Russell Begaye: “the answer, then, lies with Congress, which can pass laws that withstand the test of time and presidents.”

We respectfully, yet strongly, urge you to reject these proposals and maintain full funding for the Community Health Representative and Health Education programs in the fiscal year 2019 budget.

The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition adamantly opposes H.R. 4532 and its attempt to legislatively confirm President Trump's unlawful action revoking, replacing, and dismantling the Bear Ears National Monument.

H.R. 4532 retains the same failing as the Trump proclamation: it does not protect the Bears Ears landscape in a way that is meaningful and lasting.

We cannot support a further congressional reduction in the area of the monument, much less the drastic reduction proposed by H.R. 4532.