This bill is not an ideological-driven bill attacking the Park Service, Federal ownership of land, the Administration, or the preservation of history.

It really comes down to the fact that this--it is such a shame that this is taking an Act of Congress. It should have been fixed.

This is a bill designed to maintain the quality and level of management that has made this site a nationally renowned example of public-private partnership.

I am going to introduce a bill, just in case.

We urge the committee to reject this legislation and seek the help of these good mediators.

Your actions are speaking so much louder than your words.

It is not an ideological-driven bill attacking the Park Service, Federal ownership of land, the Administration, or the preservation of history.

It should have been fixed. I personally have been involved in this since last May.

That would be great. I will get you all the specific information.

I would very much like to.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

And I think that is where some of us in the West, and some of our producers and our small forest landowners are feeling like there is a group here that maybe needs to come out and tour some of the forests that we have and understand the…

That would be great. That is what we would like to follow up on.

So I do not think there are a lot of them.

I actually wanted to follow up a little bit on the LEED certification.

So we manage some of these standards in Washington State, so it seems to me that they should be manageable and there should be some cooperation with the federal standards.

I certainly do not believe that this President created the debt at all.

I think that is fair. If the answer is "no," that is fair.

And, honestly, I believe in balance.

I have had a lot of small businesses say, 'We cannot get anything out of it.'

But the truth is, this budget represents zero, a net zero reduction in government spending.

That is something that we would want out there as consumers, as individuals, right? You want to know, and you are grateful when the IRS will take a step like that.

I am really interested, I heard a statistic, it was one of those fact of the week type things this last week about the IRS having a 24/7 television studio in their satellite TV studio that they operate.

The point is, is it fair and appropriate to come up here and to totally decry sequester when you proposed it?

I guess that is one of those things that people hate about politics in Washington, D.C. It does not pass the straight face test.