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Natural Resources Management Act

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 26, 2019
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Natural Resources

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Mrs. TRAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commend the gentleman from Arizona and his staff for their tremendous work on this bipartisan bill.

I particularly appreciate its inclusion of a provision originally authored by my predecessor, Niki Tsongas, to add the Nashua River to the Wild and Scenic River System.

Seeking this designation has been a labor of love for the communities in the watershed and local leaders like Marion Stoddart and Elizabeth Ainsley Campbell.

I also value the bill's funding cap adjustment for Essex National Heritage Area.

Finally, it is outstanding to see the bill's renewal of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a program that has benefited nearly every corner of the Nation, including Minute Man and Lowell National Parks in the district I grew up in and am proud to represent today.

Mr. Speaker, I urge the bill's swift passage.

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