John Curtis

But it is not staff, it is budget.

How in the world does the Federal Government propose to do what it said it was going to do when it made this a monument designation and took the stewardship away from the local people?

Today, there is far more looting, far more grave robbing, vandalism in this area.

We must do this to protect and preserve this area. We don't trust the state, we don't trust the county, we don't trust the elected officials to do this as they have done it for many, many decades.

Thank you, Director Sams. I spent the last several days in Acadia National Park. My compliments to your team there.

I think it is fair to say it impacts local guides, it impacts individuals with recreation, it impacts the local tribes.

I think it is imperative that your agency is able to make this a non-political issue, and assure people that it really is, in the long term, saving taxpayers money by spending this money.

Thus saving the taxpayer more money than if we hadn't done the project.

I think, in truth, if I could redo this life, I would be a park ranger.

The bill will preserve access to thousands of rock climbing routes in wilderness areas across the country.

We commend Chair Tom Tiffany, Ranking Member Joe Neguse, Vice-Chair John Curtis and the Federal Lands Subcommittee for taking steps to advance legislation.

The bill also clarifies that federal agencies must provide an opportunity for public notice and comment.

This legislation is important and timely given proposed actions under consideration by federal agencies.

The SOAR Act includes several provisions that are of particular importance to the whitewater paddling community.

This legislation would protect sustainable and historic recreational uses of wilderness.

American Whitewater supports H.R. 1380, Protecting America's Rock Climbing (PARC) Act, introduced by Representative Curtis and co-sponsored by Representative Neguse.

The SOAR Act takes a good swing at the appropriate access without too much work for people.

There are so many benefits that comes from responsible use of our public lands.

The bill reduces the complexity and the cost of using and recreating on our Federal lands.

I thank my colleague Ms. Kuster, for her support of this bill.

It is incredibly important to recognize the historic nature of climbing in wilderness areas.

I would like to first address one of my bills, the PARC Act, P-A-R-C Act.

Thank you. And, Mrs. Peltola, you have prompted me just to take a minute of personal privilege.

Thanks in large part to the work of Congressman Curtis

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