With the passing of the Great American Outdoors Act, we no longer need to ask for 're-authorization' of the Land, Water and Conservation Fund at the $900M level.

Thank you Chair Merkley and Ranking Member Murkowski for the opportunity to submit testimony about the priorities of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums for Fiscal Year 2023.

Before the Pacific Salmon Treaty, fish wars often erupted with one or both countries overharvesting fish that were returning to the other country.

With the passing of the Great American Outdoors Act, we no longer need to ask for 're-authorization' of the Land, Water and Conservation Fund at the $900M level.

The commitment of the United States is matched by the commitment of the Government of Canada.

Before the Pacific Salmon Treaty, fish wars often erupted with one or both countries overharvesting fish that were returning to the other country.

Please help us to fund these natural areas to preserve their cultural, economic, and ecological value for generations to come.

It is critically important to have adequate resources for U.S. participants to implement the revised agreements and protect our Tribal Treaty resources.

It is critically important to have adequate resources for U.S. participants to implement the revised agreements and protect our Tribal Treaty resources.

Thank you Chair Merkley and Ranking Member Murkowski for the opportunity to submit testimony about the priorities of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums for Fiscal Year 2023.

Please help us to fund these natural areas to preserve their cultural, economic, and ecological value for generations to come.

The commitment of the United States is matched by the commitment of the Government of Canada.

Mr. President, Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote: The purpose of life is . . . to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you lived and lived well. It is not the length of life, but the depth of…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess until 5 p.m. There being no objection, the Senate, at 3:05 p.m., recessed until 5 p.m. and reassembled when called to order by the Presiding Officer (Mr. Fetterman)…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be extended to Matt Squeri, member of my team, for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection. ____________________

These play a vital role in so many ways.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 19; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the…

Madam President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 9:08 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, October 19, 2023, at 10 a.m.