[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 129 (Monday, July 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4765]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO DOUG MIYAMOTO

  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, at the 113th Wyoming State Fair, Senator 
Lummis and I will have the pleasure of introducing Doug Miyamoto as a 
2025 inductee to the Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame.
  Doug Miyamoto is a Wyoming native through and through. He is a 
graduate from the University of Wyoming, having earned a bachelor's 
degree in range management and a master's degree in rangeland ecology.
  Doug has long been an iconic leader for Wyoming agriculture. Early in 
his career, Miyamoto worked as a research assistant in rangeland 
ecology at the University of Wyoming. He then went to the Wyoming State 
Engineer's Office as a water rights analyst.
  He later went on to serve as the U.S. Department of Agriculture 
Natural Resources Conservation Service liaison to the Western 
Governor's Association and the Wyoming Association of Conservation 
Districts.
  Miyamoto then served as the deputy director of the Wyoming Department 
of Agriculture and was the head of the Wyoming Livestock Board. In 2015 
he became the director of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture where 
he has served ever since.
  Leading the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Doug has overseen a 
wide array of programs including natural resource and policy 
management, food safety inspections, technical services inspections, 
and an analytical services laboratory in Laramie, WY.
  In 2023, Doug was selected to serve as the president of the National 
Association of State Departments of Agriculture, putting him on the 
national stage as a leader for the agriculture industry.
  Doug has long been a strong voice, a selfless advocate, and a loyal 
friend to our agriculture producers in Wyoming. He has testified before 
Congress on numerous issues including public safety, exportation of 
agriculture products, invasive species management, habitat management 
for important species such as greater sage-grouse, and a pilot program 
leveraging program dollars for use on Federal lands.
  Doug's dedication and service to Wyoming's agriculture industry makes 
him an outstanding choice for the Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame. It 
is a great honor to participate in Doug's induction. I congratulate 
Doug Miyamoto as a 2025 inductee into the Wyoming Hall of Fame.

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