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January 11, 2024

A Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to allow investors to buy and sell stocks for the purpose of land conservation is being blasted by a number of Wyoming political leaders.

Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill and 24 other state attorneys general sent a letter Tuesday to the SEC outlining their opposition to the proposed rule, calling it illegal and an economic threat.

The SEC proposal would let investors buy into stock market companies trading on the New York Stock Exchange for the purpose of protecting nature — including public lands — and making money.


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January 11, 2024

Led by Florida Rep. Aaron Bean, a coalition of Republican lawmakers is introducing a bill to crack down on cabinet members’ communication with Congress after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin kept lawmakers and the White House in the dark about his hospitalization, the Daily Caller learned first.


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January 9, 2024

Quietly, on September 29, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission, at the request of the New York Stock Exchange, proposed a rule to create a new type of company called a Natural Asset Company (NAC). According to the proposed rule, a NAC would “hold the rights to ecological performance,” giving these companies license to control the management of both public and private lands through quantifying and monetizing natural outputs such as air and water. In other words, NACs would use the air you breathe as currency. 


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January 4, 2024

House Republicans are calling out President Joe Biden’s push, under an executive order, to field federal employees to vote, register voters, and serve as poll workers during elections. 

“Biden’s EO is another attempt for this administration to put a thumb on the scale and expand its overreach in our elections,” Rep. Bryan Steil, chairman of the House Administration Committee, told The Daily Signal. 


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Rep. Harriet Hageman Represetative for Wyoming
December 22, 2023

Washington, DC – Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an extension of the public comment period for Natural Asset Companies (NACs) and provided additional information on these proposed NACs.