINGS — During a town hall meeting in Rock Springs last Friday, Wyoming Congresswoman Harriet Hageman recounted the work that has been done toward energy independence and security.
“As far as some of the bills that I have been working on, one of the ones that I am very, very interested in cosponsoring is H.R.1,” Hageman said.
H.R.1 — Lower Energy Costs Act provides for the “exploration, importation and exportation of energy resources,” such oil, gas and minerals, according to Congress.gov.
The Bureau of Land Management opened a public comment period this week on an environmental review of federal leasing of thermal coal. It’s an early step in a long process that’s needed if a federal moratorium on leasing is to be lifted, which will be required for long-term coal production in Wyoming.
Legislators met with local officials and business leaders to talk energy and strategize Tuesday.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La, gathered seven Republican Congressmembers to tour the Gulf, and met with members of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission, Parish Presidents, South Central Industrial Association and other energy sector leaders. The gathering is an annual affair held by Scalise and this year they discussed and refined political arguments for promoting an overarching energy infrastructure agenda.
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, continues to establish herself as a prominent freshman lawmaker in Congress.
Hageman announced Monday that she has been named co-chair of the House Coal Caucus, a group of 33 mostly Republican members of congress who are
“I am proud to join with my colleagues as a co-chair of the Coal Caucus because America must have accessible and affordable energy and coal is a prime source of that energy now — and will be needed for generations to come,” Hageman said in a press release.
Washington, DC – The Congressional Coal Caucus announced Rep. Harriet Hageman, along with fellow House Members; Reps. Morgan Griffith, Bill Johnson, and Dan Meuser, were chosen as caucus co-chairs for the 118th Congress.
U.S. Representatives Bill Johnson (OH-06), Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Harriet Hageman (WY-AL), and Dan Meuser (PA-09) will lead the Congressional Coal Caucus for the 118th Congress. The Congressional Coal Caucus plays a key role in facilitating legislative and policy debates relating to the coal industry:
The U.S. Department of the Interior oversees a lot of decisions that impact energy policy, including the issuing of coal, oil and gas leasing on public lands.
Even though these decisions can have an impact on the cost of energy in America, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said during testimony before the Republican House Committee on Natural Resources that she is unfamiliar with the term “energy poverty.”
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