Hearing: Oversight hearing titled “Destroying America’s Best Idea: Examining the Biden Administration’s Use of National Park Service Lands for Migrant Camps.”

Committee on Natural Resources

Wednesday, September 27, 2023 (10:15 AM - 1:15 PM)

1324 LHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Panel one

The Honorable Chalres Sams
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior

Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM

Mr. Robert Anderson
Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior

Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM

Ms. Joan Mooney
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Policy, Management and Budget, U.S. Department of the Interior

Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM

Panel two

The Honorable Joann Ariola
Council Member (R-District 32), NYC City Council

Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM
  • Attachment -- Floyd Bennett Field 62 Page Layout [PDF] Added 10/02/2023 at 11:54 AM

The Honorable Jamie Williams
Assemblymember (D-59th District), New York State Assembly

Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM

Ms. Eleanor Acer
Senior Director, Refugee Protection, Human Rights First

Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM
  • Disclosure [PDF] Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM
  • CV [PDF] Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM

Mr. Kenneth Spencer
Chairman, United States Park Police Fraternal Order of Police

Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM
  • Disclosure [PDF] Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Hearing Memo [PDF] Added 09/25/2023 at 12:08 PM
  • 1. Chairman Westerman FTR -- 5 inches of standing water at Floyd Bennett Field, taken by Council Member Joann Ariola – taken September 23-24, 2023 [PDF] Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM
  • 2. Chairman Westerman FTR -- Area restriction sign at Floyd Bennett Field, taken by Council Member Joann Ariola – taken September 23-24, 2023 [PDF] Added 09/27/2023 at 02:26 PM
  • 6. RM Grijalva FTR -- Memo from CEQ – Emergencies and NEPA Guidance 09.14.20 [PDF] Added 10/02/2023 at 11:54 AM
  • 10. RM Grijalva FTR -- NPS Work and Life on Barren Island – PDF dated 09.25.23 [PDF] Added 10/02/2023 at 11:54 AM
  • 5. RM Grijalva FTR -- CATO - Fentanyl Is Smuggled for U.S. Citizens 09.14.22 [PDF] Added 10/02/2023 at 11:54 AM
  • 7. RM Grijalva FTR -- DEA Report -- Fentanyl Flow in the United States Jan. 2020 [PDF] Added 10/02/2023 at 11:54 AM
  • 8. RM Grijalva FTR - GAO Report on Border Wall Sept. 2023 [PDF] Added 10/02/2023 at 11:54 AM
  • 9. RM Grijalva FTR -- CRS In Focus: NPS FY2024 Appropriations 08.11.23 [PDF] Added 10/02/2023 at 11:54 AM
  • !List of materials FTR FC Ov Hrg 09.27.23 [PDF] Added 10/02/2023 at 11:54 AM Updated 03/15/2024 at 12:17 PM
  • 3. Chairman Westerman FTR -- Review to Support Emergency Activities for Temporary House for Migrants 09.11.23 [PDF] Added 03/15/2024 at 12:27 PM
  • 4. Chairman Westerman FTR -- Fiscal Year Budget Justifications Fiscal Year 2024 [PDF] Added 03/15/2024 at 12:27 PM

Hearing Record

  • Official Transcript 118-63 [PDF] Added 04/17/2024 at 04:29 PM

First Published: September 18, 2023 at 06:21 PM
Last Updated: April 17, 2024 at 04:29 PM


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