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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America's compacts with the Freely Associated States of the Pacific (FAS) are a vital partnership to ensure freedom of movement in the Indo-Pacific, counter Chinese influence, and deter Chinese aggression though a forward military presence. At the same time, it is Congress' duty to ensure that American funds and policies best serve the interests of the United States
Two House Republicans announced that they will form a working group to consider reforms to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, according to The Washington Post.
The Guam Society of America and Guam Del. James Moylan recently hosted a wreath-laying ceremony in honor of the 79th anniversary of the Liberation of Guam.
The ceremony took place at the world war ii memorial in Washington, D.C.
My Indian and Insular Affairs subcommittee recently held a hearing on three diverse bills that seek to enable tribal prosperity through a variety of ways. While each bill addresses concerns unique to their respective tribal areas, one central theme is clear: Native American communities deserve to use their land as they see fit, and government bureaucracy only serves to hamper the short- and long-term success of these communities.
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability on Thursday grilled Climate Czar John Kerry on his use of private jets, lack of oversight in Kerry’s office and his upcoming trip to China.
Wyoming Rep. Harriett Hageman, R-Wyoming, applauded the committee’s efforts to scrutinize Kerry and his office.
The United States farm country can feel like a whole different world compared to our nation’s highly-populated coastal regions. Rep. Harriet Hageman, the Republican from Wyoming, says this is a feeling she knows all too well.
The feeling especially applies, as Rep.Hageman explains, to her state’s work rehabilitating the Grizzly bear population to meet the goals of the federally-mandated Endangered Species Act, as well as shouldering most of the financial burden of those efforts.
U.S. House Republicans and GOP Govs. Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Mark Gordon of Wyoming teamed up Thursday to rail against the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed rule to allow conservation leases on federal lands.
Noem and Gordon joined the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee for about half of a 4-1/2 hour hearing that saw Republican members raise familiar objections to the BLM’s proposal that would treat conservation as a use on the same level as mining, oil and gas development or livestock grazing.
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.
Environmental advocates have described the measure, which would put conservation on equal footing with energy development, grazing and other approved uses of public lands, as a clear-eyed strategy for addressing contemporary problems like climate change and habitat loss.
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.
Water is a scarce and valuable resource in the West. We must incentivize the creation of more water storage projects to ensure as much water is captured and preserved as possible while also reducing needless red tape and ancillary costs that stifle these much needed projects