Washington, July 27 -- Representative Jared Huffman issued the following press release:
Today, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation voted to gut Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the rule that requires the federal government to consider harm to historic and sacred places, and to hear from the people affected, before approving construction projects:
"Donald Trump packed this council with loyalists and gave them one job: tear down the safeguards that protect America's history so he and his billionaire friends can build whatever they want, wherever they want. Today they delivered.
"Right now, a developer has...