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

the term 'best available scientific and commercial information' includes data submitted by a state or tribal or a county government.

I think this bill raises very, very significant and large concerns about what it might do to the endangered species program.

They are not thoughtful pieces of legislation to fix real problems--like the extinction crisis we currently face.

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

I found, in reviewing other statutes that preclude judicial review, that they are essentially invitations for agency mischief.

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

H.R. 3608 undermines the citizen suit provision of ESA.

I suggest that before we make this the issue of the lawsuit and a citizen's right to access the court for redress, and handcuff that process, that we look very carefully.

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

I ask unanimous consent to enter a letter into the record of over 1,500 scientists and experts urging Congress not to weaken the Endangered Species Act.

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