as far as acadia, they did not request an exemption yet. now i'm responsible to these 220 boards. it just was an opportunity to me to know who was in the board, look through what their goals are, which i think is important. and then if i had any questions, i could ask. but i assume that we'll all the -- all the paperwork on those boards. but if acadia is meeting, which i understand they want to meet in the summer, all they have to do put in a request for exemption, and i would understand it. >> sounds like the national park version of trust but verify. >> trust but verify. if you're a plumber $16 million, a lot of money. i want to know what they've done in the last years, what they've done in the last five years and then be glad to write them a card and say thank you for your service and invite them to d.c. and talk to them. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator king, and i appreciate you bringing up that question because i too have heard from a lot of folks back home. we have a couple of advisory committees that are pretty important. one impacts the mpra in the 1002 area. there's t

acadia was meeting. i understand they want to meet in the summer. all they have to do is put in a request for an exception. senator king: it sounds like the national park version of trust but verify. secretary zinke: i just want to know. we spend about $15 million, which on the scale of the overall budget, not much, but if you are a plumber, $50 million is a lot of money. the taxpayer's dollars, i want to know what great things the boards are doing, was on the board, what they have done the last five years, and then i will be glad to write him a card and thank or their service and invite them to d.c. and talk to them. thank you. senator: i appreciate you bringing up that question. i have heard from folks back home. we have heard from a couple advisory committees that are pretty important. 1002 area.s the there are two groups under the working group and the citizens subsistenceel -- advisory panel. hearing your explanation about what your intent was and just conducting this review and how is their work at is underway, there is an opportunity for ande

if you had an issue they could ask were an exemption to meet this result acadia they did not requestan exemption you will two pages maximum. so now i am responsible for these 220 boards to a degree. the overwhelming number boards to great things. it's just with an opportunity to me to know who is on the board and look through what their goals are which is important. if i had questions i could ask. i assume we will have all of the paperwork on those boards. but if acadia's meeting and i understand they want to meet in the summer they just need to put in a request. >> sounds like trust but verify. >> i just want to know. we spent about $15 million which on a scale of the overall budget is a much but if you're a plumber $15 million is a lot of money. so i just want to know the great things the boards are doing, who's on the board what they've done in the past few years and i'll be glad to read them a card and thank them for them service and invite to d.c. to talk to the. >> thank you. i appreciate you bringing up that question. i too have heard from folks back home. we have a couple bit