Dear Chairs Murray and Cole, Vice Chair Collins, and Ranking Member DeLauro: On behalf of our tens of millions of members and supporters across the country, we respectfully request that you significantly increase environmental funding in Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) and exclude any anti-environmental policy provisions from the annual appropriations bills. Environmental agencies and programs
Coalition Comments on Compromise Budget That Will Cut $150 Million From NPS
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Coalition Opposes Harmful Oil and Gas Riders in House FY 24 Interior Appropriations Bill
December 1, 2023 The Honorable Chuck Schumer Senate Majority Leader The Honorable Mitch McConnell Senate Minority Leader The Honorable Patty Murray Chair, Committee on Appropriations The Honorable Susan Collins Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, Chair Murray, and Ranking Member Collins: On behalf of the forty-two undersigned national and
Coalition Statement on President Biden’s FY 2024 Budget
For release: March 9, 2023 Contact: Emily Thompson, Em************@pr********.org Coalition Statement on President Biden’s FY 2024 Budget Today, President Biden released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2024. The proposal calls for $3.8 billion to the National Park Service (NPS) budget, an increase from FY 2023. If enacted, this funding would help to address
Coalition Denounces Massive Cuts to DOI Budget in President’s Proposed Budget
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CPANP Signs-On to Appropriations Letter
October 18, 2019 Dear Chairmen Murkowski and McCollum and Ranking Members Udall and Joyce, We, the members of the National Parks Second Century Action Coalition, write to commend the subcommittees for their work to increase funding for our national parks. We recognize the funding constraints within the final 302(b) allocation, but respectfully ask you