{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hageman.house.gov/media/press-releases/hageman-introduces-legislation-block-destructive-blm-rmps", "Hageman Introduces Legislation to Block Destructive BLM RMPs", "2025-01-07", "2025", "2025-01", "Republican", "House", "WY", "Harriet M. Hageman", "H001096", "hageman.house.gov", "hageman", "https://hageman.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 Today,Congresswoman Harriet Hageman introduced two pieces of legislation to halt the Bureau of Land Management\u2019s (BLM) Buffalo and Rock Springs Resource Management Plans (RMPs). The RMPs amount to a federal land lockout, shutting down over 11 million acres of Wyoming\u2019s public lands by reclassifying multiple-use management as non-use or restricted access. Grazing, mining, recreation, and energy development\u2014key pillars of Wyoming\u2019s economy\u2014will be devastated as the Biden-Harris administration prioritizes radical environmentalism over practical and responsible land stewardship. Her legislation protects Wyoming land by blocking the RMPs implementation.\n\n\u201cBLM\u2019s Buffalo and Rock Springs RMPs are a nothing short of a federal sabotage of Wyoming\u2019s economy, heritage, and way of life,\u201d stated Hageman. \u201cThese RMPs ignore multiple-use principles mandated by Congress and jeopardize our industries, communities, and economic future. By prioritizing the agendas of the radical green lobby over responsible local stewardship, the Biden-Harris administration disregards generations of Wyomingites who have sustainably managed our own lands. This is not about conservation\u2014it is about control. If the eco-terrorists employing BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning had their way, they would dismantle rural livelihoods and have us all freeze to death this winter under the pretense of \u2018sustainable\u2019 climate action. I will continue to fight for our state\u2019s rights and ensure federal lands are managed for prosperity, not bureaucratic consolidation of power.\"\n\nBackground:\n\nIn Buffalo, BLM\u2019s RMP prohibits new federal coal leasing on nearly 50 billion tons of reserves. No new coal leases will be accepted, with existing leases projected to run out by 2041. In Rock Springs, the BLM\u2019s rushed restrictions lock up over one million acres of well-managed, highly productive land. BLM's decision process was a flawed and hasty \u201ccheck-the-box\u201d effort pushed through at the Biden administration\u2019s tail end. Hageman vowed to reintroduce legislation in the 119th Congress to stop the implementation of these RMPs and is optimistic about gaining traction with a Republican majority and President Trump\u2019s leadership. Her bills seek to restore local control and access to Wyoming\u2019s public lands, rebuffing federal overreach and ensuring coal, grazing, and energy development remain integral to the state\u2019s economy.\n\n###\n\nContact: Esteban Elizondo, Communications Director", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T17:10:36Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://hageman.house.gov/media/press-releases/hageman-introduces-legislation-block-destructive-blm-rmps"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.148192211985588, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}