Heinrich To Lead Press Conference Highlighting Overwhelming Public Support For National Monuments

U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) will host a press conference with public lands and community coalitions on President Donald Trump's overarching executive order that could unravel dozens of America’s national monuments despite the strong outpouring of support from across the nation. The Senators and other speakers will call on President Trump and Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to listen to their constituents and keep existing monument protections in place.