California isn’t doing its part to avert the Colorado River crisis by upgrading its aging water infrastructure and is instead spending billions on pet projects, Wyoming Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman said Monday.

“It’s because they do stupid things like spending money on high-speed rail and don’t meet the basic needs of their citizens,” Hageman told Cowboy State Daily.

(NewsNation) — Wyoming Congresswoman Harriet Hageman has had enough of California’s lack of large-scale seawater desalinization.

Lake Mead, the Colorado River Reservoir, has dropped to its lowest level since it was filled in the 1930s, with the reservoir is currently sitting at only 27% capacity.

The push will continue to get wolves delisted from Endangered Species Act protections across the Lower 48 state despite a delisting bill being blocked in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. 

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, sought unanimous consent to pass his bill, S. 1306, but Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, objected and blocked it. 

For years, well-funded environmental organizations have exploited the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) to pursue repetitive litigation against the federal government and then force taxpayers to cover their legal fees. According to federal data, from 2019 through 2024, the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture awarded approximately $24.8 million under EAJA, with 76% of those funds flowing to a small number of environmental organizations and their attorneys.

For years, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has been playing Whac-A-Mole with unsafe carriers.

Shutting down a trucking company for violations or unsafe practices doesn’t do much if the motor carrier can resume operations under a new name and DOT number.

These trucking companies that are able to evade FMCSA’s enforcement are known as chameleon carriers.

A provision in the House Highway and Transportation Committee’s highway bill aims to put the brakes on chameleon carriers.

Rep. Harriet Hageman (R., Wyo.) wants Congress to follow — and stop — the money that has been flowing to liberal states that are trying to sue American energy companies via what she described as “legal nonstarters.”

During an interview with the Washington Reporter, Hageman made the case for her Stop Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026, which she said is necessary because blue cities and municipalities have been trying to sue oil companies, like BP and Chevron, using an ex post facto punishment. 

Few lawmakers know how to effectively tackle energy, natural resources, and conservation issues. Someone who is making her mark is U.S. Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming.