Tom Coburn actually said...

"What you need is a champion. You know, we had a champion for parks, Teddy."

"It ought to be a priority to fund the maintenance of our parks."

"The national park system as now constituted should not be lowered in standard, dignity, and prestige by the inclusion of areas which express in less than the highest terms the particular class or kind..."

"Congress and multiple administrations have recognized the deferred maintenance problem for years."