Mike Simpson actually said...

"It is long past due that we discuss the backlog maintenance in our national parks."

"I introduced the LAND Act to help pay for both backlog maintenance and the Land and Water Conservation Fund."

"Would it be helpful to have a change of statute, so that you had to do reforestation after wildfires?"

"I am hopeful we are going to get it done this year, and it seems like we have some agreement between leadership in the House and the Senate."