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Tue Feb 23, 2021, 12:15 PM Feb 2021

Republican Sen. Lee complains Deb Haaland's 'connections to the land' should disqualify her

DebforInterior @jnoisecat
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), referring to the Bears Ears National Monument: "do you think it's appropriate for people with connections to the land... to be involved in the national monument designation process?"

Not sure he sees the irony here.








watch hearing here: https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2021/2/hearing-to-consider-nomination-of-the-honorable-debra-haaland-to-be-the-secretary-of-the-interior

download Deb Haaland's testimony: https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/D80C6AC0-D4F4-4E7E-9D1D-C7DD06E93411
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Republican Sen. Lee complains Deb Haaland's 'connections to the land' should disqualify her (Original Post) bigtree Feb 2021 OP
Irony schmirony. Harker Feb 2021 #1
Sen. Lee: "Do you think it's appropriate for people with connections to energy extraction interests sop Feb 2021 #2
yep... dhill926 Feb 2021 #3
all he does is bitch demtenjeep Feb 2021 #4

sop

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2. Sen. Lee: "Do you think it's appropriate for people with connections to energy extraction interests
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 12:23 PM
Feb 2021

to be involved in the national monument designation process?" And: "How much money did you receive from these energy extraction interests?"

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