[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 159 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4828]
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  SENATE RESOLUTION 387--DESIGNATING OCTOBER 12, 2023, AS ``NATIONAL 
                             LOGGERS DAY''

  Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. King) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 387

       Whereas the logging industry has served as an economic 
     driver and cultural tradition in the United States for 
     centuries;
       Whereas the logging industry creates rural jobs and 
     provides revenue for local and State governments and National 
     forests;
       Whereas loggers provide renewable material for products 
     used by people in the United States every day;
       Whereas loggers are the first link in the $300,000,000,000 
     domestic forest products supply chain;
       Whereas loggers are the means by which healthy forest 
     management plans are accomplished;
       Whereas logging provides for healthy forests, which--
       (1) maintain vital animal habitats;
       (2) protect watersheds;
       (3) sequester carbon;
       (4) provide public recreational opportunities; and
       (5) reduce loss of life and property from wildfires; and
       Whereas logging provides for healthy forests through 
     regeneration, including by planting 2,500,000,000 trees 
     annually: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates October 12, 2023, as ``National Loggers 
     Day''; and
       (2) encourages the President to officially designate 
     October 12th as ``National Loggers Day''.

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