NPS Admits Discussing Closing D.C. Monuments with White House Before Shutdown

National Park Service Discussed Plan to Close Monuments with White House (Washington Free Beacon)

While the federal government remains closed, a House panel held a hearing Wednesday on the Obama administration’s move to close national parks across the country and to ban tourists from visiting open-air monuments in Washington, efforts that GOP members alleged were meant purely to make the shutdown sting more.

During the hearing Rep. John Mica (R., Fla.) questioned Jonathan Jarvis, the National Park Service Director on his communications with the White House prior to the government shutdown.