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[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) today issued the following statement in response to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s recommendations to President Trump on several national monuments. Among the recommendations contained in Secretary Zinke’s report to the President are suggested changes to the management of the Rio …

As reported late last evening, Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended that the Trump administration rollback protections and significantly alter numerous national monuments, including Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and Rio Grande del Norte in New Mexico. It is clear that the Trump administration is preparing an unprecedented attack on protected lands in the United …