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Sheldon Whitehouse's Public Statements on Issue: Animals and Wildlife

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11/29/2022 Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Durbin Urges USDA To Update Standards For Commercial Dog Breeding Facilities
10/28/2021 Letter to Hon. Deb Haaland, Secretary Department of the Interior - Protecting Grey Wolves
05/24/2021 Letter to Hon. Jeff Merkley, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies and Hon. Lisa Murkowski, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Padilla Calls for More Resources to Protect Vulnerable Species from Extinction
03/30/2021 RI Delegation Reintroduces Fishermen's Fairness Act & Announces Nearly $3M to Help Local Fishermen Impacted by COVID-19
03/30/2021 RI Delegation Reintroduces Fishermen's Fairness Act & Announces Nearly $3M to Help Local Fishermen Impacted by COVID-19
02/05/2021 Letter to the Hon. Martha Williams, Principal Deputy Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service - Congressman Panetta Calls for Monarch Protections
12/17/2020 Whitehouse Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Finance Global Marine Debris Prevention and Reduction
10/20/2020 To Further the "Calamari Comeback,' RI Delegation is Angling to Give Ocean State Fishermen a Greater Say on Squid Quotas
09/30/2020 Letter to Dr. Neil Jacobs, Acting Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Wicker, Hyde-Smith Recommend Actions Now to Resume NOAA Fisheries Surveys in 2021
09/18/2020 Senate Designates September 19-26 National Estuaries Week
09/16/2020 Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act Introduced
07/14/2020 Letter to David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Interior - Carper, Van Hollen Lead Democratic Senators in Push for Interior to Reverse Course on Harmful Migratory Bird Treaty Act Changes
05/07/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Reed & Whitehouse Seek Additional Support for Fishing Communities
04/08/2020 Letter to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, Monique Eloit, Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health, and Qu Dongyu, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Tillis Calls on International Health and Wildlife Organizations to Permanently Ban "Wet" Markets
04/07/2020 Letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo - Sen. Coons, colleagues urge closing of live wildlife markets in China, elsewhere to stop future pandemics
03/19/2020 Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Dept. of the Interior - 23 Senators Urge the Interior Department to Reverse Course on Proposed Changes to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
01/10/2020 Cassidy, Whitehouse, Carper Seek to Double Funding for National Estuary Program
11/18/2019 Whitehouse, McSally, Booker, Portman Introduce Bill to End Cosmetics Animal Testing
10/25/2019 Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill to Protect Endangered Species
06/27/2019 Menendez, Graham, Whitehouse, Collins Drop Bipartisan Bill to Criminalize Horse Slaughter for the Purpose of Human Consumption
05/16/2019 Whitehouse, Cartwright Introduce Bill to Protect Natural Resources from Climate Change Amid New Warning from UN
01/30/2019 Carper, Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Wildlife Conservation Legislation
12/20/2018 Whitehouse, Portman, Udall, Burr, and Coons Praise Senate Passage of Delta Act to Protect the Okavango River Delta
09/12/2018 Letter to the Hon. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior and the Hon. Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce - Senators Carper and Udall Lead Democratic Senators in Raising Concerns Over Trump Administration's Attacks on Landmark Endangered Species Act
07/18/2018 Executive Calendar
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