Biden designates national monument for lands near Grand Canyon

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : "I fail to see any rationale in this proposal beyond a selfish political agenda that locks away the very resources we depend on for our daily lives."Just before the signing, Westerman and Gosar, who chairs the panel's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, sent a letter to Biden, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning and U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore asking them to outline how withdrawing the land from consideration for mining will impact energy security.
41% : After the price of uranium reached record highs in 2007, corporations began exploring the possibility of mining in the area, which led the Obama administration to institute a 20-year moratorium in 2012.
37% : "They fought for decades to be able to return to these lands, to protect these lands from mining and development, to clear them of contamination, and to preserve their shared legacy for future generations," Biden said.

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