WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Today, Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR)-the lead Democrat overseeing funding for the U.S. Department of the Interior-demanded Interior Secretary Doug Burgum provide urgent answers about the use of National Park Service (NPS) federal funds during America's 250th celebration.
Merkley's inquiry follows the Trump Administration's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sending Congress a list of provisions to include in a short-term government funding proposal, which contained a request to reimburse NPS for costs incurred during the Freedom 250 events on the National Mall this summer.
"Included on the list was ...