On the recordJuly 12, 2016
Mr. Chairman, I appreciate Chairman Calvert's comments, but I can speak from personal experience. Our local law enforcement officers are overworked and often not equipped to handle the concerns on our national wildlife refuges. This is a Federal responsibility, to protect these conservation lands, to protect the visitors who are hunting and fishing who are sometimes disturbing natural resource areas. I mean, look at that list. It is really surprising: rapes and robberies and kidnappings and assaults. We can do better than this. We have to do everything we can to keep our neighbors safe at home and to protect our natural lands. I urge adoption of the Castor amendment so that we can address this important public safety issue. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
