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On the recordMay 1, 2017
Elections have consequences, and if President Trump has no interest in joining the long line of his predecessors who identified and preserved new national monuments, that is his decision.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva criticizes Trump's lack of interest in preserving national monuments.

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