Jason Chaffetz: “Our hearts and prayers and thoughts are with you and your neighbors and your friends and your community, the police…”

Another major burden for county government is the emergency services needed to support such a massive amount of land.

Unlike most states in our Union, nearly 70 percent of the state of Utah is owned by the Federal and state government.

The legislation before you today does not convert any public land to private property.

So, to suggest that there was not a dialogue, you can point to President Obama. He never listened to us.