Hageman, Harriet M.

Harriet Hageman represents Wyoming's at-large congressional district and serves as chair of the House Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, a position that gives her significant influence over federal management of natural resources, water rights, and wildlife conservation. As subcommittee chair, she controls the agenda for hearings and legislation affecting these policy areas—issues of particular importance to her rural, Western state. She also serves on the broader House Committee on Natural Resources and the House Judiciary Committee, positioning her to shape policy across multiple legislative domains.

Hageman's background as a trial attorney with deep expertise in natural resource law makes her well-suited to this role. Early in her legal career, she represented Wyoming in a federal water rights dispute and has long advocated for state control over land management decisions, including opposition to federal roadless area protections. Before entering Congress in 2023, she ran unsuccessfully for Wyoming governor in 2018 and served as Republican National committeewoman for Wyoming. She defeated incumbent Representative Liz Cheney in the 2022 Republican primary with strong support from former President Donald Trump, winning by a substantial margin.

Since taking office, Hageman has focused on legislation related to mineral leasing, land trust management, and regulatory reform affecting Western lands and resources. She has sponsored bills to amend federal mineral leasing rules and extend lease terms for trust lands held for federally recognized tribes. Her legislative priorities reflect her constituency's economic interests in energy development and natural resource extraction, as well as her longstanding skepticism of federal land management authority. In December 2025, she announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Cynthia Lummis in 2026.