The Department of the Interior, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Center Delta Water Agency, and the California Department of Fish and Game all rejected the idea that the levee failure had anything to do with the Endangered Species Act.

this is a broad-based community opposition of magnitude and duration.

Mr. Calkins, in your testimony you repeat the fable that the endangered species protections for the Valley longhorn elderberry beetle caused the failure of the levee on the Feather River in 1997.

the state of Montana's non-ESA related concerns about water quality in the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness area are preventing project approval.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for not only managing the time, but her leadership and great work in Congress. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak about the millions of Americans who will suffer under this oxymoron called TrumpCare. This…

Republicans are fixated on undermining this law, even though it has been critical to protecting spectacular places on land--like the Grand Canyon in my home state.

Today's hearing is not about helping fishermen catch more fish. If it was, we would be talking about the science proving that climate change is jeopardizing our fisheries.

Instead, this hearing is part of a campaign to score political points by attacking the Antiquities Act.

He has called the Antiquities Act one of the most evil acts ever created and suggested anyone who likes the Act should die.

If the Majority wanted to help fishermen, they would be giving managers what they need to understand shifting stocks, not proposing massive budget cuts for science and monitoring.

I write to you in my capacity as the Executive Director of the Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen's Association and member of the National Coalition for Fishing Communities regarding the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.