Mike Lee actually said...

The U.S. Department of the Interior has never possessed the power to designate wilderness. That power has always been reserved and is always exercised exclusively by Congress.

Context

Lee asserts that only Congress has the authority to designate wilderness areas.

03/01/2011

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