Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony in support of increasing FWS funding so that our precious natural resources are protected and that the mission of the Fish and Wildlife Service can be sustained.

We request that you match President Biden's FY 2022 budget request of $201 million for the NEA.

Unfortunately, these programs have been underfunded for many years and need significant increases in resources.

As your Subcommittee considers its priorities for the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies budget for fiscal year 2022, we wish to highlight the need to address comprehensive conservation planning for the National Wildlife Refuge…

Thank you for the opportunity to submit written testimony on behalf of the Partnership for the National Trails System (PNTS) regarding Fiscal Year 2022 funding.

Thank you, Chairman Merkley, Ranking Member Murkowski, and Members of the Subcommittee for the opportunity to share our funding priorities for the FY 2022 federal budget.

Please ensure that federal grants to state and local air quality agencies are increased at least to keep pace with inflation.

when I was in grade school, I had basic civics education. We learned about the fact that the vision of America was based on individuals standing up for their ideas in the public square. They could say: Here is what I think should take us…

on August 2, 2022, I missed rollcall vote No. 280, the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022. Had I been in attendance, I would have voted yea. Millions of American veterans whose time in the military spanned from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan…

We really realize how much more we need to do.

These two bills will help in that.

in the face of the ever growing threat of climate chaos, it is vital for the future of our Nation and our planet that we move swiftly and boldly to transition from an energy economy that relies on carbon fossil fuels to one that is…

Congress never intended for cars that have been modified from street use to race car track use to be regulated.

this amendment does require that the Secretary of the Interior grant leases for coal mining, but granting more leases for coal mining is going to do nothing for our coal miners today because we are in the situation where the existing coal…

we have just heard a discussion of the issue of tax reform, and my colleague across the aisle has said there should be no corporate minimum tax on corporations, and yet Americans know that billionaire companies one after the other--some of…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate tonight, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:47 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, July 21, 2022, at 10 a.m…

on July 4, we celebrated the founding of our Nation, as we do every year. But when I woke up on this July 4, I had a strange thought, a thought I never had before, the question of, What kind of country are we celebrating? I have always had…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 406, S. 3895. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The…

For the information of the Senate, the first vote of the day, tomorrow, will be at 11:30 a.m., and Senators should expect additional votes. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 21; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

This is such an important discussion to the future of our democracy. Such an important question as to the integrity of our elections and the vision of Government, of, by and for the people, not the powerful.

did not the Supreme Court say in what I think was an extraordinarily corrupt decision of Citizens United that favors Government by the powerful over representative Government by the people, a complete inversion of the design of our…

In fact, if an individual has an independent campaign on their behalf that is spending tens of millions of dollars, and the rest of their donors are spending $25, $100, who is that elected leader going to pay the most attention to?

The Court says that the Supreme Court has said, so this group of individuals represented by this corporation has an interest in expressing its viewpoint in our society and should have the full protection to do so.