WASHINGTON—Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01) shared his dismay over President Obama's decision to create a new 500,000 acre National Monument along the U.S.-Mexico border in the state of New Mexico. The President utilized the executive authority granted by the controversial Antiquities Act to create the new national monument.

WASHINGTON—Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01) today sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging that he refrain from designating a new national monument on the U.S.- Mexico border given the ongoing violence occurring on federal lands in the southern border regions.

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—In response to the latest U.S. sanctions, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin addressed America's reliance on the Russian Soyuz to transport astronauts to space. Rogozin stated,

"I propose that the United States delivers its astronauts to the ISS with the help of a trampoline."