Raúl Grijalva

We concur with Mr. McClintock's description of the legislation, and we have no objections to H.R. 1963. I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I am now pleased to yield as much time as he may consume to the…

Yes, but I remain...

I feel like any of those 14 percent in particular are acceptable for paddling.

Yes. I mean, some of these are roadside areas.

I appreciate that comment.

I call them bedrock laws. Other people have other descriptions for them, but you know, things like NEPA, Endangered Species, Clean Water Act, Historic Preservation, Native American Grave Protection.

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

If the Federal Government, based on the legislation that my colleague Mr. Young has, retains title but management authority is given to the States--

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

These bills would allow States to demand management authority over our public lands... and undermine Federal environmental protections and land management laws.

Congress should be working to avoid future shutdowns.

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.

The system is not working.

Any day I will trade some paddling for a reduction in the snowmobiles in Yellowstone.

This whole discussion is about, and appropriately so, a value judgment, that the parks are a value, economic, aesthetically, to the States.

During the shutdown, how many employees did the National Park Service have to furlough?

And each unit of the National Park Service is unique.

Is there any precedent for this arrangement that we know of?

The bills before us today are variations of extreme behavior regarding the past and now the projected future government shutdowns and our beloved National Park system.

I think it is a fitting tribute in many ways to the fine work the Peace Corps has done and to a legacy of public service.

Guess what. National parks are part of the Federal Government, and when you shut down the government, you also shut down the parks.

Using the threat of another Federal shutdown as an excuse to promote a State takeover of national parks is cynical at best.

H.R. 330, designates the memorial at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California, as the Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial. The memorial to recipients of the U.S. Air Force's Distinguished Flying Cross was dedicated on…

We have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time.