06/11/2018
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"Despite Congress having the sole authority to designate wilderness . . . this Administration and the environmental community continue to manage our public lands as 'defacto' wilderness."
"I want to begin by expressing my appreciation to the bipartisan co-sponsors of the legislation, Senator Murkowski, Senator Alexander and Senator Feinstein for their exceptionally hard work and coopera..."
"Senator Feinstein has been a stalwart member of our team and provided invaluable input on the bill."
"We strongly recommend that this provision be removed from the proposed bill."