[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 172 (Thursday, December 5, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H7510]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        LIMITING ACTIVITY ON THE OZARK NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAY

  (Mr. SMITH of Missouri asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Madam Speaker, next week, the National Park 
Service will begin holding public meetings on its ridiculous plan to 
limit recreational activity on the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in 
Missouri's Eighth District. I urge families and individuals across 
Missouri to attend these hearings and oppose the Obama administration's 
changes to the riverways.
  Let me reiterate what I have said to the Secretary of the Interior, 
Sally Jewell, and the Director of the National Park Service, Jonathan 
Jarvis, that we adamantly oppose the proposal to appease 
environmentalists by limiting the public use and enjoyment of our 
riverways. This proposal would hurt small businesses that rely on the 
riverways and keep my constituents from enjoying the riverways that 
belong to them.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my constituents to attend public meetings in Van 
Buren, Salem, and Kirkwood to show opposition to the Obama 
administration's Park Service's attempts to restrict our access to our 
rivers.

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