Go nats. Were here today talking about good things, reclation. And im going to keep my comments bereave because i know colleagues have been very engaged in this and a couple of you want to make some opening comments as well. But we have three pieces this morning that were kring, s 1665 which is sim pli fooigs access act. Senator hien lak calls it the sore act. I like the acronym. S1723, the ski area fee retention. We all love skiing. Already. Extraordinary. Cant wait. S1967, the reclation not red tape act from senator widen. This hearing is building off one that we held in march where we focused on improsk access ichb structure and permitting to meet the demand on our federal lands. The proposals that were looking at today i think are a good start in addressing those issues. Senator hien wick and widen have put forward legislation to streamline the systems in place to process permits for our outfitters, guides and nonprofits. Senator gardners bill would help facilitate the private inve
Morning, everyone, the committee will come to order. Happy halloween. Happy world series. Everybody stayed up late watching the game. Kind of exciting. Kind of exciting. So we are here to talk about good things, recreation, and im going to keep my comments brief because i know colleagues have been very engaged in this and a couple of you want to make some opening comments as well but we have three pieces this morning that were considering, s1665, which is the simplifying Outdoor Access for recreation act. Senator heinrich calls it the s. O. A. R. Act. I like the acronym there, pretty good. S1723, the ski area fee retention act from senator gardner. We all love skiing, or we love skiing. I cant wait. S1967, the recreation not red tape act from senator wyden. This hearing is building off one that we held in march where we focus in improving access, infrastructure and permitting to meet the increasing demands to provide highquality recreation opportunities on our federal lands. So the pro
Will involve the fbi, the local u. S. Attorneys office and the Harney County sheriff. Theyll speak about last nights confrontation with antigovernment protesters taking place at the chamber of commerce there in oregon not far away from where this confrontation took place last night that resulted in two members being shot. One survived with a minor wound. The second, however, died. One confirmed that it was her father who was shot and killed. He was a rancher from arizona, often spoke on behalf of the protesters during the threeweek armed occupation of the wildlife refuge in oregon. Law enforcement also arrested nine members of the group including the bundy brothers. They are who led the protest over how federal government manages public land. Yesterday the group left to spread their message in another town. Along the way the fbi and Oregon State Police conducted a traffic stop on the group. Thats when this was this confrontation. Five were arrested on the spot, two more nearby, an eigh
The nfl experience, an interactive theme park that lets fans engage in football clinics and free autograph sessions. Crews worked overnight to put the finishing touches on the embarcadero. The fan village is free to everyone. I think all of this is really cool. Ive never seen this at all. City officials warn security will be tight. You wont be able to bring large bags in like large backpacks to super bowl city village. As you can imagine, traffic in San Francisco is going to be challenging for the next eight days. It already is, in fact. Several road closures are in effect around super bowl city, most around the embarcadero. Th streets around the Moscone Center south of market are also closed to traffic. People are advised to use muny, b. A. R. T. And cal tran as much as possible. If you want to learn more about the street closures, go to nbcbayarea. Com. The countdown continues. Super bowl 50 is one week from tomorrow. In other news now, to a developing story, the manhunt for three es
Rocketships, hes just a republican politician guy, he always has been. But basically, republican politics is just what heritage does. Even if they want to seem slightly more imparkal about it. It was a little embarrassing when they hired jim demint. What was more embarrassing, they decided to fight the prospect of Immigration Reform in our country by releasing a pseudo academic analysis of why Immigration Reform was a terrible idea. A terribly expensive, terribly bad idea to reform immigration policy in this country. Turned out that under jim demint the Heritage Foundation had hired as a senior policy analyst to right that report, a man whos whole academic career is about ranking ethnic groups by their i. Q. Race is dinner in all sorts of ways, and probably the most important way is in i. Q. Decades of psycho metric testing has indicated that in at least in america, you have jews with the highest average i. Q. , followed by east asians. These are real differences, theyre not going to g