a right to its own land, and just over 6 % of the state is controlled by washington. >> the federal government is encroaching a little too much into the areas of state responsibility and it is time to push back and say, that is a bit too much overreach into our responsibilities as states and certainly here in the west we have a significant overreach when it comes to public lands. >> eric: this land could be the first test. if the grand staircase escalante monument, there is an estimated $1 trillion of coal reserves beneath part of the federal land, and some in the state want the right to tap it. >> we need it now. we have an energy need and clearly, what we see happening in the gulf, you know, amplifies the need to have opportunities inland for development of energy resources. so, taking that out of production is a significant blow to the economic opportunity of utah, and the energy stability