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J. Exon: To use an example, and then I will yield the floor, if the controlling agency would declare the rattlesnake an…

On the recordMarch 12, 1996
To use an example, and then I will yield the floor, if the controlling agency would declare the rattlesnake an endangered species, we in the Congress could override that under what you have in place?
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J. Exon
Democratic · Nebraska

Editor's note · Context

Discussing congressional authority over endangered species designations.

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