grijalva: thank you. the federal land to park program is one of the most successful parts of our national park service. for those parts of the country that are not blessed with the grand canyon or the sonora desert, this program provides local government with excess federal lands at no cost, provided the land is used for recreational purposes. over the years, nearly 1,500 parcels of land have gone to governments for free. the land has been foisted upon these local governments. instead, local governments actively work with the park service to obtain land for historical, natural or recreational interests. i should note for clarification, as we go forward with this debate, that this is not county land. this is federal land. the county is allowed to control this land as long as it is used for the recreational purposes in the agreement. if this was county land, we would not be here. the county can't sell the land. the county can't lease the land. the county can't rent the land. the county does not own the land

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boswell, you're going to have to wait, because your colleague, representative grijalva, the ranking member, has arrived, and he'll have opening remarks and then we'll turn to you. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and my apologies to congressmen, friends. let me welcome all the guests and fellow committee members. and i want to thank everyone that's going to be involved in testifying today. it's a very unusual hearing. i can't help but feel that we're like a micromanagement of something well outside our purview. congress has a very limited role in this dilemma, controversy. the eisenhower memorial commission was established in october of 1999 as part of the department of defense appropriation act. the memorial has been following a very deliberate process established through the commemorative works act of 1986. eight members of the eisenhower commission were appointed by congress, and we have done that part of our work. i'm not an architect. i doodle, but i don't consider it art. some people value it as art and they could be horribly mistaken, because that's the point about that beauty is in the

. >> good morning, chairman bishop, ranking member grijalva and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discussed the proposed dwight d. eisenhower memorial. gsa is honored to play a role many helping create a memorial to president dwight d. eisenhower. his long a rear of noble service is and should be a source of inspiration to the american people. the commission was tasked with creating an appropriate permanent memorial to perpetuate his memory and contributions to the united states. human resource support, financial and accounting services, legal and contracting support and our role expanded as the commission's vision became clear. given our experience and expertise, the commission asked gsa to help select both a design firm and construction contractor for the memorial. at the request of the commission we used our proven design excellence process to select the design firm. this competitive process seeks the most qualified designers. we seek to contract with the nation's most talented architects, landscape architects and engi

. >> chairman bishop, ranking member grijalva, thank you for inviting me to be here today. before i begin my testimony, i'd like to point out the presence of three technical experts in the hearing room and wish to draw on their expertise, co-ed tore of the eisenhower papers, professor richard steiner an and executive architect daniel file with regard to the commission's liaison which you just heard about on contract design and construction of the memorial. it is a privilege to be here for a number of reasons. formerly of the united states air force, now director of the memorial commission, i'd like to introduce three commissioners with us today, commissioner boswell who you recently heard of, members of the house, of course, commissioner alfred doll dig seated behind me and susan banes harris. senator inouye, jack reid, jerry moran, representative mack thornberry, representative mike simpson and representative sanford bishop. our chairman is rocco sis sill an know. i understand the purpose of this meeting is to discuss the memorial. you recently just heard from him. commiss

grijalva. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me begin with mr. whitesell. did the eisenhower project deviate from the process, the memorial process that's in place? >> no, sir. it followed that process pretty much to the letter. >> and the question -- general, if i may, i understand you're still in final stages of that design process. >> actually we are in the latter stages of the design process. the design process phase that we're in has been going on for two years. >> okay. that's the design process, not the selection process? >> no, it is the design process, to bring it to the stage where it can be presented as a final design. so we're in the preliminary -- last stages of the preliminary design approval process. >> and how is that being worked out with concerned parties at this point? >> well, as i noted earlier, we've gone through a series of public meetings which have been open to the public and we've incorporated input as we've received them along the way. we asked in a delay for our appearance before the national planning commission in order to give

lee: let me first thank congressman honda, congressman grijalva and ellison, and all of the c.p.c. members for their tireless effort on this budget. congresswoman woolsey, all of our members who really put so much time and effort into this. i'm proud to be a co-sponsor of the budget for all, because the american people must have an honest budget that does not blame the poor for the problems created by the super rich. the tea party republican budget for the 1% does just that. their budget only cuts programs for our seniors, our children, our nation's working poor and vulnerable, while giving away $4.4 trillion in tax cuts for the super rich. and for all of their heartless cuts that end medicare, hurt our children, close schools and fire police officers. they don't even come close to balancing the budget because they can't stop themselves from giving away trillions to the special interests, big oil and the top 1%. i strongly believe that a budget is a moral document, that shows our nation's priorities and values like the congressional black caucus' budget, the congressional progressi

grijalva: i had the opportunity to preside and several years i clocked over 100 thundershowers -- hours on the chair. so i had an opportunity to be with john and see john's work as the parliamentarian and i associate myself with all the remarks given by the previous speakers. john is very knowledgeable, well-read about the rules of the house, as my colleague jeff flake said, john was fair and john was respected, an is respected, by the leadership on both sides as well as his staff. mr. pastor: i have to tell you, his staff was always well-prepared. they anticipated, especially in debates that we had controversial bills, they anticipated some of the areas that would hit some rocky roads and they were always prepared. so his staff was prepared an they were always kind of caring to the person who was up on the chair and many times assisted me to make sure that i rae the paper right or gave the right response. so i have to tell you that john as the parliamentarian did bring stability and respect and i thank him for that. but during some of the debate that was pretty boring or during votes,