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The problem that we face with PILT... is a classic problem of Washington's creation.

My kid was down there. He met them, as well. They were promised a free road trip to Utah, they took it, they had no idea what Bears Ears was.

So, in the decision, in the monument declaration that President Obama did, even though he said they were giving them management, there is no real management.

In 2015, Garfield County declared a state of emergency, due in large part to the Federal land management practices.

If you are going to do anything with the Antiquities Act, make sure that the state in which the monuments or the parks are going to be designated from, that they have a dialogue with their legislature, with the public, and with the…

Will one more national monument help that county prosper? Absolutely not.

Let's go to San Juan County, then. It has one national monument, one national forest, one national recreation center, three national monuments. Despite that, it is still the poorest county in the state of Utah.

The Grand Staircase-Escalante designation--when that happened, there were 81 grazing jobs that were lost, as well as the shutdown of a plant where 1,100 jobs were lost.

And to Ms. Tsongas, your statement that there were no private lands, that is inaccurate.

I appreciate all of you being here. Many of you had difficulty with our names. I want you all to know that you got the name Bishop correct.

The Grand Staircase Monument locked up over 11 billion tons of recoverable coal.

What does the creation of a national monument on these lands do to people's lives and culture?

The burdens outweigh the benefits, largely due to the enormous size of these monuments.

I am convinced that in both cases politics was a greater factor than was protection of antiquities.

Those are the voices that have been excluded from the conversation.

It is appalling that non-local voices have drowned out those who treasure this land the most.

Grassroots Utah Navajo people do not support this effort to convert our sacred lands into a Federal designation.

Traditional Utah Navajo people are not conspiring with lawyers in boardrooms in Salt Lake and San Francisco.