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On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
Fifteen Presidents, both Republicans and Democrats, rejected the movement and used the Antiquities Act to designate more than 100 national monuments.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights bipartisan presidential support for national monuments.

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