Announcement about Withdrawing the bill. Judy
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Subject: RE: Public lands selloff legislation
Date: 02-02-2017 09:12
From: Mike Petersen <mpetersen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PublicLandsForAll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<PublicLandsForAll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Good news. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the sponsor of this measure, withdrew it
today after widespread criticism from lovers of public lands. His tweet
below.
"I am withdrawing HR 621. I'm a proud gun owner, hunter and love our
public lands. The bill would… instagram.com/p/BP_zOxEF0-Q/ [1]"
FROM: publiclandsforall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:publiclandsforall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] ON BEHALF OF Mike Petersen
SENT: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 10:30 AM
TO: PublicLandsForAll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
SUBJECT: Public lands selloff legislation
REPUBLICANS MOVE TO SELL OFF 3.3M ACRES OF NATIONAL LAND, SPARKING
RALLIES
LAND TOTALING THE SIZE OF CONNECTICUT HAS BEEN TARGETED IN A NEW BILL IN
THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE, UNITING HUNTERS AND CONSERVATIONISTS IN OPPOSITION
Tuesday 31 January 2017 08.43 EST Last modified on Tuesday 31 January
2017 09.48 EST
Now that Republicans have quietly drawn a path to give away much of
Americans' public land, US representative Jason Chaffetz of Utah has
introduced what the Wilderness Society is calling "step two" in the
GOP's plan to offload federal lands.
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