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Take it a capitol hill for the interior secretary will be testifying before the Natural Resources committee. You are watching live coverage on cspan 3. The committee will come to order. This morning the committee will discuss the president s proposed fiscal year 2025 budget for the department of interior. I would like to welcome secretary holland haaland and Denise Flanagan back to the committee. I want to thank you all three for joining us today. To set the scene the administration is requesting a 2 million for 2025. That is a 5 increase over fiscal year 2024. I think it is important to note for contexts that congress has also provided the Department Almost 50 billion in appropriations over the last three years to the bipartisan infrastructure law an Inflation Reduction Act. I look forward to discussing how the department is implementing those laws using the historic funding and justifications for the increase. It has been a year to the day since you were last before the committee for
Take it a capitol hill for the interior secretary will be testifying before the Natural Resources committee. You are watching live coverage on cspan 3. The committee will come to order. This morning the committee will discuss the president s proposed fiscal year 2025 budget for the department of interior. I would like to welcome secretary holland haaland and Denise Flanagan back to the committee. I want to thank you all three for joining us today. To set the scene the administration is requesting a 2 million for 2025. That is a 5 increase over fiscal year 2024. I think it is important to note for contexts that congress has also provided the Department Almost 50 billion in appropriations over the last three years to the bipartisan infrastructure law an Inflation Reduction Act. I look forward to discussing how the department is implementing those laws using the historic funding and justifications for the increase. It has been a year to the day since you were last before the committee for
A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware. Mr. Coons mr. President , are we currently in a quorum call . The presiding officer the senator is correct. Mr. Coons i ask unanimous consent the proceedings of the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Coons mr. President , as we come to the close of the 113th congress id like to speak for a few minutes about why i think we should be optimistic about the future and what we can and must do to take advantage of the opportunities that lie ahead. Mr. President , despite economic slowdowns throughout much of the world, among developing and developed nations alike, americas economy continues to steadily grow. Just last friday we got great news that our economy created more than 300,000 jobs in the month of november. That marks 57 straight months or nearly five years of positive job Growth Numbers and for the First Time Since bill clinton was president of this nation weve averaged more