WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman has assumed a leading role in asserting Congress’s authority to fight crime in the nation’s capital and fix mismanagement by the city’s officials.

At the same time, the Wyoming Republican said it is premature to determine whether she supports a colleague’s bill to abolish D.C.’s municipal government and revert to the system of total federal governance that existed prior to 1973.

That bill, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, has 10 co-sponsors so far.

In a phone interview with Cowboy State Daily on Thursday, Hageman said she has not yet been contacted about signing on to it and is not sure whether she supports it.

“But I’m sure interested in looking at it. I’m sure interested in considering all of our options,” said Hageman, who

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