It seems that is a pretty narrow area where you can act.
Senator Whitehouse has indicated that he will be back after the first vote.
Thirteen thousand nutria have been removed. That is quite an impressive effort.
the Congress, in a bipartisan manner, has added funds to these accounts over the President's budget because of the importance that we place ...
I want to reiterate my support for those core values of strong science, transparency and the rule of law.
I must tell you, I have been pleased this year to see EPA and DOD working together on clean up issues in my own State, both at Fort Meade an...
I think we could do a better job.
Today we are having a joint subcommittee hearing of the Environment and Public Works Committee of the Water and Wildlife and Oversight Commi...
We are talking about the threats to native wildlife species.
In my own State of Maryland, we have dealt with the nutria.
There is a disease, white-nose syndrome, which is causing us to lose a lot of our bat colonies.
Thank you very much.
I want to thank my colleague and friend, Senator Whitehouse, for arranging for this joint hearing.
I know that Senator Lautenberg will be talking about the bats, a keystone species in the food web.
We do know that it is related to human activity, and we need to talk about that.
It is my intention to keep the hearing in session.
Senator Nelson is especially interested in addressing specific threats to the unique wildlife and ecosystems of his home State of Florida.
Managing the threat of invasive species continues to be one of the greatest challenges facing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge managers...
