This idea that we did not have any of those discussions is one of the most bogus claims that happens to be there.
One of the things I would like to also illustrate is we were criticized in written testimony of having no input or being...
The people who came here from a distance and will return to a distance had to GPS the Bears Ears to get there.
I hope we can come together and work in good faith, recognizing that we all want these lands to remain public.
I have long said it is not the use of the Antiquities Act, but rather the abuse of the Antiquities Act--by presidents of...
This is the only way you can actually have that kind of input taking place.
I like you. You are wrong, but I like you.
And when the President made the Bears Ears declaration, it shut the process down.
It is arrogant on the part of this legislation, given that tribal nations were given, rightfully so, under the Constitut...
We were promised data coming from the Interior Department that did not show up.
There were no restrictions.
Correct.
This bill could not have passed without you. You are living up to everything I thought you would.
I want to commend Mr. Stewart for the legislation that you have here. That is exactly the process we are trying to have.
There are special interest groups out there that are trying to confuse that, as if one is synonymous to the other; they ...
Could it have been done better? Absolutely. But it needed to be done in a way that did not involve secrecy.
This Committee has passed out a CAP Act, which tries to put an established process that would guarantee, depending on th...
If this new monument is created, Commissioner Pollock, it will be right outside the town of Escalante.