The idea that state park officials... could readily step into the shoes of the National Park Service... is simply incorr...
If anything is to be learned from the unnecessary and damaging government shutdown it is that Americans love their natio...
I call them bedrock laws. Other people have other descriptions for them, but you know, things like NEPA, Endangered Spec...
Yes. I mean, some of these are roadside areas.
The bills before us today are variations of extreme behavior regarding the past and now the projected future government ...
Yes, but I remain...
Guess what. National parks are part of the Federal Government, and when you shut down the government, you also shut down...
And each unit of the National Park Service is unique.
Is there any precedent for this arrangement that we know of?
During the shutdown, how many employees did the National Park Service have to furlough?
this whole discussion is about, and appropriately so, a value judgment, that the parks are a value, economic, aesthetica...
Any day I will trade some paddling for a reduction in the snowmobiles in Yellowstone.
According to the April 2013, GAO Report VA CONSTRUCTION - Additional Actions Needed to Decrease Delays and Lower Costs o...
And one of the problems with investing in space programs is that you have to develop a business model.
Using the threat of another Federal shutdown as an excuse to promote a State takeover of national parks is cynical at be...
I want to begin by thanking Senator Boxer for sponsoring the bill.
I ask the committee's consent to have the entire text of my statement and CEMEX's statement entered into the record.
I also wish to extend the Santa Clarita City Council's appreciation to Senator Feinstein for cosponsoring S. 771.