04/15/2013
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"Rep. Bishop claims that the PLI designates 4.6 million acres of public land 'for conservation,' when in fact the PLI substitutes weakened 'national conservation areas' (NCAs) and 'special management a..."
"We can do it because we are Congress and we write the laws. That is a guarantee for you."
"Secretary Jewell, you came to Utah seeking local input. Unfortunately, what you saw and what you heard was theater staged by radical environmentalist outsiders intent on smothering local voices."
"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."