Jason Chaffetz: “About 65 percent of my State is controlled by the Federal Government, they are Federal lands.”

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

I write today to ask you to seriously reconsider the use of such deceptive and misleading tactics.

I do believe, in principle, that if you want the best result, you are going to look to the people at the most local level.

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