“Congressman Bishop is working overtime to end the Land & Water Conservation Fund as we know it. Instead of allowing a hearing on H.R. 1814 – a bill that would permanently authorize LWCF and has 195 bipartisan co-sponsors – he has introduced his own proposal that favors special interests, and is granting that a hearing instead. Mr. Bishop’s proposal is an attempt to dismantle a simple, tried-and-true program established to protect parks, trails, and wildlife. LWCF has worked for 50 years as it is. The focus of any hearing should be moving H.R. 1814 across the finish line.”
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