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Spencer Cox: “The question has never been whether to protect them, but how to protect them best.”

On the recordJuly 17, 2026
The question has never been whether to protect them, but how to protect them best.
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Spencer Cox
Republican · Utah

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Commenting on the management of national monuments.

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