The chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee has asked Interior Department Secretary Sally Jewell to provide his committee with a briefing on "the scope of mismanagement and consevation of national and cultural resources" at the National Park Service.
U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, in his letter to the secretary sent Tuesday, referred to many points made in the Park Service's After Action Review of site desecration at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa in outlining his concerns.
"The fact that such mismanagement could continue for decades with little to no oversight at NPS is particularly troubling given the agency's stated mission to preserve 'natural and cultural resources," the Utah Republican wrote.
Rep. Bishop asked that the briefing be made before 5 p.m. on Sept. 9.
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Hmm. That's a new one, even for me, EC. Exactly how does money follow the people? Perhaps you have a dog named "Money." Otherwise, money has no legs that I know of, but people sure do. And yes, Mr. Bishop, Hillary Clinton, et al., are beating a path toward money. How do they get it? By thanking people who give the money, and yes, by hiding their emails when they return the favor. Oops! Didn't mean to get political, but there is your valid point. No one is above the money, so why blame just Mr. Bishop when he takes his share?
My point Al is that people give money to people they agree with. People they want elected. Elected officials don't change votes for money, the get money because of the way they were going to vote anyway.
Well, Veritas, the discussion centered on Mr. Bishop, a congressman from one district in Utah, not someone running for president.
That said, Hill AFB is in the district, too, which explains Defense Aerospace donations, and there's quite a bit of oil and gas in the district, too.
But isn't it telling that so few donations come from within his district? But that's off-topic.
Telling of what? That oil & gas companies and aerospace companies want to support a candidate that favors the development of oil & gas and national defense? Where is the surprise in that? Happens by both sides all over the country.
The key point is, contrary to implication of his accusers, Bishop doesn't vote the way he does because he is getting the money, he is getting the money because of the way he votes.
EC, no surprise at all. I was just making the connection between the donations and the AFB and oil and gas drilling in the district.
That said, there's also a lot of tourism in the district, too, but that industry can't match Defense or Oil and Gas in terms of $$$.
Do you think Bishop would change his vote if they could? I don't.
No, my point was that it'd be interested to see how the election would play out if Bishop's opponent had the same financial resources to campaign with.
And then there are the candidates who get money from "both" sides of an issue--having learned how to "play" both sides. Doublespeak abounds in Washington--and every state capitol building in the land. But yes, EC, I see your point. So, we can say that Hillary Clinton is besting Donald Trump in fundraising because more people "agree" with her? Or want to sway her, remains my point, which I still believe is equally valid, given the Washington, DC, I know.