I can't imagine that there's anybody who works in a national park or dedicates his or her life to serving the public, that anyone would say, oh, let's close it during their busiest season.

The attack on you, Director, I--I apologize. It's as ugly as I have seen.

We shouldn't be sitting here acting shocked that closing the parks was part of closing the government.

I hope and I wish that the concern for the national parks and the people continues after this.

I apologize for the tone here, I apologize for the insults.

I have concerns about what we are saying openly and letting people know, and I am amazed that probably more people abroad and our enemies know the impact more than the Members of Congress.

I think we are in danger of losing those wonderful, highly skilled professionals... because of the furlough and then the anticipation of a government shutdown.

They deserve to know their paycheck will be there and they can count on us. And so far we have failed them.

There is a bill that could cancel the sequester today if it would only come to the floor.

The men and women who go there and serve this country every day deserve better than what they are seeing.

I do believe the intelligence, but I also am concerned that we are going to swap chaos for chaos.