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On the recordMay 27, 2026
Let's talk about the National Park Service. You and I talked about this before. [The] National Park Service budget is cut by one third. About $1 billion, which is one day of the Iran war just to put it in context. I don't understand why.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King criticized budget cuts to the National Park Service.

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