Rob Bishop actually said...

So would it not be wise to do it now in legislation? Why is the Department so adamantly opposed to solving the problem ahead of time?

It is not an issue of want. We do not have the authority to return money that has been obligated from a donation.

Do you know whose decision it was to close the parks despite the offers from the States?

Which simply indicates that if the Federal Government has a backlog that in Alaska itself is $121 million, States certainly could do no wors...