Paul Broun actually said...

We believe there needs to be increased scientific rigor applied in ESA decisions.

It really saddens me that he may have been one of the last of his kind in the Republican Party.

I think Judge Wanger's extreme language was misguided, and efforts to attack the credibility of agency scientists are also misguided.

Mr. Manson transferred him out of the agency. Thankfully, one of Mr. Manson's successors had the good sense to rectify this abusive conduct.