WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley-the top Democrat overseeing funding for the National Park Service- today led U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jack Reed (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Ed Markey (D-MA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Patty Murray (D-WA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Andy Kim (D-NJ) to sound the alarm over the Trump Administration's so-called "modernization" plans for national park access, including several alarming partisan, polarizing initiatives that undermine the spirit of public lands for all.
The Senators wrote to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, "Among the announce...