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On the recordApril 26, 2017
Just yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order instructing a review of national monument designations as an attack on the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument designations by Presidents Obama and Clinton, and perhaps others.
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Don Beyer
Democratic · Virginia

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Beyer criticizes Trump's order affecting national monument protections.

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