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For decades Dave Belus and his family have ranched across Johnson County, grazing their cattle on a patchwork of private and Bureau of Land Management land.
But as the BLM moves toward a new Public Lands Rule that could put land conservation on an equal footing with other uses, ranchers like Belus are questioning the impact to their business and way of life.
Wyoming’s Rep. Harriet Hageman joined Republicans and Democrats in voting against the new debt ceiling agreement, which cleared the U.S. House by a wide margin Wednesday night.
The bill, called the Fiscal Responsibility Act, now goes to the Senate ahead of a Monday deadline to move the legislation before the nation defaults on its debt — a situation that would spell economic catastrophe for the U.S. and the world.
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman says the debt ceiling deal that passed the U.S. House on Wednesday night doesn’t do enough to cut federal spending or take power out of Washington, D.C., and return it to the people.
“H.R. 3746 provides more deference to agency bureaucrats to make new rules, with the cost of those rules placed on the backs of private businesses and individuals,” she said in a press release.
Fighting against big government and “unelected bureaucrats” have become hallmark slogans for Hageman since taking office five months ago.
A bill that raises the debt ceiling limit passed in the House by a wide margin late Wednesday. Now the bill is being sent to the Senate for a vote, just days before Monday’s U.S. default deadline.
The Fiscal Responsibility Act passed 314-117, with support from both Democrats and Republicans.
But not everyone is happy with the contents of the bill.
Over the past year, lawmakers at the state and federal levels — Wyoming included — have been taking a closer look at Chinese companies and individuals buying farmland in America.
As of this month, 14 states have some form of prohibition on foreign ownership of agricultural land, according to the National Agricultural Law Center. Others are considering it.
Every state that borders Wyoming, with the exception of Colorado, has limitations on the books.
How We Feed Ourselves
On Tuesday night, the House Rules Committee on Tuesday voted to advance the McCarthy-Biden Fiscal Responsibility Act.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Harriet Hageman voted to prevent more costly and punitive regulations on the production of heavy-duty vehicles. S.J. Res. 11 would rescind the Biden administration’s misguided heavy-duty truck rule.
Rep. Hageman stated, “The Biden administration has again attempted to replace Congressional lawmaking authority with “rules and guidance” from agency bureaucrats. This latest attempt mandates far more strict vehicle pollution standards for heavy-duty vehicle manufacturing.
JACKSON, Wyo. — Wyoming Representative Harriet Hageman joined 215 other Republicans and two Democrats in the House to shut down President Joe Biden’s Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Plan.
The final vote split was 218-203.
The Biden Administration Plan aims to help working and middle-class federal student loan borrowers transition back to regular payment as pandemic-related support expires by extending loan forgiveness of up to $20,000.
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman joined 288 other congresspersons and voted in favor of H.R. 467, the HALT Fentanyl Act. The legislation would permanently place fentanyl-related substances (FRS) into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.