Churchill also said that you can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they've tried everything else.

It's great to see these children back here who have joined us.

those who vandalize sites that in effect rob the future generations of knowledge and also, of course partake of our Native American brothers and sisters from those sacred sites.

It's a defective gene.

An unfit country is not a strong country and a fit country, by definition, will be a strong country.

I think starting with the tribe and then how much are we able to help.

I did want to acknowledge the wonderful work that the MVF does.

the Federal Government supports the tribal historic preservation officers and the State historic preservation officers from the Historic Preservation Fund that has recently come under some attack.

Do you have anything else you'd like to offer for the record at this point?

Thank you very much.

For a number of years the Park Service has had a successful program known as the Natural Resource Challenge.

I'm really happy to welcome you here.

Will you provide for the record statistics on looting and vandalism in the National Park?

I'm deeply committed because it has been my family to do so.

But we need to be vigilant is what I'm hearing you saying.

Would that be one of the other best practices, perhaps, that could be applied to other parks dealing with their cultural resources?

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As this moves forward, we may need to continue the conversation based on what additional feedback we hear from the participants and these 2 studies.

Your testimony indicated that the service estimates initial capital investments will total around 5 million dollars.