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Congressman Bishop Urges State–Federal Coordination on Bases, Public Lands and Education
Summary
Congressman Bishop told the Utah House that coordinated state and federal action helped avoid past base closures and urged continued work to protect military installations, monitor trade and education policy, and guard state regulatory authority.
Congressman Bishop, the U.S. representative for Utah’s First Congressional District, addressed the Utah House in the Committee of the Whole on Feb. 3, urging state lawmakers to coordinate with the federal delegation and governor’s office to protect military facilities, public lands and education interests.
Bishop opened by recounting two high-stakes federal issues he said required unified local effort: the 2005 base realignment and closure round and the Skull Valley nuclear waste proposal. He said coordinated lobbying and local engagement helped preserve jobs and reach a solution in both cases. “When the base closure round was done … we only lost six jobs and then we went to work and got all of those back,” he said,…
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