Lamar Alexander actually said...

I am happy, A, that you are focusing on treasured landscapes and, B, that the President--over the last 6 weeks-- has begun to take significa...

We have spent more than a century and billions of dollars of public and private money protecting these landscapes and these areas.

I think your decisions have helped bring that to a successful conclusion.

I continue to be concerned because the Great Smoky Mountains... gets about one-half the funding of similar parks.