Your assessment about the destructive effect, do you think the Escalante Chamber of Commerce or the people of Boulder, Utah would agree that that devastation has occurred?

Do you believe that--or think that the same type of urgency applies to other landscapes in the West, with archeological resources that might be at risk?

I believe that NEPA should take place. I think that the people's voice should be heard.

I believe that those people's voices were not taken into consideration at the time that they made that designation.

What we are talking about is NEPA is the process that allows people to have a say everywhere.

Yes, I think they should be voted upon, and I think the voice of the people should be heard.

The more the Majority obstructs conservation efforts, the more the public will realize that they are not being well represented.

I support the NEPA process because it takes into account all those other factors, and just doesn't knee-jerk a particular need at a particular time.

Sometimes conservation can't wait for Congress to act, which is why 16 of the 19 Presidents who have held office since the passing of the Antiquities Act have used it to establish National Monuments.

The Antiquities Act deserves the attention of Congress, but I am disappointed to see that the majority thinks it needs to be tampered with and watered down.

Absent the reforms outlined today, monument designations must be constrained in size and solely limited to contiguous lands that are already owned by the Federal Government.