Bruce F. Vento: “I would further state, I want to make it clear that I do not accept, and I think that we really need to come to a common…”

“I would further state, I want to make it clear that I do not accept, and I think that we really need to come to a common understanding as to what the backlog figures are for the National Park Service in terms of roads, in terms of land water conservation moneys for purchase of inholdings and the other types of expenditures, there is a backlog. That we can agree on. It is likely billions of dollars. That we can agree on. Whether it is 7.3 to 9, I think is another matter that we cannot agree upon. I have seen the figure floated around repeatedly without any specific definition to the figure. I think that we would all be better off working from common knowledge. We are all entitled to our own opinions, but I think we should be working from common facts in terms of that issue.”