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On the recordMay 31, 2016
I have introduced legislation such that no president, this president or any other president, is able to sidestep the legislative process, the people's representatives, and designate national monuments without the approval of the state legislature and the governor.
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Bruce Poliquin
Maine

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Poliquin advocates for legislative approval before national monument designations.

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