Their border bill is a fantasy.

I will say I would be remiss before providing some opening remarks if I didn't recognize my good friend from Colorado on his recent announcement regarding his retirement from this august body.

I certainly agree that oversight of this program's implementation is and should be a priority.

I certainly couldn't agree more with my colleague from New Mexico as she articulated the many benefits of GAOA, and the way in which the large-scale investments are supporting the ever-growing popularity of parks and public lands across…

So, we can talk here about deferred maintenance, but we are only repeating the problem by our appropriations decisions.

I still have concerns about transparency within NPS.

The testimony touches on several issues highlighting the effect on concessionaires who bring in $1.5 billion in revenue for the National Park Service annually.

the $433 million in budget cuts that have been proposed by my Republican colleagues.

I think the first observation is that the reason we are talking about deferred maintenance is because we deferred it to start with, and that is a result of chronic underfunding of the National Park Service over a long, long period of time.

Now, I think we also almost all agree that the Great American Outdoors Act was a great development.

I didn't punch Jayson, that's what you have to hear from Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert.

This announcement is a fresh start following a pretty difficult year for me and my family.

We are coming together to take our country back.

I'm announcing my candidacy for the 2024 Republican nomination to represent Colorado's fourth congressional district.

Well, I think people of all ages are facing increased pressure and stress from a lot of causes, especially coming out of the pandemic. In Colorado, we have an I Matter program that provides free counseling sessions for every student in our…

I think the responsibility belongs with parents, not the government. I have a 12-year-old and a nine-year-old. We don't allow them on social media yet.

And there are small things that policy can do to help. We added a waiting period in Colorado, three days, to purchase a weapon at least to help eliminate those impulse suicides.

So first on this, in your question to Governor Cox about the upside of social media, there's a great potential for finding community there.