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On the recordDecember 13, 2017
In 1996, President Bill Clinton, in a breathtaking abuse of this law, unilaterally declared 1.7 million acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in southern Utah as the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument without any consultation.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock criticizes Clinton's unilateral action in designating a national monument.

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