John Scott Duarte: “How do we convince ourselves in rural America that humans aren't species number 17,001 when it comes to prioritization…”

So, what this bill does, it simply says notify the importer, your company, within 5 days if there is a problem with a shipment.

Thanks to the hard work of Reps. Duarte and Costa, whose wood product industry in California has experienced many of these importation issues.

Are you capable of recognizing a hopeless boondoggle? Because that is what we are discussing right now.

this Cottonwood Decision has caused a state of paralysis in managing our Federal forests by requiring forest plans to go through new ESA consultations every time a new species is listed.