On the recordMarch 5, 2024
We are borrowing it from our kids and our grandkids. And with no offsets to it, that is pretty irresponsible.
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congress.govWe are borrowing it from our kids and our grandkids. And with no offsets to it, that is pretty irresponsible.
Westerman critiques the lack of funding offsets for proposed conservation spending.
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I think under RAWA you would have about $13 million a year, but you probably have the potential to generate $30 or $40 million a year to do wildlife management where you don't have something like a timber resource to pay it back.
Congress dedicate up to $1.3 billion annually in existing revenue from the development of energy and mineral resources on Federal lands and waters to the Wildlife Conservation Restoration Program.
I really believe that decision was made way above the level of the Interior Department.