I am grateful that the House Natural Resources Committee is holding this hearing today to consider my Range Access Act, which will help us accomplish this important goal.

This bill will make it easier for Americans to safely recreate, assist more generally in our efforts to recruit a new generation of conservationists, and also improve the condition of our public lands.

I thank my colleague Ms. Kuster, for her support of this bill.

thanks in large part to the work of Congressman Curtis

American Whitewater supports H.R. 1380, Protecting America's Rock Climbing (PARC) Act, introduced by Representative Curtis and co-sponsored by Representative Neguse.

Your budget claims to extend Medicare solvency by 25 years. I looked at this.

The bill will preserve access to thousands of rock climbing routes in wilderness areas across the country.

This legislation is important and timely given proposed actions under consideration by federal agencies.

the SOAR Act takes a good swing at the appropriate access without too much work for people.

We commend Chair Tom Tiffany, Ranking Member Joe Neguse, Vice-Chair John Curtis and the Federal Lands Subcommittee for taking steps to advance legislation.

The SOAR Act includes several provisions that are of particular importance to the whitewater paddling community.

The program has been, for lack of a better word, a wild success.

This legislation would protect sustainable and historic recreational uses of wilderness.

The bill reduces the complexity and the cost of using and recreating on our Federal lands.

There are so many benefits that comes from responsible use of our public lands.

The bill also clarifies that federal agencies must provide an opportunity for public notice and comment.

CSF would like to thank Reps. Moore and Panetta for their commitment to sportsmen and women.

If Medicare is allowed to run its course and we merely finance it by borrowing against our children's future, Medicare will add over $17 trillion to the national debt over the next 25 years just in additional interest payments.