Rural America encompasses about 72 percent of the Nation's total land and about $46 million residents.

I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? If not, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 995), as amended, was passed.

I have shared how important it is that we pass this legislation, the Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2019, without further delay, and I urge my colleagues to support the bill. Mr. President, as if in legislative session, I ask…

I rise today to urge passage of bipartisan, compassionate legislation that I introduced on April 2 of last year with my colleague from Wisconsin, Senator Baldwin, to reauthorize the Lifespan Respite Care Program. This program provides…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to and that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.

I am prepared to close, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, it has been interesting, the discussion on the floor today. It has been interesting on both sides to hear the different aspects of why this bill is on…

we have been very discouraged to watch the relocation of ERS and NIFA, and can see that that has just had disastrous consequences.

I, too, am very concerned about this relocation and the reorganization of the Bureau of Labor Management.

So, yeah, I think you would be hard pressed to find an indigenous person that wasn't completely consumed with worrying about Mother Earth and climate change, so thank you for that question.

that is very discouraging, and, again, we have lots of concerns about this, and hopefully, in my opinion, the committee can exercise more oversight on this process.

I have learned a lot from you today, and I concur with everything my colleague said.

I hope we can fund at $170 million, and based on all your testimony, we should be doing this at $170 billion.

it is the big number that governs everything else.

thank you for the data and the support around limiting seismic drilling exploration.

Thank you very much. Thank you all for your testimony. You are all talking about resources that I think we feel committed to support.

Thank you, Ms. Pingree for being a tireless advocate for the tribal nations in Maine.

I really appreciate you sharing so much with us.