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On the recordJuly 17, 2000
I hope next year we can work together in a bipartisan fashion to increase significantly the funding for our National Park System. The living conditions our park rangers have to put up with in our national parks is a disgrace. My colleague should see what park rangers live in at the Grand Canyon National Park. They are from World War II. They look like icehouses; they are square. It is disgraceful. We do not have a visitors center. Interpretive trails have not been built. There are parts of our great National Park System that we have closed as a result of dangerous conditions. The Park Service simply does not have the resources to keep up.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the need for increased funding and improvements for the National Park System.

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