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Gosar outlines 'Lasso Act' proposal and seeks rollbacks of some monument designations
Summary
U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar told the Mohave County Public Lands and Recreation Commission on Aug. 7 that he is sponsoring legislation called the "Lasso Act" to allocate a portion of public-lands receipts to the Social Security trust fund and that he supports narrowing recent federal monument designations to preserve permitted mining, grazing and other uses.
U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar told the Mohave County Public Lands and Recreation Commission on Aug. 7 that he is sponsoring legislation called the "Lasso Act" to allocate a portion of public-lands receipts to the Social Security trust fund and that he supports narrowing recent federal monument designations to preserve permitted mining, grazing and other uses.
"We take 10% of all the proceeds coming off of public lands, and we put it in the Social Security trust fund," Gosar said, describing one core element of…
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