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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
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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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530 statements
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Hiked Enchantments wilderness area and urged Trump administration to restore Forest Service staffing.
“Restoring permanent staffing positions to carry out this vital work remains a necessary first step to properly addressing issues at The Enchantments.”
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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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Introduced bipartisan bill to restore and protect wetland habitats in Pacific Northwest.
“Farmers, Tribes, and local communities across our region rely on wetlands and the species they protect”
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Called for stronger protections for Atlantic menhaden fish to sustain marine ecosystem.
“This level of reduction is insufficient to address the ecological consequences of declining menhaden abundance. Reduced menhaden availability has been identified as the primary driver of low reproduction in ospreys throughout the Chesapeake Bay.”
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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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REP. HOYLE JOINS REP. ZINKE AND REP SCHRIER TO INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN NORTHWEST WETLANDS VIP ACT
Introduced bipartisan bill to support voluntary wetlands habitat restoration and invasive species management in Pacific Northwest.
“Conservation is a team effort, and everyone needs to play their part”
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Pingree, DeLauro: New GAO Report Builds Case for Congressional Action on Textile Waste
Released GAO report on textile waste circular economy and federal policy options.
“GAO’s 2024 report made clear that the growing textile waste crisis demands federal leadership. Now, as states and other countries take action, this new report gives Congress an important resource to build on that momentum”
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Introduced bipartisan bill to expand federal conservation funding for Great Lakes region.
“As the largest freshwater system in the world, the Great Lakes are one of Michigan’s greatest assets”
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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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Introduction of the Regional Great Lakes Partnership Act
Mr. Speaker, I rise today along with my colleague, Representative Tim Walberg, and fellow co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Great Lakes Task Force, in introducing H.R. 10639, the Regional Great Lakes Partnership Act. This bill designates the Great Lakes Commission as the ``Regional Great…
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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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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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Introduced bipartisan legislation to designate Great Lakes Commission as official regional partnership within NOAA.
“The Great Lakes and their connected waterways are invaluable resources for Michigan and the United States”
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Introduced bipartisan bill to bolster Great Lakes research and conservation funding.
“As a Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Great Lakes Task Force, I helped introduce this legislation to close a gap in a national program that benefits only coastal ocean states.”
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Led 38 California lawmakers opposing Trump administration's rescission of Roadless Rule.
“Unpaved and poorly maintained forest roads are notoriously the largest source of human-made sediment in public waterways”
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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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Joined bipartisan effort supporting bill to expand Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District.
“The Shenandoah VALOR Act recognizes the important role the Shenandoah Valley and the Eastern Panhandle play in our nation’s Civil War history while creating new opportunities for communities to preserve that history and share it with visitors”
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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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Announced her Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act was signed into law.
“I am thrilled to announce that my bipartisan Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act was signed into law”
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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.”
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.