The National Park Service currently administers more than 83 million acres of federal land designated as national parks, national historical parks, national battlefields, national battlefield parks, national military parks, national memorials, and national historical sites. There are also national monuments, preserves, seashores, parkways, lakeshores, reserves, rivers, recreational areas, and scenic trails. Here s something you may not know. Grand Canyon National Park, the Everglades National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, and a dozen others. We do not need a permanent fund to enable the federal government to put more land off limits to the development of new housing for a growing population, the use of our natural resources, recreational and other uses.
Communist nations own all the property, denying private property ownership to their citizens.
Last time I checked we were not yet a communist nation. The Lands Legacy proposal would become an opportunity for legislators to parcel out Pork Barrel money to put more land off limits in the name of conservation. Meanwhile, the Clinton-Gore Administration has done everything in its power to acquire millions more acres, restrict access to the land it owns for recreational or other uses, and to deter greater use of national parks. It is a dangerous trend that must be stopped. Tonight, we propose new funding for advanced transit systems for saving precious open spaces.