For these reasons, we urge you to oppose H.J. Res. 29, H.J. Res. 46, and H.J. Res 49.

H.J. Res. 46 uses the CRA to hamstring NOAA's designation of critical habitat.

If current trends continue, we could see the right whale go extinct in the next 15 to 20 years.

H.J. Res. 29 would do this for the lesser prairie chicken, delisting it and effectively blocking future listings.

Right whales cannot afford to lose this time; each year we deny science-based protections to the species, it creeps closer to extinction.

H.J. Res. 49 applies the blunt instrument of the CRA to the endangered northern long-eared bat.

These resolutions elevate pure politics over science-based wildlife management.

That language was added at the last minute, did not go through any process, and enshrines regulations that don't do enough to protect right whales from fishing entanglements.

Using the CRA to repeal ESA protections is an extreme measure.

The bill helps to ensure the survival and recovery of the North Atlantic right whale by repealing the language in last year's appropriation bill that undermines the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Today, the only thing more endangered than the species we will be talking about in this hearing seems to be Republican environmentalists.