Taking the entrance fees first, the Great Smokies, as you well know, was given to the United States by the people of Tennessee and North Carolina and schoolchildren who collected dollars, all this in the 1930s.
Alexander highlights historical context of entrance fees for national parks and funding disparities.
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What really is remarkable is when we bring all that diversity in to make this one country and an idea that unifies us, as much as any other idea, is our love for our national parks and they are not in good shape right now.
a similar program, that Senator Alexander mentioned, focuses on adult patients called our Familiar Faces program and is showing comparable benefits.
Should a Member of Congress call you about that? Is that appropriate or is that not appropriate?
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