Thank you, Senator Kirk.

The Parks subcommittee will come to order.

Does that mean the property is also considered nationally significant for park purposes?

I wanted to make sure you had a chance to clarify that, for the record.

I'd like to get a better understanding of your specific concerns.

I look forward to working with the ranking member to bring this bill to the full floor and get it to the President's desk as soon as we can.

Is this an acknowledgment that the requirements in the Commemorative Works Act are still unworkable?

Thank you for your testimony. Thank you, for answering my questions.

Do you know why the Foundation has not been able to reach any of its legislative milestones?

The Chairman is known as one of the most, if not the most fair member of the U.S. Senate.

We can't have another 10 years go by without action.

I would note for the record that in part the genesis for this idea was a particular ski area in Colorado that wanted to operate within the law.

The Fire District has worked long and hard-and in good faith-with the Forest Service.

I do believe with a pride of authorship here we've struck the right balance in the bill.

I want to thank the 15 co-sponsors that joined me in supporting this bipartisan legislation.

Thank you for your leadership and for the pioneering work you've done in this important area.

Thank you for scheduling this bill-S. 555-for a hearing today.

Thank you. I think there's, Mr. Chairman, a lot of violent agreement on this point.

It is incumbent upon the Federal Government to work with us in partnership to create new strategies, new policies to address what we have always wanted to do.

I do believe we cannot afford to not respond. As Dr. Williams suggested, if we do not address it now, it will cost us a much greater price later on.

The National Park Service management policies say very little that directly refers to climate change.

The purpose of today's hearing is to consider the impacts of climate change on the National Park System.

I would like to applaud and thank all of you for your efforts. However, I would also like to urge you to consider fully funding these efforts.

It is our job to make sure that we protect and create the opportunity for all our national parks to adapt to the most sever impacts of climate change.

I feel that if we do fully fund research projects and adaptation projects, then I feel truly what is going to happen is that we are going to get in front--we are going to be proactive in getting in front of this problem.