{"id":2003382,"date":"2023-08-17T06:13:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-unveils-plan-to-return-some-federal-lands-to-states-for-development-innovation-and-opportunity\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T06:14:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T10:14:47","slug":"pence-unveils-plan-to-return-some-federal-lands-to-states-for-development-innovation-and-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-unveils-plan-to-return-some-federal-lands-to-states-for-development-innovation-and-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence&#8217;s plan: Return federal lands to states for development and opportunity."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpence-unveils-plan-to-return-some-federal-lands-to-states-for-development-innovation-and-opportunity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2003382&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Former Vice President Mike Pence&#8217;s Bold Plan to Return Land to the States<\/h2>\n<p>INDIANAPOLIS\u2014Former Vice President Mike \u200bPence announced a plan to return a portion of\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/earth-breaks-record-for-hottest-july-in-174-years-new-noaa-study-finds\/\" title=\"Hottest July in 174 years recorded on Earth, says new NOAA study.\">1 million square miles<\/a> of federally held\u200c land to state and private ownership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-unveils-plan-to-return-some-federal-lands-to-states-for-development-innovation-and-opportunity\/\" title=\"Pence's plan: Return federal lands to states for development and opportunity.\">federal government owns roughly 640 million acres<\/a> of land in this country. It\u2019s 28 percent of the continental United States. I believe\u2064 that we can preserve our national treasures, and cherish \u200cour \u200bgreat heritage and our national \u200dparks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I believe the time has come for the United States government to return a \u200bportion of these lands \u200cback \u2062to the states and the American people for development, innovation, and opportunity,\u201d Mr. \u2063Pence said at the \u2063National Council \u200dof State Legislatures Summit on Aug. 16.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/analysis-pence-champions-throwback-conservatism-in-bid-to-win-nomination-remake-republican-party-5451109\">ANALYSIS: How the Pence Campaign Aims to Win Nomination,\u2062 Remake Party<\/a> (8\/15\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/pence-unveils-plan-to-restore-us-energy-independence-5451723\">Pence Unveils Plan\u200d to Restore US Energy Independence<\/a> (8\/8\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/new-house-rules-make-it-easier-to-shift-federal-public-lands-to-states-4983263\">New House\u200d Rules Make It Easier to Shift Federal Public Lands to States<\/a> (1\/16\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The plan is\u2064 part of a broader \u2064agenda to divest the federal government of certain powers that Mr. Pence believes belong to the states through a governing theory called Federalism, which is rooted in the 10th Amendment to the U.S.\u2063 Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers from various states reacted with\u2064 enthusiasm to Mr. Pence\u2019s message, especially those from Western states, which contain the vast majority of\u200b federally owned property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a very big issue,\u201d Montana State Rep. Greg Oblander (R-Shepherd) told The Epoch Times. \u201cThere are a lot of resources there. There&#8217;s a lot of opportunity there. And to me, it&#8217;s good \u2064for\u200b the people in the state of Montana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Oblander added, \u201cI think the federal government should allow the states to use them\u2014not necessarily \u2064own them, but to allow the people to\u2062 get the \u200cbenefit from them because the lands belong to all people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Pence\u2019s announcement came two weeks after announcing his plan to boost U.S. production of \u2062energy in large measure by making it easier to obtain permits to drill for oil\u2062 and natural\u200b gas, including on land owned by the federal government.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A person walks near giant sequoia trees in Grant Grove in Kings \u2064Canyon National Park, Calif., on Feb. 19, 2023. (Mario Tama\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>An energy\u2064 policy released by the Pence campaign \u2063on\u200d Aug. 2 states, \u201cPresident Pence will not ignore the fact that drilling technology makes \u2062it possible for America to lead the world and take advantage of the shale revolution by opening federal lands for leasing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Pence would also lift bans on mining on federal land and speed up the approval process for mining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-congressman-who-pushed-china-divestment-kept-his-own-chinese-investments\/\" title=\"Dem Congressman Who Pushed China Divestment Kept His Own Chinese Investments\">rare earth minerals<\/a>, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>China now controls the production or processing\u200c of the vast majority of rare earth minerals,\u200d including those used in the\u2064 production of \u200blithium batteries to power electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<h2>Slashing Federal Agencies<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWhether it would be the education of our children, whether it be public\u200d safety, whether it be\u2064 health care, all that is the jurisdiction of \u2063our states and \u2063our local communities,\u201d Mr. Pence said.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, \u200cMr. Pence would abolish the U.S. Department of Education and return all\u2062 federal education monies to the states \u200bfor administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cControl over the education of children should be vested in the \u200chands of parents\u200b working \u200dat the\u2063 local level with their\u200d community schools,\u201d according to\u2063 the Pence campaign website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2062$24 billion currently spent by bureaucrats will be returned \u200bto \u200dstates with the one restriction that states\u200d taking federal dollars must grant children the\u2062 flexibility to use their tax dollars at the school of their choice\u2014public or parochial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reductions in the scope of federal management\u200c of American life would extend to healthcare and highways as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to repeal all Obamacare mandates and give states the power to implement health \u2063care assistance programs to the benefit of their people \u200dto reduce the \u200ccost of health insurance,\u201d Mr. Pence said, also promising to give control \u200cof the federal \u2064Transportation Trust Fund over to the states.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d Environmental\u200b Protection Agency would also be shuttered, Mr. Pence previously slated, and billions in funding for the hiring of IRS agents over the next decade would\u200c be revoked.<\/p>\n<p>Each proposal is part of a plan to return the\u2062 Republican party and the country to the governing principle of Federalism, which emphasizes the sovereignty of the states over the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>In Mr. Pence\u2019s view, that was the intention of the Framers\u200c of the Constitution, embodied in the 10th Amendment, which states: \u201cThe powers not delegated to the \u200cUnited States by \u200bthe Constitution, nor \u200cprohibited by it to the States, are\u200b reserved\u2064 to the States respectively, or to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a former \u2063governor,\u2063 I know that \u200dstates\u2063 are not subsidiaries of Washington,\u200b D.C.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;States are not subordinate departments of the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our 50 states are the very foundation of our republic. And let me say, with deep conviction, when states are free America profits,\u201d Mr. Pence said.<\/p>\n<h2>GOP Lawmakers React<\/h2>\n<p>State lawmakers praised Mr. Pence\u2019s intention, though\u2062 some voiced quiet reservations about his \u2063ability to gain the party&#8217;s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmazing,\u201d\u2064 said Washington State Rep. Stephanie Barnard (R-Pasco) told The Epoch\u200c Times.<\/p>\n<p>Washington State Sen. \u200cMatthew Boehnke (R-Kennewick) \u2062added, \u201cVery solid with a\u200b lot of the plans. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing \u200dwhat he posted online<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former VP Mike Pence aims to transfer a fraction of the 1 million sq miles of federally owned land to states and private entities. 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