Patty Murray: Protecting National Parks And Forests Is Vital

During a Senate Appropriations Committee markup meeting on Thursday, Sen. Patty Murray spoke about national parks and forests.

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00:00further on the bill. Thank you very much and thank you to Chair Murkowski and

00:04Ranking Member Merkley for working together on this really important

00:07bipartisan bill. When it comes to protecting our public lands, this bill

00:11provides critical funding for our national parks and Forest Service and

00:15rejects the paltry level Trump put forward as well as the House Republican

00:19level. It prevents our national parks from being sold off, it ensures our

00:23federal firefighters will not face a pay cut, and it fully funds wildfire

00:28prevention and suppression. When it comes to our obligation to our tribes, we were

00:32able to provide 12 billion across tribal programs rejecting Trump's efforts to cut

00:38our tribal safety schools and Bureau of Indian Affairs and advanced

00:42appropriations for the Indian Health Service and it fully funds tribal

00:46sovereignty payments. This bill also protects clean water and air programs

00:51and continues vital cutting-edge research that protects families health and

00:55well-being which is under threat today. Now no doubt there's more I'd like to do

00:59here, but this is a solid bipartisan bill. It will sustain critical programs that

01:04protect our environment and families health and I am grateful to my

01:08colleagues for their work on this and I will be voting yes.