Dale Bumpers: “on March 2, James M. ``Mike'' Lambe, Chief of the National Park Service's Office of Legislation, will retire after…”

“on March 2, James M. ``Mike'' Lambe, Chief of the National Park Service's Office of Legislation, will retire after nearly 40 years of Federal service. Since 1961, Mike has been with the Park Service where he has served with distinction and excellence. During many of those years in the Park Service, Mike has been associated with legislation or legislative affairs, which is why our paths have crossed on numerous occasions. As chairman or ranking minority of the National Parks Subcommittee in the Senate since 1979, I have benefited from Mike's professionalism and vast institutional knowledge. Whether it was preparing legislation as a drafting service for me or other members of the subcommittee, or responding almost instantly to questions about even the most obscure Park Service related law or regulation, I and my staff could always count on Mike Lambe. He has made positive and lasting contributions to almost every major park- related measure enacted into law over the past several decades. The Redwoods National Park and Redwoods Park Expansion Acts; the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978; the Omnibus Park and Recreation Act of 1979; the Alaska National Interest Conservation Lands Act [ANILCA]; and countless additions to the National Wilderness, Wild and Scenic Rivers and Trails Systems are just a few of the laws that bear the imprint of Mike Lambe's work. Mr. President, I wish Mike all the best in his retirement.”