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Congresswoman Hageman being interviewed by a television reporter
July 19, 2024

The Congressional delegation from Wyoming is urging the Department of Interior to rescind its recent update to the Buffalo Field Office Resource Management Plan.

The delegation — including U.S. Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) — said the update to the Buffalo Field Office plan would essentially kill future coal leasing in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin.

Issues: Energy

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Congresswoman Hageman being interviewed by a television reporter
July 17, 2024

Wyoming’s only member of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), urging him to not allow JBS’ proposed initial public offering (IPO) in the United States to proceed.

Issues: Agriculture

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Congresswoman Hageman being interviewed by a television reporter
June 27, 2024

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a sweeping injunction on government censorship of social media companies, Congress must enact its own speech protections, Wyoming’s lone U.S. House representative said Thursday.


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Congresswoman Hageman being interviewed by a television reporter
June 22, 2024

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been chipping away at the oil, gas and coal industries ever since President Joe Biden took office. Wyoming is an energy state that produces half the nation’s coal, as well as part of its oil and gas output. Since the federal government owns nearly half the state’s land, virtually all oil, gas and coal operations in the Cowboy State are heavily impacted by every rule the BLM throws at fossil fuels. 

Issues: Energy

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Congresswoman Hageman being interviewed by a television reporter
June 19, 2024

Congresswoman Harriett Hageman, a Wyoming Republican, has carried the torch for cattle producers who oppose vertical integration and excessive government mandates. To that end, her fight against livestock traceability measures isn’t new but it is heating up. Hageman said the USDA, the major packers, and the ear tag manufacturers’ attempts to force mandatory EID tag use on American cattle producers is not new. 

Hageman said the USDA, the major packers, and the ear tag manufacturers’ attempts to force mandatory EID tag use on American cattle producers is not new. 

Issues: Agriculture

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Congresswoman Hageman being interviewed by a television reporter
June 17, 2024

A group of Congressional Republicans are taking steps to block a proposed federal regulatory scheme that would require the tracking and surveillance of U.S. cattle.

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.), along with 14 Republican co-sponsors, has introduced a bill to halt the proposed regulations for taking effect.

Issues: Agriculture

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Congresswoman Hageman being interviewed by a television reporter
June 11, 2024

A House Judiciary Committee released a report Tuesday that alleges a ‘climate cartel’ comprised of left-wing environmental activists and major financial institutions colluded to force American companies to adopt anti-fossil fuel policies, which have in turn, harmed U.S. consumers. 


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Congresswoman Hageman being interviewed by a television reporter
June 7, 2024

CODY — The fighting spirt is alive in Wyoming when it comes to outsiders messing with coal and the livelihoods of people who draw paychecks from digging up the ore.

The top politicians in the Cowboy State say the Biden administration and others in Washington, D.C., pushing those policies have created an emergency in Wyoming and are cruisin' for a bruisin’.

Issues: Energy

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Congresswoman Hageman being interviewed by a television reporter
June 5, 2024

In the aftermath of U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s testimony before a House Oversight Committee hearing on Tuesday, Republican lawmakers are contending that Garland’s repeated refusal to directly answer questions about ethics concerns within the Department of Justice (DOJ) is likely a tacit admittance of guilt.


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Congresswoman Hageman being interviewed by a television reporter
May 30, 2024

Wyoming's U.S. Congressional Representative Harriet Hageman was a special guest during the annual Memorial Day service held at the Riverview Memorial Gardens cemetery in Worland and at the Ten Sleep Cemetery on May 27, and she delivered a very reflective speech.