Public service along with these other television providers. Giving you a front row seat to democracy. Next up next nearest state officials testify on migrant campsite National Park service land. They pose the recent approval of a field in brooklyn by new yorks governor to be used as a temp or a site to house migrants coming into new york city. The committee will come to order without objection that shares authorized to declare a racist at any time. The committee is meeting today to hear testimony on destroying americas best idea, examining the bite administrations use of National Park service land for migrant camps. I ask unanimous consent all members testifying today befy allowed to sit with the committee, it give their testimony participate in then hearing. The gentlewoman from new york and the gentlewoman from new york additional we have got the gentleman from new york and mr. Texas, mr. Pflueger from texas. Without objection so ordered. Under Committee Rule any Opening Statements a
Im 111 years of bipartisan land conservation, which began with president roosevelts leadership. The most glaring example is an ongoing attack on the Antiquities Act in general and the National Monument in particular. Trying to roll back as a taxpayer weight especially at a time when the administration is proposing significant staff cutbacks. In my opinion, another management designation is that they are seers Intertribal Coalition inspectors working to protect these lands. I believe any action by the administration to undermine protection for any other National Monument is illegal and i will strongly oppose any legislative attempt to weaken this monument status. Secretary zinke, the administration also attempting to unilaterally rule that has gone into effect on the blm mapping rule. The department now statistically dubious decision to suspend the methane waste prevention rule. This is a commonsense rule that implements in 97yearold requirement to prevent waste of federal natural gas.
News 4s molette green is live outside fairfax. Reporter just within the last 30 minutes we learned the name of the 18yearold young woman who died last night. Fairfax county Police Identify her as erika dunn of springfield. She was struck by a train last night just past 9 30 in the 9500 block of berk road in berk. She was with two friends when she was struck. Their investigation determined that there were Three Friends walking near the tracks, a train approached. Two of the friends moved away from the tracks. When they went back to find their other friend they found her injured. Reporter now, police say the two other friends stayed with the victims side to provide some aid and also called police but erika dunn later died at the hospital. Now, this isnt uncommon for folks to try to walk along the tracks. Our iteam in fact found about 29 train accidents involving trespassers over the last two years in virginia. Now, this investigation is ongoing. The medical examiner still has to declare
You can read faster than i can talk so i wont read the slides. I want you to see beautiful places i love. They are history and parks and recreation and National Resources and frankly the lungs of the city are largely these forts and the parks. So there we start. As frank said the city was unprotected down below. This is Fort Washington. If you havent been there, you should go. Its quite different from the forts that were built during the civil war. After bull run, lincoln knew the city was vulnerable. Thats when he ordered director Major General john g. Barnard to design forts around the city to protect it. Here they are. These are the ones available there. It was quite an amazing feat to build all those. It was just tremendous. Here they are there. Ive circled them here on this old map, the ones that are under government ownership today. The park service owns all the ones in washington, d. C. And one in maryland and one in virginia. The ones in virginia are owned by local governments.
Directed the American Heritage Rivers Initiative at the White House Council on environmental quality. Today miss newman will discuss the post war impact on the forts, on the surrounding neighborhoods in washington and their evolution into parks. And kim elder. Miss elder is the National Parks Services Program manager for civil war defenses of washington. She is responsible for the management, the Oversight Program development of 16 for 16 of the remaining forts and batteries opened and operated by the National Parks service. So today ms. Elder will highlight the parks today and provide us with a preview of this weekends activities at fort stevens. So let me begin now with dr. Cooling. [ applause ] good afternoon, folks. Pleasure to be back in this lovely facility even if every time i come here i go in the wrong entrance to the National Archives. As a researcher, i became very accustomed over 30 years or more of going in the other side. Well, you dont want to hear about that today. Ill