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J. D. Vance: “We have a lot of federal lands that aren't being used for…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 1:06:13

Where, governor? We will get to you in a moment. But, senator, where are you going to seize the federal lands? Can you clarify? Well, what Donald Trump has said is We have a lot of federal lands that aren't being used for anything. They're not being used for national park. They're not being used. And they could be places where we build a lot of housing. And I do think that we should be opening up building in this country. (1:06:13–1:06:18)

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Asserts that there are unused federal lands not designated as national parks.

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