[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 120 (Tuesday, August 2, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S5242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO HARRIET HAGEMAN

  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, it is fitting that Harriet Hageman will 
be inducted into the 2011 Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame. Harriet is 
known across Wyoming and across our Nation as a stalwart promoter and 
defender of agriculture. With this honor, she is following in the 
footsteps of her father Jim Hageman, who was previously inducted in the 
Agriculture Hall of fame in 2002.
  Harriet comes from a long history of agricultural producers. Her 
great grandfather homesteaded in Wyoming in 1879 and her parents bought 
their first ranch near Fort Laramie in 1961. Harriet grew up on the 
family's cattle ranches in the Fort Laramie area. Rather than pursuing 
a career in agriculture, she earned a law degree from the University of 
Wyoming. Yet she did not stray from the agriculture industry. Much of 
her legal practice has been focused on protecting agriculture's land, 
water, and natural resources. She uses her Ag background coupled with 
her fine mind to effectively argue on behalf of Wyoming's ranchers and 
farmers in courtrooms at all levels of the judiciary.
  A few of her many accomplishments should be noted. Harriet was the 
lead attorney for the State of Wyoming in protecting its share of the 
North Platte River. She fought the USDA to protect Wyoming's access to 
national forest lands. She successfully defended Wyoming's Open Range 
Law before the Wyoming Supreme Court. Her clients include ranchers, 
farmers, irrigation districts and grazing permitees. Harriet represents 
them with a passion that can only come from love of agriculture.
  I have had the honor of working with Harriet Hageman and have 
benefitted from her wisdom. I would ask my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating Harriet on this well-deserved honor.

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