Automatic sequester cuts. Kentucky senator rand paul will offer an amendment to lower spending caps over the next decade. We expect final votes later this morning and we may also see more work on President Trumps judicial nominations. Now live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, who has created humanity in your image, look upon us and hear our prayers. Today, give our lawmakers the desire to do your will and the energy to complete the tasks that will glorify your name. That which they dont know, reveal it. That which they lack, supply it and that which they doubt, confirm it. Keep them blameless in your service, so that their lives will be living letters causing people to exalt your name. Lord, strengthen their minds for your service, so that your wisdom will permeate their endeavors. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in re
Were very pleased to have you with us this afternoon. Im bob carter. Have the privilege of serving as director of the Wallace Stegner center for Land Resources and the here at the college of law. I should note that were very pleased to be joined this afternoon only with our esteemed speaker, but cspan will be filming todays event. And were very to have them with us us. The customary way that we start these events at the college of law is with the native lands acknowledgment. We acknowledge that this land is named for the ute tribe is the traditional and ancestral homeland of the shoshone. Paiute go shoot and ute tribes the university of utah recognize jesus and respects the enduring that exists between. Many Indigenous Peoples and their traditional homelands. We respect the sovereign between tribes, states and the federal government, and we affirm the university of utahs commitment to a partnership native nations and urban indian communities through research, education and Community Ou
Center at the university of utah college of law visitation. We are very pleased to have you with us this afternoon. I have the privilege of serving as the director for the Land Resources and the environment here at the college of law. I should note we are pleased to be joined this afternoon not only with of the esteemed speaker, but cspan will be filming todays event and we are pleased to have them with us. The customary way that we start these events at the college of law is with the native land acknowledgment. We acknowledge this land that is named is a traditional and ancestral homeland. The university of utah erecognizes and respects the relationship that exists between many Indigenous Peoples and their traditional homelands. We respect the sovereign relationship between tribes, gostates and the federal government and affirmed the commitment to a partnership with native nations and urban indian communities through research, education and Community Outreach activities. This will con
Democracy at work with citizens who are truly informed. A republic thrives. Get informed straight from the source on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. In the Nations Capital to wherever you are, it is the opinion that matters the most that is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan powered by cable. Welcome to another at the university of utah, college of law presentation, we are pleased to have you with us this afternoon. I am robert keiter, director of the center for Land Resources and the environment here at the college of law. I should note that we are very pleased to be joined this afternoon not only with our esteemed speaker but cspan will be forming todays event and we are pleased to have them with us. The customary way that we start these events at the college of law is with native lands acknowledgment. We acknowledge that this land which was named a for the tribe, the ancestral homeland of the shoshone, by you tribes, the university of utah recognizes and
Haaland and deputy interior secretary testified before the Senate Natural resources committee. The senators, most of whom are from western states, asked about increasing Domestic Oil Production in the biden administrations interior Budget Priorities for 2024. The administration is requesting 18. 9 billion from the department as an increase of 2 million from 2023. This morning, the committee will be discussing the president s proposed fiscal year 2024 budget for the department of interior and other items within his purview. Id like to welcome secretary holland, deputy secretary boudreau back to the committee as well as interior budget director, denise flanagan. I wanna thank you all for joining us this morning to set the scene. I think its important to note for contexts that the congress provide the department an additional 48. 1 billion in the last 19 months including 47. 3 billion and targeted investments to the bipartisan infrastructure law and Inflation Reduction Act and 779 million