Posted on 06/28/2025 9:02:24 PM PDT by backpacker_c
After widespread public opposition, Sen. Mike Lee says he is withdrawing his controversial proposal to sell millions of acres of public lands.
The amendment to the national "Big, Beautiful Bill" could have made more than 18 million acres of land eligible for sale in Utah alone
Lee later revised the proposal to remove Forest Service land from it, and to only include Bureau of Land Management property within five miles of "population centers."
On Saturday, Utah's Senior Senator announced that he is withdrawing the federal land sales from the bill completely.
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Thankfully, there appeared to have been enough opposition that it caused him to reconsider it, and hopefully, it tanks his career....
Remember, this isn't the only bad thing mike lee is responsible for. lee is also the one that has been mostly responsible for the large number of H1b visas that get issued every year...
He should have stood firm. The federal govt owns 64% if the land in the state of Utah. Its unconstitutional and Barack Obama grabbed 1.35 million acres totally unconstitutionally in Utah during his term. The government is not supposed to own that much land.
The Sierra Club owns the politicians and they think the Fed should own the land rather than the people.
You think the Fed should own all the land? Sounds like a Communist.
In fairness to him, he said, in his official statement, he wanted to keep the land out of the hands of China and blackrock.
Provisions need to be made to keep it out of the hands of china, blackrock, and section 8 slumlords as well. No need to have 1000000 refuse-gees move into New Hampshire and other nice states.
I thought this was a great idea! Sorry to hear it’s failed, for now...
“He should have stood firm. The federal govt owns 64% if the land in the state of Utah. Its unconstitutional and Barack Obama grabbed 1.35 million acres totally unconstitutionally in Utah during his term. The government is not supposed to own that much land.”
The government should ONLY own land that they have a purpose for...which is likely more like 5% of the land. They own what they have by DEFAULT as it was originally obtained by them...so now they use their huge control over land to blackmail states, at least when Leftists are in the White House.
Good decision.
You calling FReepers communists?
No, we've just learned the hard way to never, ever trust Mumbai Mike Lee, inflictor of the H-1B.
IMO one of the best ways we can prevent leftist abuses in the future is to get the Feds to divest as much land as possible while we can. We should start with ANWR and get it permanently out of their hands.
Didn’t I read that this was put back in last minute?
not interested in having predatory developers and imported savages exploiting the Great American landscape
I believe the feral gubmint just took that land. They paid nothing for it. They should not be allowed to “sell” it. All the land the feds own should be given back to the states it is in. For nothing.
I don’t think the federal government just TOOK land in most cases. Money was paid for the huge areas of the Louisiana Purchase and Alaska. Also for the Gadsden Purchase desired to clean up the border lines in the southwest after the wars with Mexico. Regarding Texas which was originally gained through war with Mexico, I am not sure how title was managed after Texas became a state. Probably an interesting and complex story. Spain had Florida, how did we end up with it? Another history to explore.
You almost need a constitutional amendment....saying the federal gov’t cannot own more than 1-percent of state property, and a state cannot own more than 5-percent of it’s property...unless for commercial-use (tax revenue).
Can you cite the part of the Constitution that makes the feds owning land unconstitutional?
Rinos don’t get it right any more than demonRATs do.
Who was Lee going to “sell” it to- the Chinese? The fed should GIVE it back to the states for management with the proviso that it will never be sold to any developer. Let the PEOPLE own and manage their OWN lands.
The tenth amendment
What's the difference? The illegals just move into sections of the national forest and take it over anyway. You might as well allow some private citizens to make a buck off of it instead of the govt allowing illegals to live there for free.
You don’t see the problem if you don’t live here.
People with money buy up large chunks of land and put up fences with No Trespassing signs. Hunters, campers, hikers, off-road machines are banned.
Game animals know they are safe on these ranches and go there away from hunters. Then these landowners charge $10000 for private hunters to come shoot trophy bucks and bulls.
It’s a rich man’s racket.
We need to get lands from the Feds to the states, but Mike’s plan isn’t it.
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