Lawmakers demand info on Trump use of national park fees to pay for D.C. repairs

5 days ago by pelespirit to c/politics

U.S. House and Senate Democrats, mostly from Western states, are demanding transparency from the Interior Department after media reports revealed the Trump administration redirected roughly $90 million in national parks fees to help fund renovations and upcoming celebratory displays in Washington, D.C.

The administration’s use of fee revenues to pay for fountain repairs, statue upgrades and fireworks shows in preparation for America’s 250th birthday on July 4 diverts money from national parks in desperate need of billions of dollars in maintenance, lawmakers wrote in two separate early-June letters to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum.

“The public deserves to know how their park fees are being spent, and Congress cannot conduct appropriate oversight without basic information about these transactions,” Rep. Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico and seven other Democratic representatives wrote in their letter, dated June 12.

pelespirit 9 points 5 days ago

How are you feeling about this Republicans? He's selling of our public lands to private corporations, firing the caretakers, and now stealing their money. That's your guy.

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toomanypancakes 9 points 5 days ago

He's hurting brown people still, so I'm pretty confident they love it.

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