Sen. Murkowski Questions Secretary Zinke Over Interior Budget
Interior Secretary
"Public lands is not a Republican or a Democrat or red or blue issue. It's a red, white and blue issue. Public lands should bring us all together for the benefit of our great public lands," said Interior Secretary Zinke. "The budget supports one of the administration's promises in a big way, rebuilding our National Parks' infrastructure. It calls for the largest investment in the history of this country to public lands, in specific, our park service or our Indian schools and our wildlife refuge system. As we all agree on, our public lands are our greatest treasures, but they have suffered serious neglect over the years."
Secretary Zinke noted Interior's deferred maintenance backlog is currently
"We made significant investments in deferred maintenance across the Department in the FY 2018 omnibus appropriations bill.
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* Cleanup of Contaminated Wells: Murkowski explained the need to properly clean up legacy wells, a federal responsibility that has been ignore for far too long, asking how long it will take to complete the cleanup of remaining legacy wells in
* BOEM Environmental Work: As BOEM is requesting additional funding and personnel resources to allow for the planning and implementation of the new Five-Year OCS program, Murkowski asked how the bureau will prioritize environmental work that needs to be done and if it will continue to utilize research partnerships such as the
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* Trust Responsibilities: Murkowski lauded the Secretary's decision to support
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