Richard Pombo: “The vast majority of those are insects that they have on the species…”

On the recordMarch 27, 1996

The vast majority of those are insects that they have on the species list. That is one of the major reasons why it is so critical that the Endangered Species Act be reauthorized and reformed in doing so. Mr. Speaker, if they were to declare the gentleman's tick an endangered species, and it would not have to be endangered across the country, just in specific regions of the country, unique species, localized species, subspecies of the major tick species, they could list that as an endangered species. Not only would you get in trouble for smashing that, on the other side of that, under the current law in the way it is being implemented, they would have to import them from other areas of the country to reintroduce them into the areas where they had become endangered in order to maintain a viable population of them. That is the absurdity of the act in the way that it is currently being implemented.

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Richard Pombo

California

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Discussing the need for reauthorization and reform of the Endangered Species Act.

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Richard Pombo: “The vast majority of those are insects that they have on the species list. That is one of the major reasons why it is so…”

Editor's note · Context