I also salute Representative Chen for his patriotism, dedication, and friendship.

I am pleased to announce that on August 14th Brookfield Zoo will celebrate the grand opening of its newest attraction, the Salt Creek Wilderness exhibit.

With the assistance of these project partners, the new exhibit will help to raise awareness of the importance of protecting not just animals in other parts of the world, but also species and natural habitats in our own communities.

I invite all my colleagues to join me in celebrating the opening of the Salt Creek Wilderness exhibit, which, I am certain, will greatly strengthen the zoo's mission.

The zoo's mission is to focus on enhancing visitor understanding of the critical need for people to live more sustainable and harmoniously with the natural world through naturalistic environmental settings and accompanying interpretive…