05/12/2015
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"There is no question that decades of misplaced priorities in Congress and the executive have placed our Federal land management agencies in this position."
"I think that we can and should do something about this, not just for our legacy parks, but the other units."
"About a decade ago, we tried to just throw money at the situation, a big pile of money that went to the Interior Department, most of which was mismanaged, but it did not solve the problem."
"I think the National Park Service Legacy Act that Congressman Will Hurd has that is a bipartisan bill, one that I am a co-sponsor, that is a companion measure to the Warner bill on the Senate side, is..."