I am not necessarily opposed to Representative Hunt's bill, but I do want to point out that we need to look at both sides of the story here when it comes to this royalty program.
the main point of the blue ribbon panel was this guaranteed annual funding, and the level of guaranteed annual funding needed to do the job.
I think everybody here wants to keep species from being listed.
it point blank undermines existing habitat conservation efforts.
With the sunset, it actually takes you backward, right?
The rewrite of the tribal title is appalling, slashing the authorization to just $20 million a year, which is supposed to cover all 574 fede...
For wildlife conservation, which would be a great benefit to their work.
The moral of the story here is this bill would pull back hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for wildlife and habitat conservation.
I am old enough to remember that incident. And it seems to me that this was not EPA's mine. As I recall, there was a deadbeat mine owner, a ...
We know for sure that under this bill there are going to be some cuts: $1.4 billion rescinded from the IRA and IIJA.
Would you rather have $1.3 billion of guaranteed funding every year, or $320 million in discretionary authorizations, which is not guarantee...