It is not just a question. It is a plea. It is an urgency. It is a demand.
Well, good. I think the more transparent you can be and then give that heads up, I think it is appreciated all around.
We have leveraged a total of about $107 million in federal dollars into an additional $125 million in non-federal funds.
We passed our National Park Centennial Act at the end of December 2016.
The Centennial Act annual appropriations are good, but alone, not enough.
I think we recognize that if we fail to do right by our parks, we will have those that will say, okay, you encouraged me...
My hope would be that the Chairman can take both those bills and let the Committee look at them very carefully.
I would say that while we have an Office of Management and Budget that is willing to allow the use of mandatory funding ...
I think overall, beyond Alaska's national parks which I wholeheartedly agree with you, I think, are the best national pa...
I have introduced, with Senator King, Senator Heinrich, and Senator Tillis another bipartisan bill which I hope this Com...
I agree that we want funding to be as stable as we can, but we also want funding.
It would be good to have a certain level of mandatory funding but, you know, it would have been good to have that for th...
So we need to kind of change this mindset a little bit here where if you need to cover a part of America, which is my st...
I'm worried about that. And, look, we need more assets.
I would like to again get your commitment to--my view is what's going on in Alaska with the Arctic, with the fishing, wi...
It's too costly? No, it's not. You've got a job to do to cover this part of America, right?
I think it's imperative that at the end of the day we have more assets up in the great state of Alaska.
I'm concerned about the Coast Guard's ability to meet the needs of southeast Alaskans, especially in the nearshore and i...
