They are bad-faith proposals designed to destroy the law and give handouts to oil and gas companies.

It is a shame that the last hearing that this Committee is going to have before we return in November is such a fraud. It really is.

We have a duty to preserve species for the next generation. Indeed, a moral duty to do that.

These attacks on one of the most successful and popular conservation statutes in the history of the world are old, they are tired, and they are not fooling anyone.

The important thing to remember today is that the Endangered Species works.

The bills before us today are not in the best interest of the American public. They aren't meant to fix the Endangered Species Act, as will be claimed by my Republican colleagues.

I will do everything in my power to ensure that these bills suffer the same fate as the previous bills.

The Endangered Species Act is America's most effective law for protecting wildlife in danger of extinction.

These bills would undermine the role of science in the listing process, transfer undue authority to state officials...

Nevertheless, we strongly believe and would insist, that any legislation providing for a direct Federal role in rebuilding PREPA must include the following.

Under absolutely no circumstances should this Committee cut a deal for PREPA predators.