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Mike Lee: “These supposed protections, supposed protections that are often invoked by people who are wanting to promote the idea of…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2016
These supposed protections, supposed protections that are often invoked by people who are wanting to promote the idea of a national monument, quickly deteriorate.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Lee critiques the effectiveness of protections for Native American sites under national monument proclamations.

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