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On the recordMarch 28, 2012
The local people, the land grant areas, also are very supportive of this legislation. They do not want to see their land, their common lands, up for exploration of businesses or for these lands to be sold.
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

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Lujan highlights local support for protecting land from business exploitation.

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