Political Quotes

Based on the OIG's findings in its September 2023 report on the National Park Service's (NPS) deferred maintenance management, please explain the primary reasons that NPS deferred maintenance costs have increased since Fiscal Year 2021.

Mr. Chair, this amendment is, frankly, completely unnecessary. It would require preparation and submission of an annual report in perpetuity regarding the migrants housed on certain public lands. Yet, the underlying bill would essentially…

the transition as though it was an impediment to dealing with critical issues in this country, as opposed to a goal that needs to be followed assertively and aggressively for the future.

to merely open the floodgates to the use of our public lands without any protections, due process, community involvement... is going back to a time that got us into this situation.