Paul Gosar actually said...

When someone says you are not allowed to ask questions, you are not allowed to look at the data, you are not allowed to debate the issue, yo...

Forty-five years ago, when the ESA was conceived, it was laudably designed so that anyone could work with the government to save a species.

Well, do we make a distinction that are consequences of human versus non-human factors in the petitioning process?

I think that is clear from the text of the statute, as written.