WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Michael Bennet issued the following press release:
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released a statement following President Donald Trump's executive order to shrink Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments:
"Once again, the President has demonstrated his disregard for the wishes of Tribal coalitions, western leaders, and the American people by removing protections for two crown jewels of our public lands. The ancestral lands and cultural sites at Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments are sacred to the Tribes of the Four Corners area - including the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Indian Tribes in Colorado. Today's actions are another broken promise to the Tribes w...