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Norman D. Dicks: “I say to the gentleman, is it not true that before these became monuments, these were all Federal lands? ... the…”

On the recordJune 21, 2001
I say to the gentleman, is it not true that before these became monuments, these were all Federal lands? ... the monument has to have been Federal land before it became a monument; is that not correct?
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Norman D. Dicks

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Questioning the status of federal lands during a discussion on national monuments.

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