There's $370 million bucks a year we're falling behind.
The National Park Service has $3 billion, a little bit less than $3 billion budget.
It's $12 billion.
But remember, this is a compounding, growing problem.
So I think it has to be balanced.
we shouldn't be doing that when we can't take care of the ones we've got
For decades Administrations from both parties have acknowledged the underfunding for maintenance of existing assets and ...
I appreciate what Senator Murkowski said. I think the LWCF fund ought to be reallocated.
I would say if we could develop a champion, a retired Senator, a retired Congressman, a retired Vice President, who woul...
It's half of what they need.
What you need is a champion. You know, we had a champion for parks, Teddy.
I have probably been ranked the most conservative member as much or more than anybody else has.
I have been around in these bills since I was in the House, back in the 1980s, and I think we have had more.
I always say that we, I am a big spender in two areas, defense and infrastructure.
I believe in Federal infrastructure spending and see it as one of the primary purposes of Government.
You cannot plan for it and it does not work.
Senator Inhofe, arguably one of the most conservative Senators in the United States Senate, has said that infrastructure...
First, I am concerned that the EPA has a bias in its interpretation of Federal court cases.