On the recordMay 7, 1997
The Boehlert amendment simply codifies into law that which is already being used by rules and regulations, and it is not working. The issue is, when are we going to put humans and human property above the lives of a beetle or a snail or various other species? These agencies have not been using common sense as they regulate. In Idaho, we have a highway that goes into a little town, Grangeville, that was being washed out because of flooding. Yet, the National Marine and Fisheries Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service would not let us repair that highway. Instead, they allowed a huge amount of siltation and sediment load to occur in those streams and rivers that have been set aside as critical habitat for the salmon because this agency was not willing to make a decision.
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