Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Harriet Hageman introduced a bill to repeal the SUSTAINS Act, a misguided law empowering non-governmental actors to exercise authority over USDA conservation programs while pushing the 30x30 agenda’s use of natural capital accounting for evaluating the value of private lands.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Rep. Russ Fulcher (ID-01) released the following statements celebrating the passage of H.R.1449 – Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act (CLEAN Act). This legislation requires the Department of the Interior (DOI) to increase lease sales under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 and establishes deadlines to consider geothermal drilling permits. The bill passed by a bipartisan vote of 244-171.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) hosted a historic tribal roundtable with representatives of five tribes from across the nation to discuss health care, public safety and economic development issues in Indian Country.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman cosponsored a House Resolution condemning President Biden’s remarks referring to President Trump’s supporters as ‘‘garbage’’.
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Harriet Hageman applauded the complaint filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to stop the implementation of a rule mandating EID eartags for cattle and bison being transported across state lines.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman, joined by Senators Cynthia Lummis, R-WY, Rand Paul, R-KY, and Ron Wyden, D-OR, and Representatives Dan Bishop, R-NC, Thomas Massie, R-KY, and Nikema Williams, D-GA, filed an amicus brief in the case of Martin v United States, a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) challenge against the U.S. due to a wrongful raid conducted by the FBI.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman announced that members of her staff will participate in the House of Representatives Election Observer Program. The Election Observer Program will deploy congressional observers to election sites across the country in order to record on-the-ground, factual information for use during elections contests or seating battles and for other purposes.
Washington, D.C. – Today Congresswoman Harriet Hageman introduced the Protecting Agricultural Spaces Through Effective Ranching Strategies (PASTURES) Act which will safeguard landowners with property adjacent to federally leased land from federal enforcement actions related to livestock trespassing.
Washington, DC - Congresswoman Harriet Hageman joined with Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Mitt Romney (R-UT), and Representatives John Curtis, (UT-03), Celeste Maloy (UT-02), Blake Moore (UT-01) and Burgess Owens (UT-04) in filing an amicus brief advocating that the Supreme Court hear the complaint in Utah v U.S., the case challenging the federal government’s ownership of unappropriated land in Utah.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Hageman introduced the Expedited Appeals Review Act (EARA), which provides entities before the Department of the Interior’s Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) the opportunity to file for an expedited review so they can quickly go to court in front of a neutral arbiter.