Virginia Cramer, virginia.cramer@sierraclub.org, 804-519-8449
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The House Natural Resources Committee today will hold a hearing on the Grand Staircase-Escalante Enhancement Act, HR 4588. Contrary to what the name implies, the bill would codify President Trump’s illegal proclamation cutting Grand Staircase-Escalante by half.
In anticipation, Dalal Aboulhosn, Sierra Club deputy legislative director, issued the following statement:
“This bill doubles down on Trump’s wildly unpopular, and illegal, cuts to protections for our country’s public lands. The bill not only affirms the rollbacks, but goes even further to hand control of those lands to local officials who are vehemently anti-public lands. This is not a parks bill; it’s a farewell to America’s public lands.”
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