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Norman D. Dicks: “I have been on the Interior appropriations subcommittee for 21 years and when the new Republican majority took over, one…”

On the recordMay 7, 1997
I have been on the Interior appropriations subcommittee for 21 years and when the new Republican majority took over, one of the first things they did was cut out the money for the work that is necessary under the Endangered Species Act. It was gutted in our committee, and the reason they are having difficulty in getting consultation done and other work done on the ESA is because they cut out the money for the bill, the money for the work. Now if my colleagues are truly sincere about what they are trying to do today, they would offer an amendment to put the money back in so they could do the consultation.
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Discussing funding cuts to the Endangered Species Act during a subcommittee meeting.

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