Harriet Hageman

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 5, line 18, strike ``and''. Page 5, line 21, strike the period and insert ``; and''. Page 5, after…

Are you telling me that the SEC never contacted you about the idea of monetizing and securitizing all of the natural assets of the BLM?

H.R. 7375, offered by Congresswoman Hageman, amends a provision of the Mineral Leasing Act...

The misnamed Inflation Reduction Act created many structural flaws regarding energy production and permitting, resulting in impracticalities and confusion on how to implement EOIs and other fees.

My bill, H.R. 7375, would ensure that expressions of interest, or EOI fees, are paid only by those companies who win the corresponding acreage in a lease sale.

I thank the witness for his testimony. And one of the things that I very much appreciate is that you brought actual solutions and ideas of how you see things that can be fixed and addressed in addressing this program.

Self-governance gave us the ability to respond quickly, mitigating the number of cases and ultimately deaths caused by COVID-19.

It has been one of my priorities and one of my agendas to ensure that we are recognizing and acknowledging the sovereignty and autonomy of these Tribal Nations.

I am really pleased and since we are at this table, I want to give a shoutout to Don Young.

We must make it clear that Indians can become independent of Federal control without being cut off from Federal concern and Federal support.

Tribes know how best to serve their members and it is important that Congress continues to bring tribal voices to the table.

Since the 1970s, the United States has pursued a policy of self-determination for tribes, allowing tribal governments to self-direct services provided to their people.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I am grateful for all of the work that has gone into this bill, and more particularly for the discussions that I have had with Chairman Westerman in developing this legislation.

Like in my home state of Wyoming, the Greater Yellowstone grizzly bear, the gray wolf, et cetera have been highly successful, but that is because of state management.

States have the responsibility, expertise, and incentives to conserve the species within their borders.

Well, it was the EPA, and the EPA blew out the Gold King Mine in 2015, and released 800,000 pounds of heavy metals and other things into the Animas River, turning the Animas River yellow.

Again, I want to thank each of you for being here today and providing the testimony that you have, working with us to put forth a bill that is actually going to succeed at recovering species, rather than being used as a zoning mechanism to…

I want to make sure that agencies like the BLM are actually having to quantify the costs associated with the decisions that they make.

Forty-eight percent of the surface estate in the state of Wyoming is owned by the Federal Government.

Obviously, this is something that was one of the most dangerous rules I have ever seen, and I am pleased that the New York Stock Exchange saw the light and withdrew it.

I think that is of grave concern, and something that the American people should understand.

The war on coal, the war on oil and gas, the war on affordable energy is affecting everyone in this country.

I led on a letter to the SEC with 31 other Members in the House, expressing strong opposition to the process and the proposal itself.

Tribes have consistently sought to diversify their tribal economies through various means.

Since the 1970s, the Federal Government has embraced a tribal policy of self-determination.