Washington, Aug. 26 -- Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez issued the following press release:
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, and Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee led 18 members of Congress in demanding answers from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum about the Trump Administration's rushed effort to revoke protections for lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
The Department of the Interior is proposing to revoke Public Land Order No. 7923, which established a 10-mile mineral withdrawal surrounding Chaco Canyon. Revoking the order would reopen these culturally si...