We all consider ourselves fiscal conservatives, I assume, but this is the right thing to do.

I think there is certainty here of the kind we are looking for.

This would be the most significant piece of legislation in support of the national parks in more than half a century.

There is an old bromide in the Senate which is so true--that you start getting things done when you don't mind who gets the credit.

We have to have this legislation.

I want to thank him personally for his commitment to this and to all my colleagues for their support and long-standing interest in the parks.

Mr. Chairman, thank you so much for having this hearing and for co-sponsoring the legislation and for your passion for the parks.

I am going to challenge you on whether Cuyahoga Valley National Park has more visitors per capita.

This has nothing to do with taking money away from the Land and Water Conservation Fund or any other purpose.

More importantly, this is a bit of a Kumbaya moment in that we are coming together, and that does not happen easily around this place.

By 2015, just 3 years ago, only 37 percent of calls were being answered.