Dear editor:

I attended the very disappointing so-called town hall where Rep. Harriet Hageman gave her prepared speech on Tuesday morning. After her speech, Rep. Hageman answered questions that her constituents in attendance had written on note cards in the lobby of the auditorium. There was no interaction at all between the representative and the attendees.

She discarded the questions about the bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah regarding the sale of public lands saying she had already addressed this issue. She totally blew off one question saying she didn’t know what the question was talking about. She owed the person who asked that question an answer and should have asked the writer to clarify. I’m pretty sure I know what provision in the reconciliation package/big beautiful bill the writer was referencing and I’m not even being paid to represent Wyoming as is Harriet Hageman.

She seems to be forgetting that we the people pay her salary and she owes us answers, not just prepared talking points. As for the Mike Lee bill regarding sale of public lands, I recommend listening to a podcast called Your Mountain for June 13, 2025 titled “3 Million Acres of Public Lands for Sale in 11 States.” The two fellows who put out this podcast are from Wyoming and do a deep dive into Mike Lee’s bill. They tell much more than our three Wyomingites in D.C. would ever tell the constituents they represent.

 Pat Winlow

Cody