{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://blakemoore.house.gov/media/press-releases/utah-delegation-requests-meeting-president-final-decision-bears-ears-and-grand", "Utah Delegation Requests Meeting with President Before Final Decision on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments", "2021-06-09", "2021", "2021-06", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Blake D. Moore", "M001213", "blakemoore.house.gov", "blakemoore", "https://blakemoore.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2014Upon learning that Secretary Haaland submitted her recommendations on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Mitt Romney (R-UT), and Representatives Blake Moore (R-UT), Chris Stewart (R-UT), John Curtis (R-UT), and Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to President Biden requesting that he meet with them before making a final decision on the boundaries and management of the monuments. They also requested that Secretary Haaland\u2019s full report be made available to Congress.\n\n\u201cOur delegation, tribal governments, local partners, and department officials have worked in good faith to share and listen to differing viewpoints on this issue,\u201d the delegation wrote. \u201cIn that same spirit, we request you meet with us before making a final decision and publicly release the Secretary\u2019s report recommendations. This is a matter of utmost importance to the communities in our state, and we remain committed to working toward a permanent, legislative solution together.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe appreciate your cooperation and willingness to engage thus far, and we again urge your administration to work with us to craft collaborative, consensus legislation that reflects the input of the people most directly impacted,\u201d the delegation continued. \u201cIt is past time to end the political back-and-forth that the communities in our state have been subjected to for more than 25 years, and you have a historic opportunity to do so by working with Congress.\u201d\n\nThe full text of the letter can be found below.\n\nDear Mr. President,\n\nWe write regarding your administration\u2019s review of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah. Last week, we learned that Secretary Haaland submitted her recommendations to you on the national monuments\u2019 boundaries. As you consider a final decision regarding the monuments\u2019 boundaries and management, we request that the Secretary\u2019s report be made available to Congress and that you meet with us before making a final decision.\n\nSince you issued Executive Order 13990, we have on many occasions urged your administration to work with the Utah delegation towards a permanent, legislative solution to the monuments\u2019 boundaries. We appreciated the decision to extend the initial 60-day timeline and that Secretary Haaland accepted our invitation to visit Utah to tour the monuments and engage state, local, and tribal leaders before submitting her recommendation. We also appreciate the continued dialogue between the Department and our staff.\n\nDuring discussions with Secretary Haaland in Utah, our delegation, along with state, local, and tribal leaders, reiterated our desire to find a permanent, legislative solution, which we believe is the only path to resolving the longstanding dispute over the monuments\u2019 boundaries and management, as well as providing much-needed certainty to our communities. We also articulated if the administration acts unilaterally, a legislative solution will be nearly impossible to achieve and it would only lead to further conflict, division, and lawsuits.\n\nOur delegation, tribal governments, local partners, and department officials have worked in good faith to share and listen to differing viewpoints on this issue. In that same spirit, we request you meet with us before making a final decision and publicly release the Secretary\u2019s report recommendations. This is a matter of utmost importance to the communities in our state, and we remain committed to working toward a permanent, legislative solution together.\n\nWe appreciate your cooperation and willingness to engage thus far, and we again urge your administration to work with us to craft collaborative, consensus legislation that reflects the input of the people most directly impacted. It is past time to end the political back-and-forth that the communities in our state have been subjected to for more than 25 years, and you have a historic opportunity to do so by working with Congress.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:57:00Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://blakemoore.house.gov/media/press-releases/utah-delegation-requests-meeting-president-final-decision-bears-ears-and-grand"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9094669949263334, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}