We want to commend Congressman Bishop and Congressman Chaffetz for their support of this project over the years.

We appreciate the substantial time and resources dedicated to the pursuit of a legislative solution to this critical preservation issue by local and national stakeholders, including local governments, our partners in the conservation and…

the Public Lands Initiative is the viable solution.

This bill is not a bi-partisan solution.

We have tried from our heart of hearts to develop a bipartisan and balanced approach to this solution.

Do not play the charade with us if all you want to do is just go with your environmentalist lobbyists, environmentalist friends, and screw the rest of Utah.

Accordingly, we join the broad-based request that the President utilize his authority under the Antiquities Act to protect the nationally significant cultural and archaeological resources of the Bears Ears area this year.

I sat with the president of the Navajo Nation last August and he had no idea what Bears Ears was or where it was.

We appreciate the sustained efforts of House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop, Congressman Jason Chaffetz, and members of the committee to develop a legislative solution to address the long-term conservation of nationally…

By 2013, the national monument threat had spawned a collaborative effort in which Representatives Bishop and Chaffetz solicited input from stakeholders via each county in eastern Utah.

There's no evidence to support this accusation.

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