On the recordOctober 28, 2015
The Land and Water Conservation Fund is a piece of legislation that has been in place and in law for 50 years, as Senator Merkley knows. It has been in place for 50 years, and it has expired. There is overwhelming support for this. A number of us have signed letters. Senator Burr, who is here, I know has been a leader in terms of working on the Republican side. We have a huge amount of support, but a small little group is objecting to this moving forward. I say to Senator Merkley, this is showing the dysfunction that here we have a bill and the leadership cannot get the bill on to the floor. I wanted to ask the Senator in terms of his State. I know in my State people love their parks. They love the Land and Water Conservation Fund. I think the same is true in Oregon; isn't it? This is something that we shouldn't have let lapse, and we have to put it in place.
