LePage, St. Clair set for showdown before U.S. House committee on monument
Source: Bangor Daily News
Gov. Paul LePage and leading monument proponent Lucas St. Clair will testify before Congress on Tuesday about whether Maine’s national monument represents a form of presidential abuse of power.
The House Committee on Natural Resources subcommittee hearing will be seen live here starting at 10 a.m.
LePage has made no secret of his disdain for the executive order issued by President Barack Obama on Aug. 24, 2016, that placed the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument designation upon 87,563 acres east of Baxter State Park. St. Clair’s mother, Burt’s Bees entrepreneur Roxanne Quimby, donated the land to the National Park Service.
In a two-page letter dated Feb. 14, the Republican governor asked Trump to reverse the designation “before economic damage occurs and traditional recreational pursuits are diminished.” LePage was on hand when Trump signed an executive order on April 26 telling the U.S. Department of the Interior to review at least two dozen national monuments created by presidential decree. Though Katahdin Woods is not specifically listed among those targeted, some believe it will be reviewed because of a secondary provision in the order.
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