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Some governors oppose planned public land selloff in Trump bill
Some governors oppose planned public land selloff in Trump bill

Reuters

time10 hours ago

  • Politics
  • Reuters

Some governors oppose planned public land selloff in Trump bill

SANTA FE, New Mexico, June 23 (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican governors of Western U.S. states on Monday opposed what they called the proposed wholesale selloff of millions of acres of public land as part of President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill. At a meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico, governors of New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming spoke out against Senate Republicans' plans to sell up to 3.3 million acres of federally owned land in 11 Western states as part of the giant bill. The efforts to auction off public land have enraged conservationists and proved contentious with some Republicans who blocked a similar provision last month in the House's tax and spending bill. "That proposal is likely a nonstarter in New Mexico," said Democratic New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, who is hosting a meeting of Western governors and Trump administration cabinet secretaries in the state's capital. "They belong to all of us," she said of the federally owned lands. Under the Senate Republican plan, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service would identify and sell between 2.2 million and 3.3 million acres of public lands to build housing, raising up to $10 billion for federal coffers. The Western governors said any sales of public land should be decided at a state level and done sparingly. "That does not say wholesale we're going to get rid of our public lands, but we're going to look at certain places where the adjustments we can make just make better sense than what we have today," said Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, a Republican, citing communities that wanted to grow but were surrounded by federal land. Conservationists and civil rights groups protested outside the hotel where Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Education Secretary Linda McMahon were set to speak at the Santa Fe meeting. Burgum would manage BLM land sales as part of the Senate Republican tax bill proposal.

Republican governors say they 'stand united' in support of Trump's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill'
Republican governors say they 'stand united' in support of Trump's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill'

Fox News

time20-05-2025

  • Politics
  • Fox News

Republican governors say they 'stand united' in support of Trump's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill'

FIRST ON FOX: Most of the nation's Republican governors on Tuesday signed on to a letter of support for the massive GOP-crafted budget bill advancing President Donald Trump's second-term agenda on tax cuts, immigration, defense, energy and the debt limit. The letter was sent to the White House as the massive measure, known as Trump's "one big, beautiful bill," is slowly making its way through numerous votes and hurdles in the House of Representatives. And the letter, shared first with Fox News by the Republican Governors Association (RGA), came as Trump made a rare visit Tuesday morning to Capitol Hill to rally Republicans in support of the legislation. "As Republican Governors, we stand UNITED in strong support of your One, Big, Beautiful Bill. This landmark piece of legislation embodies your powerful vision to bring about the next great American revival. It truly delivers on the bold promises all Republicans made to the American people to restore the security, prosperity, and fiscal sanity for our nation," stated the letter, which was signed by 20 of the nation's 27 GOP governors. And the governors argued that "after four long years of tremendous hardship under President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the American people cannot wait any longer for Congress to enact the One, Big, Beautiful Bill." "The American people have witnessed the tireless work undertaken by you and your administration to reverse the disastrous consequences of President Biden's failed and often illegal policies," the governors claimed. "You have demonstrated a commitment to using every ounce of Executive authority available to reinstitute fiscal sanity, fight the deep state, secure our borders, and achieve energy dominance." With a fragile, razor-thin majority in the House, GOP leaders in the chamber cannot afford more than a couple of Republicans to hold out against the bill in order to pass it and send it to the Senate. No Democrats in the House are expected to vote for the measure. Upon arriving on Capitol Hill, Trump suggested that any GOP lawmaker who votes against the bill would be "knocked out so fast," as he mentioned a couple of "grandstanders." He urged House Republicans must get his "one big, beautiful bill" done, and added that the GOP is a "very unified party." While Trump's meeting with the House Republicans was kept behind closed doors, two people in the room told Fox News Digital that the president warned House Republicans to not "f--- around" with Medicaid and state and local tax (SALT) deduction caps, two significant points of contention for warring conservative and moderate GOP factions. The Republican governors, in their letter to Trump, said that "we agree with you; Republicans must UNIFY around this unprecedented piece of conservative legislation." "We stand by your side and will support you in any way to ensure this necessary piece of legislation is enacted," they added. The letter was signed by Govs. Kay Ivey of Alabama, Mike Dunleavy of Alaska, Sarah Sanders of Arkansas, Brian Kemp of Georgia (the chair of the RGA), Brad Little of Idaho, Mike Braun of Indiana, Kim Reynolds of Iowa, Jeff Laundry of Louisiana, Tate Reeves of Mississippi, Mike Kehoe of Missouri, Greg Gianforte of Montana, Jim Pillen of Nebraska, Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Bill Lee of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, Spencer Cox of Utah, Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia, and Mark Gordon of Wyoming.

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