{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://jones.house.gov/press-release/jones-joins-%E2%80%98fight-cape-lookout%E2%80%99-against-park-service-directive", "JONES JOINS FIGHT FOR CAPE LOOKOUT AGAINST PARK SERVICE DIRECTIVE", "2016-11-18", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Walter Jones", "J000255", "jones.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressmen Walter B. Jones (NC-03) joined local citizens\u2019 group \u2018Fight For Cape Lookout\u2019 in pushing back on the National Park Service\u2019s draft Director\u2019s Order #100, a proposal that could have far-reaching implications for park management in Eastern North Carolina and across the country.\u00a0 In a letter sent to Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis, Jones requested a 60-day extension of the public comment period on the proposed draft; consideration of Fight for Cape Lookout\u2019s comments on the draft; and ultimately, a recension of the Director\u2019s Order #100.\u00a0 The Park Service\u2019s original 30-day comment period on the order is scheduled to close today.\u00a0\u00a0\nText of Congressman Jones\u2019 letter to Director Jarvis follows below:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cI am writing to request a 60-day extension of the public comment period on the draft Director\u2019s Order #100.\u00a0 As you know, this proposed directive has far-reaching implications for park management.\u00a0 As such, it is inappropriate for the Park Service to provide the taxpaying public, who stand to be most affected by these changes, with only 30 days to review and comment.\u00a0 That is particularly true when that 30 days coincided with the height of the electoral season, where the public\u2019s attention was rightly focused on the choices they faced in the voting booth at the national, state and local level.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I also write in strong support of the comments filed by Todd Roessler on behalf of Fight for Cape Lookout \u2013 a coalition of small business owners, fishermen and citizens concerned about public access at Cape Lookout National Seashore.\u00a0 I have attached a copy of those comments for your review.\u00a0 Mr. Roessler spells out how the draft directive is inconsistent with the laws passed by Congress that govern park management, as well as the Park Service\u2019s own policies.\u00a0 Furthermore, the directive is likely to be used to impose significant restrictions on taxpaying Americans\u2019 access to the national parks they pay for and enjoy.\u00a0 That is unacceptable, particularly when done by administrative fiat.\u00a0 I urge you to give these comments every consideration, and I join Mr. Roessler in calling for the directive to be rescinded.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\nThe letters from Congressman Jones and Fight for Cape Lookout are attached.\nFor additional information, please contact Allison Tucker in Congressman Jones\u2019 office at (202) 225-3415 or allison.tucker@mail.house.gov.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://jones.house.gov/press-release/jones-joins-%E2%80%98fight-cape-lookout%E2%80%99-against-park-service-directive"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0584271512925625, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}