Updates 1/27: Watch Representative Hughes' Resolution to Rescind Bears Ears Monument
Watch Mike Noel's presentation ON: Concurrent Resolution Urging Federal Legislation to Reduce or Modify the Boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Rules Committee.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Two top Republicans in the state House have filed resolutions urging President Donald Trump to take action on a pair of national monuments in Utah. In a rare move, House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper, filed a resolution Thursday asking the president to rescind the Bears Ears National Monument.
” WHEREAS, the Bears Ears National Monument designation will forever remove the possibility of economic development and decimate the economy of the region with impacts felt around the state; WHEREAS, citizens in rural Utah deserve the equal opportunity to pursue happiness through the protection of their life, liberty, property, and right to determine their own destiny unimpeded by their own federal government,” the resolution states in part. Representative Mike Noel, presented a second resolution asking for reduction in size of Grand Staircase.
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| Impoverished western counties dominated by federally
claimed land are exporting children and importing poverty. This includes National Parks, Monuments, Reservations, BLM land, US Forest Service. |
