Department Of Interior Asked To Investigate ALEC Bills In Wake Of Bundy Ranch Standoff
Rep. Raul Grijalva is suspicious of Cliven Bundy's ties to ALEC, citing remarks Bundy gave in support of an ALEC-backed bill in Nevada last year.
Via Breitbart Unmasked:
Last week’s standoff at Bundy Ranch is still reverberating in Washington today. According to Kate Sheppard at Huffington Post, Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) has sent a letter to Mary Kendall, acting Inspector General for the Department of the Interior, asking her to investigate whether legislation pushed by the Koch brothers-linked American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been aimed at undermining the agency’s work.
Grijalva cites a recent article in The American Prospect that links ALEC to bills in Utah claiming that federal ownership of Forest Service lands violates state soverei...