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On the recordMay 6, 2013
the Antiquities Act was actually originally established to give the Administration emergency power to protect newly discovered archeological sites from raiding.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock discusses the original intent of the Antiquities Act in relation to monument designations.

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