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Raúl Grijalva: “The National Park Service requires upwards of $800 million per year just to maintain the status quo.”

On the recordDecember 1, 2015
The National Park Service requires upwards of $800 million per year just to maintain the status quo.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva points out the funding needed to prevent further maintenance backlog in parks.

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