U.S. House votes to stop Owyhee national monument

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Steve Bertel
1:41 PM, Jul 14, 2016
18 mins ago

WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. House has passed Oregon Representative Greg Walden’s (R-Hood River) proposal to prohibit the declaration of an Owyhee national monument ...

“The people of Malheur County have already spoken on this issue, and they’ve come out adamantly opposed to a proposed unilateral national monument declaration on the Owyhee River canyon,” said Walden. “Now the U.S. House has also voted on my proposal to block a monument in Malheur County. These votes send a strong message to the President that the overwhelming majority of local residents and the People’s House oppose a monument. Eastern Oregon doesn’t need another top-down ‘solution’ to over-regulate another part of our economy and our way of life.”

The vote came as part of a larger bill that provides annual funding for the Department of the Interior and other agencies, the release said. Walden’s provision says that no funds may be used to make a Presidential declaration of a national monument in Malheur County. An effort by House Democrats to remove this provision was rejected by a vote of 202-225 ...

http://www.kivitv.com/news/walden-us-house-votes-to-stop-owyhee-national-monument

[MFM008]

1. POTUS says

Veto bitches.

[maxsolomon]

3. Maybe not, they stuck it into a funding bill for the Interior Dept

nt

[maxsolomon]

2. Oh, well if all 30,000 people of Malheur County oppose it...

who are the 300 million rest of us to support it?

[LWolf]

4. This is frustrating.

Not surprising, from Walden. He sure as hell doesn't listen to me.

He is beat a challenger in his primary this year claiming that he wasn't "conservative" enough. I certainly disagree with his challenger. I also notice that he's responded by shoring up his bat-shit credentials.

[LanternWaste]

5. Seems the half-witted Hon. Walden believes it to be a Local Monument rather than a National Monument

Seems the half-witted Hon. Walden believes it to be a Local Monument rather than a National Monument.