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I sincerely urge you, in the next budget, we should see a growth in annual maintenance in order to prevent the development of further deferred maintenance in the future.

The National Park Service has lost almost 19 percent of its operations capacity since 2011

Senator Daines and I were prime sponsors of the Great American Outdoors Act to address deferred maintenance.

Senator Daines and I have been advocating for.

We are still not where we should be.

I hope to better understand why that is and if these subaccounts should receive greater priority.

The National Parks Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will come to order.

Looking forward to today's hearing, we will be focusing on the National Park Service's Fiscal Year 2024 budget request.

I am having trouble squaring the Administration's national security strategy with a budget request that proposes to increase non-defense spending by 8.5 percent, while defense spending would increase at a rate of 3.3 percent.

Another threat to the United States is a terrorist attack. I think with our focus on China and Russia and Iran, North Korea, we can't lose sight of the fact that Afghanistan is once again a safe haven for many terrorist groups.

Are you concerned about the fact that the weapons that the Americans gave to the Security Forces could now be turned against us and our Western allies in a terrorist attack?

If it's 20 percent shortfall in fuel, you're going to have 20 percent less flying hours.

I have serious doubts that the Administration's budget request provides all of the resources necessary to deter an aggressive China and to deal with other global threats.

I also agree with Chairman Milley's written testimony that completing appropriations bills on time is a necessary condition to credibly deter China.

It is critical that the Administration provide Ukraine with what it needs in time to defend and take back its sovereign territory.

The Administration's 2022 National Defense Strategy rightly captures the importance of deterring China.

What about shortening the time period for litigation from years to months?

I think one of the things that is important to realize here is that we are all talking about projects that get delayed or take a long time, and it's a lengthy and cumbersome process.