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Ecosystem Restoration
832 statements about Ecosystem Restoration from 253 members since Jan 3, 2025.
Statements about Ecosystem Restoration, last 12 weeks
DemRep● = 1 statement
Statements per week mentioning Ecosystem Restoration, all members, split by party. Democrats stacked first, Republicans after, four to a row. Hover a dot for the member and headline; click a dot to search for that headline. Click a week to set the dates below. Aug 17, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026.
Most active on Ecosystem Restoration · Aug 17 – Nov 4
- 1DSarah ElfrethMD-036
- 2RBruce WestermanAR-045
- 3DMartin HeinrichNM4
- 4DAdam B. SchiffCA4
- 5DDebbie DingellMI-064
- 6DKim SchrierWA-083
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339 statements
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Gallego Celebrates Chiricahua Becoming Arizona’s Fourth National Park
Celebrated Chiricahua National Monument designation as Arizona's fourth national park.
“Arizona has some of the most beautiful public lands in the country, and Chiricahua is no exception”
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Kelly Statement on Chiricahua Officially Becoming Arizona’s Fourth National Park
Released statement celebrating Chiricahua National Monument's designation as Arizona's fourth national park.
“Today is a historic day for Arizona. Making Chiricahua a national park has been a priority of mine since I first came to the Senate, so I’m thrilled this day has finally arrived”
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Booker, Pallone Push to Save the Small Fish That Feeds the Jersey Shore
Urged Atlantic fisheries regulators to cut Atlantic menhaden catch deeper than 20 percent.
“Bunker may be small, but the whole Jersey Shore runs on them”
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Toured new Community Nature Center at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, highlighted conservation support.
“As the city of Ridgefield continues to grow, the new Community Nature Center will be a valuable way to preserve the community’s connection to nature”
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Urged Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to adopt strongest menhaden conservation protections.
“The Chesapeake Bay is an especially important habitat for Atlantic menhaden because, as the nation’s largest estuary, it provides a major nursery area for menhaden and many other important species managed by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission).”
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Cornyn, Weber Introduce Bill to Establish a National Recreation Area Along Texas Coastline
Introduced bill to establish 168-mile Lone Star Coastal National Recreation Area along Texas coast.
“The Texas Gulf Coast supports a thriving ecosystem, vital fisheries, and critical infrastructure that helps meet our nation’s energy needs, but it’s increasingly vulnerable to threats from flooding, hurricanes, and shoreline erosion”
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Senate passed bipartisan bill simplifying ecosystem restoration approval in floodplains.
“This is great news for Washington state. We are one step closer to making it easier to get ecosystem restoration projects approved. This is a commonsense, zero-cost fix that will cut red tape and allow critical restoration projects in Washington state to move forward”
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Announced passage of Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act in Senate.
“This is huge news for Montana. Critical ecosystem restoration projects across our state have been abandoned due to FEMA’s onerous and costly ‘No Rise’ rule.”
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Young’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act Passes Senate
Applauded Senate passage of bill reauthorizing Great Lakes Restoration Initiative through 2030.
“The Great Lakes are an important part of Indiana’s ecosystem and economy, and I’m pleased the Senate has passed our bill to protect and preserve these lakes for generations to come”
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NEWS: Sens. Schiff, Ricketts Unveil Bipartisan Legislation to Help Endangered Species Recover Faster
Introduced bipartisan bill to modernize Endangered Species Act implementation and improve species recovery.
“Protecting the thousands of endangered species and strengthening recovery efforts must be a bipartisan cause – it is a shared responsibility that takes all of us.”
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Unanimous Consent Request--s. 5438
Mr. President, reserving the right to object, nestled in the far northeast corner of Alaska is the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge--not ANWR, which sounds like some country in the Middle East, but the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the wildest and most untouched places in all of America.…
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Senate unanimously passed bill restoring tribal lands to Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.
“Today, Congress took a historic step to strengthen salmon and habitat recovery and help fulfill a decades-old vision to restore the Elwha River and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s connection to lands that have sustained them since time immemorial.”
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Led 38 California lawmakers opposing Trump administration's Roadless Rule rescission.
“At the time of its adoption, the Rule received over 600 public hearings and over 1.6 million comments—more comments than any other rule in the nation’s history.”
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Led 38 California lawmakers opposing Trump administration's Roadless Rule rescission.
“At the time of its adoption, the Rule received over 600 public hearings and over 1.6 million comments—more comments than any other rule in the nation’s history.”
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Hosted press conference with Interior Secretary on Fish and Wildlife Service wetland easement disputes.
“I’m convinced there are no biologists, chemists, geologists, or anyone else who can match the enormous intellectual understanding of how all this works more than the landowners, the farmers, and the generations of people who have farmed the land”
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Introductory Statement on S. 5563
Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the Ocean Protection and DDT Reduction Act. This bill would direct NOAA, in consultation with EPA and DOD, to study and address the impacts of historical toxic waste dumping, especially dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, DDT, and other industrial and military…
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Renewed investigation into Fish and Wildlife Service staffing crisis after agency dodged inquiries.
“Many are being forced to rely on outside nongovernment organizations for support of critical functions. Making matters worse, you removed the 16-year-long Chief of the Refuge System from her post without explanation.”
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Heinrich Joins Bipartisan Congressional Push to Stop Proposed Yosemite Land Transfer to Trump Donor
Joined bipartisan effort urging Interior Department to block Yosemite land transfer to Trump donor.
“cutting off our access to public lands and devastating state economies in the process, overwhelming state budgets and dismantling the systems that keep public lands running.”
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Sen. Cramer: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Awards More Than $1.5 Million to North Dakota
Announced EPA awarded $1.54 million to North Dakota for environmental protection and cleanup.
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Opposed Trump administration's repeal of Chesapeake Bay cleanup executive order.
“Restoring the Chesapeake Bay is critical to the Commonwealth’s seafood and tourism industries, thousands of good-paying jobs, educational opportunities, and Virginians’ recreation. Rolling back efforts to clean up the Bay is dangerous not just for our environment but for our economy.”
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Joined bipartisan effort urging Interior Department to block Yosemite land transfer to Trump donor.
“At its core, this proposal appears to provide a private benefit at the expense of land that belongs to all Americans”
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Joined bipartisan effort opposing Interior Department land transfer near Yosemite National Park.
“At its core, this proposal appears to provide a private benefit at the expense of land that belongs to all Americans”
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Merkley, Wyden, Hoyle, Dexter Announce $12 Million to Oregon for Habitat Restoration Projects
Announced $12 million in federal funding for Oregon habitat restoration projects.
“Salmon and steelhead are a huge part of what makes Oregon recreation and our state’s natural wonders renowned around the world”
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Merkley, Wyden, Hoyle, Dexter Announce $12 Million to Oregon for Habitat Restoration Projects
Announced $12 million in federal funding for Oregon habitat restoration and coastal resilience projects.
“Thanks to the Community-based Restoration Program, $12 million in federal funding is coming to Oregon to help protect and improve critical habitat for native Oregon fish, including the iconic coho salmon”
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Maryland delegation criticized Trump administration's rollback of Chesapeake Bay restoration federal coordination.
“The Chesapeake Bay and its health are vital to lives and livelihoods across our state and the greater region. Now more than ever, we need continued federal partnership and support for Chesapeake Bay restoration, not efforts to roll back all the progress we’ve made.”
Sources: members’ press releases from their official websites (since the 119th Congress began (Jan 3, 2025)) and the Congressional Record (since Aug 2026). Statements are tagged to Ecosystem Restoration by AI reading of the full text. Quotes are shown only when they match the archived source text word for word.