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On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
History has already affirmed the wisdom of previous national monument designations and history will judge new attempts to weaken the Act very harshly.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva asserts that historical precedent supports the Antiquities Act.

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