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On the recordDecember 11, 2017
I vehemently oppose the Administration's recent decision to make the largest ever reduction in public lands protection in American history at two national monuments.
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois

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Duckworth criticizes the Administration's reduction of public lands protection.

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