"I am as outraged about this as you are."
"As you know, many of my colleagues and I do not understand how the service can ban the sale of bottled water in the parks, which is arguably the healthiest option for park visitors, yet continue to se..."
"Few Americans would disagree with that assessment. Everyone loves our national parks."
"Of course, it was signed into law by then-Governor Ronald Reagan."
"As a businessman, to me, there are ethical issues involved here by some concessionaire who took advantage obviously of not notifying you of this change."
"I am going to make a wild guess here that we are going to be level-funded in our allocation."
"I have gotten zero complaints from the American public about this. If anything, I have gotten thousands of support comments from the public about this direction in sustainability."
"We will do our very best to address the service's highest priority needs, but we also need to face our budget reality."
"This morning's hearing will address the important work of the National Park Service and its budget priorities for fiscal year 2017."
"We have to get serious about this."
"We are spending billions of dollars on Everglades restoration and then a species like this comes in and really puts that investment at risk."