Raúl Grijalva actually said...

"The bills being discussed today would undermine these protections, and make it more difficult for endangered species to recover."

"The ESA is one of the only pieces of legislation that has long prevented the unique American landscape from turning into barren wasteland."

"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."

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