04/03/2014
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"If the past is a prologue, there will be no effort to try to make the changes that will garner bipartisan support, and the Majority will just move forward to mark up, because, as we all know, they hav..."
"We all want to see the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act reauthorized, and reauthorized swiftly."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important meeting, and thank Ranking Member DeFazio for his valuable input into the discussion we are having today."
"I do not believe that collecting fees to recreate on our Nation's public lands is the silver bullet to solve the maintenance backlog and is the long-term solution to our budget constraints."