Morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. Were here to examine the deferred maintenance needs of the public Land Management agencies. This is a topic i care about. I know each of you certainly, the folks on this committee, have expressed concern. Not just coming into this hearing today, but, really, over the years. When we consider deferred maintenance, we most commonly think of the 12 billion maintenance backlog accrued by the National Park service. We consider that here in the committee at great length and it rightfully continues to attract a great deal of national attention. But somehow and sometimes overlooked in this conversation are the deferred maintenance needs of the other federal Land Management agencies, including the Forest Service, the bureau of Land Management and fish and Wildlife Service. Combined with the park service, these four agencies face a deferred maintenance backlog totalling 19. 4 billion. Thats worthy of repeating. Within these four agencies that g
I double dog dare Melissa Mollet or not Melissa Mollet, molette green. Lets get to traffic in a second. Would you eat this jalapeno pepper . Not by itself. On to of the pork butt, i will do that. Your forget for today. Not raining now. If youre going to be doing any barbecuing this afternoon, know your rain chances go up, up, up as we get later in the afternoon. Not quite as warm. Thats good news because it ans not a risk for Severe Weather today. That Severe Weather chance does return tomorrow. Well talk more about that in a second. What about you, Melissa Mollet . Do you take the jalapeno pepper challge . If thats a regular hol pain owe pepper . I would do it. Yes, i would take the challengeb easnd 66 after 123 still have left side getting by. Those delays are about three miles long, at least right now. They could get worse, of course. Burke lake road near missionary lane, down the wires. Road is shut down there. 95 northbound, southboud, no problems. Inner loop, outer loop of the be
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I have the great privilege of representing virginias fourth congressional district. Virginia is home to so many incredible sites historical, cultural, ecological and environmental significance for the state and the nation. Its our job to Work Together to ensure the preservation or future generations and they can learn about our history and experience these wonderful areas firsthand. Among the many important is the swamp located in the region of my o district. Lily is on this call with us into doing a great job keeping it going. I always chuckle to myself when i mention this because whilee its great it isnt merely the acreage that used a to be. [inaudible] ngthey are doing a great job of keepingg it up and i couldnt be more proudno of them. What you might not know is it was once the home and refuge to be a generation of generation of africanamerican and indigenous populations to create a selfsustaining Community Taking away from the threat of enslavement. It also served as an economic p
Present. Ronen, present. Safai, present. Stefani, present. And supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for whic