WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Mike Lee issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, applauded President Donald J. Trump's proclamation (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/07/modifying-the-bears-ears-national-monument/) modifying the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
"Today's proclamation shows that President Trump listens to Utahns and respects the limits Congress placed on the Antiquities Act," said Chairman Mike Lee. "For too long, presidents have weaponized monument designations to lock up millions of acres, close roads, restrict grazing, and cut rural communities off from lands their ...