Tom Carper

Unfortunately, the Fish and Wildlife Service has not received sufficient funding not just for years, but for decades.

When the Endangered Species Act is adequately funded, it works.

The President's latest budget proposes nearly $600 million for the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Biodiversity loss is among the top three risks to humanity due to irreversible consequences for our environment and our economy.

The President's most recent budget request includes nearly $2 billion for the Fish and Wildlife Service, a much-needed funding increase that would go a long way to further the Service's mission of conserving, protecting, and enhancing our…

President Biden's budget prioritizes species conservation.

This 25 percent increase in funding over 2022 enacted levels in President Biden's first budget proposal is in fairly stark contrast to the almost 15 percent proposed cuts in President Trump's first budget.

We face both great conservation challenges, but also, they come with great opportunities.

I am glad that the 2023 budget request prioritizes the stewardship of our refuges.

The Lacey Act is critical here in that, if the Fish and Wildlife Service were able, as we had in the past, to regulate the importation and transport, so that interState transport of invasive species that have been determined to be…

Climate change continues to cause severe biodiversity loss and habitat degradation.

I love asking unanimous consent requests when I am the only one in the room, because there is nobody else to object.

Over 1,500 species are currently listed, and the Fish and Wildlife Service estimates the cost of necessary recovery actions at $49 billion.

The agency's mission has never been more important.

Part of what you said reminds me of the Preamble of the Constitution. 'We the People, in order to form a more perfect union.' It does not say 'perfect.' It says 'more perfect.'

'No' means find another way.

If you want to help somebody, best way you can help is make sure they have a job and that they can lift themselves out of poverty.

We are always looking ways to keep farmers on the land.

The process can't be one that is designed to steamroll communities and people who will be victims of pollution, but one that hears them early so that their concerns can be taken into consideration as quickly as possible.

Our Federal agencies need to address these twin goals of climate action and environmental justice together.

I want to associate myself with the words of the Senator from Rhode Island.

Americans living in lower income and marginalized communities have less ability to prepare for and recover from extreme weather.

I don't know of any business that wants to live or operate in a place where the water is undrinkable and the air is something you cannot breathe.

I am not going to dwell on carbon capture sequestration, which is something that I am strongly interested in, as are other Democrats and Republicans.

The least among us have the most to lose from inaction on climate.