12/05/2017
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"If an emergency room doctor saved 99 percent of the patients that came through the door and put 90 percent of them on a clear and timely road to recovery, as the ESA has done with imperiled species, t..."
"The slate of bills before us today, I am sorry to say, Mr. Chairman, is a painful reminder of how far we have moved away from the bipartisan agreement that Democrats and Republicans used to share over..."
"The Endangered Species Act has long been one of our most successful and broadly supported conservation laws, and it has prevented the extinction of 99 percent of the species that have received its pro..."
"So, why does the ESA receive so much criticism by the Trump administration and some of my colleagues across the aisle? I suspect the answer is simple."