- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Recognition
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: September 30, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SENATE RESOLUTION 949—DESIGNATING OCTOBER 12, 2026, AS “NATIONAL
LOGGERS DAY”
Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Ms. Collins) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:
S. Res. 949
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 $288,000,000
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) create and maintain vital wildlife habitats;
(2) protect watersheds;
(3) provide young forests that sequester carbon for cleaner
air;
(4) provide social wellbeing and public recreational
opportunities; and
(5) reduce loss of life and property from wildfires;
Whereas logging provides for healthy forests through
regeneration and conservation, including by planting
2,500,000,000 trees annually; and
Whereas innovative clean energy solutions and clean energy
jobs are part of the energy future of the United States: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate designates October 12, 2026, as
“National Loggers Day”.