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On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
This President has relied on the Antiquities Act, originally written in 1906, to provide temporary protection for archeological sites from looting, to lock up 548 million acres of land and water on a whim.
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Rob Bishop
Republican · Utah

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Criticism of the President's use of the Antiquities Act to designate large land areas.

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