Peter DeFazio

Now this seems--and I have been quite involved in this--it seems to me that the Forest Service, where they rode more miles for about one-tenth the cost on a better road, you know, there needs to be some consistency here.

I would really encourage, where people can essentially specify where they expect to recreate.

OK. Because there has also been concern expressed about a very popular area where people park to just walk across the road to climb.

This recent court ruling was really asking the question of the authority that the Recreation Enhancement Act has with concessionaires.

When we first started the fee demo program it was a mess.

I appreciate the Chairman's willingness to include this bill in today's legislative hearing, and I look forward to working together to move this legislation forward.

This bipartisan bill will ensure disabled veterans have the opportunity to enjoy and frequent these sites.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, you have created such a great example early in the morning here, that I will also forego the opening statement.

It is not only medicine to the body, but also medicine to the mind and medicine to the soul to be able to go visit those same national parks that they have defended our country and defended with their service.

We have to find a way to begin to defray that capital backlog

Where did the other slightly less than $600 million go that was designated and authorized by law to be spent for conservation purposes?

I can't find a way to justify those cuts, and would hope that Congress will see fit to rearrange the budget

If the past is any predictor of the future, those plans will not be completed by June of next year

I would agree with the end of the Chairman's remarks about there are many challenges before us where we should be able to put aside differences and work on a bipartisan basis.

The Obama administration in this budget is forfeiting billions of dollars in new revenue by continuing to stifle energy production on our Federal lands.

Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information

We are doing all of these amendments and everything to make this fishery better and more efficient.

Right. Has National Marine Fisheries documented the number as matched, that that 3 percent is their actual administrative cost?

To Mr. Pettinger, on the terms of the loan and the other costs, let us just go over a couple of the other costs.

We have to do something about this.

So that is another burden.

And we are a little bit slow on the electronic monitor; is that correct?

My testimony will center on human trafficking as it relates to fishing vessels and illegal fishing worldwide.

We have taken the position that trade and environment need to be mutually supportive; that our trade agreements need to have strong environmental commitments

We seem to be all on the same page there and wanting to have the best, most comprehensive measures.