Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “Pork. We will substitute any appropriate word. We have to make sure that we provide some real relief to the minivan moms…”

This rule will significantly weaken the ESA and usher in the often-irreversible loss of habitat, hastening the extinction of plants and animals that are a vital part of our state’s culture and tourism economy.

The rule change directly threatens the unique habitats that support the plants and animals for which our state is renowned.

Lived experience matters, but experience broadly matters.

This change will significantly impede efforts to protect and conserve our nation’s threatened and endangered species of fish, wildlife and plants.