Raúl Grijalva actually said...

Accepting that there is no non-disappearance entirely of the Federal role, who pays the bills?

If anything is to be learned from the unnecessary and damaging government shutdown it is that Americans love their national parks and public...

The idea that state park officials... could readily step into the shoes of the National Park Service... is simply incorrect.

The funding and protection of our national parks is a fundamental responsibility of the Federal Government.