Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017

Floor Speech

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Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Chairman, I agree with the comments just made by the gentleman from New York.

The LWCF, these local communities know what they are entering into when they enter into it. And if they choose to do that, they have the right to do that and they have to live by the decisions that they have made.

We have a lot of LWCF projects in communities that I have lived in in Idaho, and they get the benefit of that LWCF.

I will tell you, if there is a local problem that the gentleman would like to deal with, I know that the committee and the chairman of the committee would be more than willing to work with you to try to address that and try to address the concerns that the local community has because there is a way that, yes, with the agreement of the Federal Government, they can get out of the deals that they have made.

I know, in my community, we had an indoor swimming pool that was actually built for our community. It was a great thing. It became very expensive when the price of energy went up. They wanted to take the roof off of the indoor swimming pool so it wasn't indoor anymore, and the Federal Government wouldn't let them. Now, we are glad they didn't. So these decisions are made for a very good reason.

I would oppose the amendment, and I agree with the gentleman from New York.

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