04/12/2021
https://congress.gov...
"The Antiquities Act is a landmark law that should be celebrated, not relentlessly attacked for the sake of scoring a few political points."
"This law is not a law that is abused. This is a law that Presidents have used as a last resort, on many occasions."
"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."
"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."