Blind Billings Podcaster Interviews Wyoming Congresswoman

Even a blind man can see what's going on. And for this episode, a Billings-based podcaster says, "Even this blind man can see the importance of Harriet Hageman being in Washington D.C."

Kevin Williams hosts a podcast called "Rocky Mountain Freedom Zone." He's called in to our statewide radio show, Montana Talks, several times and always has something interesting to say.

For his 100th episode he interviewed Wyoming Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-WY). She's the one who booted Liz Cheney from office.

Kevin had this to say about his podcast interview with Hageman:  "I can honestly tell you that Congresswoman Harriet Hageman is a true stateswoman. She has done a spectacular job in defending the Maude Family- a ranching family out of South Dakota who had charges against them from the Forest Service. Congresswoman Hageman was highly influential in having those charges dropped."

In addition to the Maude family, they talked about the "Big Beautiful Bill" and  the concerns that people such as Senator Ron Johnson, Josh Hawley, and Congressman Thomas Massie have about the bill.

The full podcast can be found below. (While you're there- subscribe to our Montana Talks podcast as well)

Here's what she had to say about the One Big Beautiful Bill with regard to the natural resource industries here in the West, and any potential changes that might be made by the Senate.

Rep. Hageman: "This bill would lift the moratorium on oil and gas development in Wyoming. But not only Wyoming. It would be Colorado federal lands, Nevada, Montana- any federal lands. It would also lift the moratorium on coal production. We had a moratorium under the Biden administration. It would require the leasing of timber sales- going forward with timber sales, which would benefit both of our states and the interior West immensely. We desperately need to be doing a better job of managing our National Forest Service lands, and this bill gives us the opportunity to do that...I am hoping that they (the Senate) are very judicious in what changes they attempt to bring forward, because we only won this by one vote, and to the extent that they start making wholesale changes, it can potentially tip the balance in the House of Representatives, where we wouldn't have the votes to pass whatever rendition it comes back to us in."