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Mike Lee: “While using the Antiquities Act to further limit activity on another 2 million acres of Utah land was wholly…”

On the recordMay 20, 2015
While using the Antiquities Act to further limit activity on another 2 million acres of Utah land was wholly inappropriate, at least President Clinton, at the time, looked to enshrine existing grazing rights.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Criticism of President Clinton's land use decisions affecting grazing rights.

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