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Some politicians in the Mountain West are renewing calls to transfer federal lands to state and local governments as a way to ease the affordable housing crisis. They argue that such transfers could provide much-needed space in fast-growing communities hemmed in by public lands, while critics say these proposals threaten what makes these areas appealing to begin with.
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR), named Representative Harriet Hageman as the Chair of the Subcommittee for Indian and Insular Affairs. This subcommittee oversees all matters regarding Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Natives, including the 574 federally recognized Indian tribes with approximately 2 million members. It also has jurisdiction over the US Territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
Today, it was announced that Rep. Harriet Hageman was appointed by Speaker McCarthy to the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
Today Congresswoman Harriet Hageman announced that she will be hosting three town hall meetings during Congress’ first district work period since the beginning of the year.
“During my campaign I promised that I would host a town hall every year, in every county of our state. These meetings are to provide regular updates, listen to our constituents’ ideas, and be open and accessible to all Wyomingites. I am excited to begin our series of town hall meetings on our very first week away from Washington,” said Hageman.
This evening, Harriet Hageman voted for fiscal responsibility that would protect hard working Americans from oppressive IRS audits. In 2022, as part of Biden and Pelosi’s so-called Inflation Reduction Act, $80 billion in taxpayer dollars was allocated for the IRS to hire an additional 87,000 agents.
This morning Congresswoman-elect Harriet Hageman was officially sworn in as Wyoming's at-large member in the United States House of Representatives.
Congresswoman Hageman stated, "I am honored that the voters of Wyoming have trusted me to represent them in Congress and I am excited to get started. There is a great amount of work to be done to restore our federal government to its Constitutional foundation and limit its size and scope. For far too long the federal government has taken too much freedom and liberty from us it is time for that to end."
