Corps Special Use Permit Protects Free Speech of Pipeline Protesters
Statement
Issues: Oil and Gas Infrastructure
Congressman Kevin Cramer released this statement following today's announcement from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers it has granted a special permit for federal lands it manages to be used by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe for lawful free speech demonstrations protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.
"This is a good compromise. It protects the protesters' right to assemble and free speech, while at the same time protecting legal commerce to go forward. It sets up parameters and certainly puts liability where liability belongs, with the protesters and the leaders of the protest movement."
Source