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Today, Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after HavasuNews.com reported that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will only extend the public comment period on proposed boating restrictions for Lake Havasu by 30 days and will not meet the 60-day extension request made by the Congressman and numerous other stakeholders:

"Even after more than one thousand passionate citizens showed up last week in Lake Havasu City in opposition to unjustified boating restrictions, the Service continues to blatantly ignore the will of the people. This type of tone deaf bureaucratic behavior has built an unprecedented level of distrust and frustration between the federal government and the American people. Furthermore, it is unbelievable that my staff and I had to find out about this shortened extension through a news report, especially as we just reached out to the Service yesterday to see if there were any updates.

"Based on what I witnessed at the public meeting in Lake Havasu City, the agency should have scraped this terrible proposal and went back to the drawing board. Instead the Service appears hell-bent on forcing unwarranted boating restrictions down the throats of local stakeholders. If the Service really cared "about soliciting public input from all users' then it would have met these users' request and extended the comment period an additional 60 days. I will continue to do everything in my power to fight these misguided boating restrictions that are not based on science. Service officials can hide behind the curtain when it comes to public scrutiny, but they can't hide from me."

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