Salt Lake Tribune · Sep 10, 2019
Skeptical Dems question Trump official on lands, Indians
Denver • Skeptical Democrats questioned a Trump administration official Tuesday on whether he’s committed to preserving public lands and whether he respects Native Americans.
William Perry Pendley, acting director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, appeared before the House Natural Resources Committee in Washington to answer questions about the administration's plans to move bureau headquarters from the District of Columbia to the West, closer to the 388,000 square miles (1 million square kilometers) the agency oversees.
Rep. Joe Neguse, a Colorado Democrat, asked Pendley about a 2016 article he wrote saying the nation's founders intended for the federal government to sell all its land.