mr. faleomavaega: mr. speaker, not only is the word redskin inappropriate, but just plain offensive and its a derogatory term towards the american indians. i want to share with my colleagues and the 181 million football fans all over america how the word redskin came about. in 1749 there was a standard procedure among the colonial settlers who lived in what is now maine and november scotia, to kill and scalp as many indian members of the tribe. the same policy was also implemented in 1755 by settlers who lived in what is now known as the state of massachusetts, and their objective was to kill and scalp members of the penobscot indian nation. mr. speaker, the colonial policy was, you get paid. you get paid for killing and scalping native american indians. and if you kill an indian boy, you get paid 50 pounds. if you get a scalp, that's an additional 40 pounds. and not only is it to the men, but the women and children are also scalped and killed, and you get paid for it. mr. speaker, i submit that these scal

mr. faleomavaega, for five minutes. mr. faleomavaega: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. faleomavaega: i also ask unanimous consent that two articles be made part of the record, a letter from the national congress of american indians, and the two articles which today appeared in the "washington post" written by mr. dana milbank and theresa vargas. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i do not want to detract our attention from the current national debate on the government shutdown and debate ceiling issue, but i do want to share with my colleagues an issue that will not go away. what is it that the national football league, the 32 football club owners, and nfl commissioner roger goodell, have yet to understand why the word redskin is considered a very offensive racial and derogatory term that describes native american indians. my apologies, mr. speaker, for i have yet to master the english language, but i want to share again and again with my colleagues and some 181 mi

mr. faleomavaega. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i certainly want to welcome our witnesses for the test and they provided before a joint hearing this morning. mr. jarvis, i want to commend you for the distinction and the outstanding job that you've done, or is doing as the director of the national park service. with a track record of some 40 years of service to our nation and to the american people. i think should be recognized. mr. jarvis, you mentioned that the park service takes in about 232 million visitors a day -- i mean a year come with some 700,000 people each day of the 401 national parks, and to operate on a budget that is one 15th of 1% of our national budget. am i correct in putting these before you? >> yes, sir. , that is correct. >> mr. jarvis, it's sad that i seem to see a become a political punching bag for this evening and it's really unfortunate. and i think what we're trying to do here is to get a real sense of the challenges and the problems that you're faced with as the director. when you're given notice that yo

mr. faleomavaega: mr. speaker, i submit to my colleagues and some 181 million sports fans all over america who love the game of football. just as i did having played football four years in high school. again and again, mr. speaker, this issue will not go away and with all due respect, mr. speaker, i call upon the 32 football club owners of the national football league and nfl commissioner roger goodell to get rid of this derogatory slur redskin which currently describes the washington ootball franchise. they cannot casually pass the responsibility to mr. dan snyder, own of the washington team. the washington football franchise is about a $1.3 billion business, rated third in the nfl but the nfl is also a beneficiary and i'm sure gets a fair percentage of the proceeds from television broadcasts and concessions selling clothing and sports souvenirs by these 32 club owners. mr. speaker, i want to thank president barack obama for weighing in on this issue just two weeks ago, and i hope nfl commissioner goodell