1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

Last week, the House Committee on Natural Resources approved its budget reconciliation legislation, which would accelerate fossil fuel extraction and significantly weaken environmental regulation. Notably, members squeezed in a last minute, late-night amendment (https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5286460-house-reconciliation-trump-budget-bill-fossil-fuels-climate-change/) to sell off public lands in Nevada and Utah.  Representative Dave Min (CA-47) called the reconciliation package “The Environmental Liquidation for Billionaires Act,” adding that “If we have people in our lives that we love, that we think are going to be around in 2050 or 2070 or 2100, we owe an obligation to them to act right now.” Please–oppose the sell-off of any public lands in the budget bill and fight for what belongs to all of us.  If this amendment is cemented into law, it will set a dangerous precedent for public lands across the country. In April, a leaked Department of Interior report (https://westernpriorities.org/2025/04/31701/) targeted new six national monuments it aims to shrink. These threats are real and active, which is why members of both parties have formed a bipartisan public lands caucus to stop a sell-off of public lands. Oppose the budget reconciliation bill.