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On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
At a minimum though the predictions or the claim that designations of national monuments are harmful to the local economies, that isn't borne out in your research?
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva questions the negative economic impact of national monument designations based on research findings.

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