Alan Lowenthal actually said...

"For me, the Endangered Species Act is working, despite many attempts... to undermine it at every turn."

"99 percent of listed species have not gone extinct. That is an amazing record."

"Most commenters favored wilderness designation of the Coastal Plain of the Refuge."

"It seems clear, then, that Congress recognized that the government had a responsibility to treat the NPR-A in a similar manner to other public lands, balancing energy development along with conservati..."