Natural Resources
As an attorney, I fought to return control of natural resources to local entities, not far-away federal bureaucrats. I am honored to serve on the Natural Resources committee to continue this work from the halls of Congress. I also have the privilege of chairing the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, working with tribal and territorial leaders on issues important to their communities.
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In an apparent response to strident opposition from western conservatives, including Wyoming’s top elected officials, the Bureau of Land Management last week extended the public comment period for its new Public Lands Rule to July 5.
During our recent Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries subcommittee hearing, my colleagues and I discussed multiple bills that address the way in which water is allotted, stored, and paid for.
America's territories and compacts with the Freely-Associated States in the Pacific are critical to America's ability to ensure freedom of navigation and project power throughout one of the world's most important shipping and geopolitical areas.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held a legislative hearing last week on six bills focused on various solutions related to Indian Country health care, land ownership, and hunting and fishing rights. Subcommittee Chair Harriet Hageman (R-WY) released the following statement in response:
The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe may finally get its own reservation after nearly two centuries of fighting for its homelands.
EXCLUSIVE: The president of the Navajo Nation told Fox News Digital that he has ordered the tribe's attorney general to weigh legal action following the Biden administration's oil-leasing ban impacting Navajo citizens.
Leaders of the Navajo Nation, a federally-recognized tribe in the southwest, are heavily criticizing the Biden administration for its action last week banning oil and gas leasing impacting their citizens.
On the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, which straddles the border between North and South Dakota, people line up at 6 a.m. in the freezing winter, hoping to get one of just four dental appointments.
The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources launched a bipartisan Indo-Pacific Task Force including delegates from Guam, CNMI, and American Samoa to examine the region's issues.
This week, the Indian and Insular Affairs subcommittee heard testimony on 6 different legislative proposals that fall under the jurisdiction of my subcommittee.