J. Exon: “I think the environment is very, very important. I do, though, think maybe sometimes we, here in the Congress, give too…”

“I think the environment is very, very important. I do, though, think maybe sometimes we, here in the Congress, give too much authority to the bureaucracy to make determinations. At one time --I do not know whether it is by the boards or not, now--but they talked about putting the rattlesnake on the endangered species list. Those of us who have been born and raised and been around rattlesnakes, we really do not believe they are endangered now, and I do not believe they are. But it seems to me at least maybe we should consider--not that we can take the time to go through each and every one of these things, but certainly, possibly, we should at least consider the possibility, when something is put on the endangered species list, whether it is one species or 100 species, at one time, maybe the bureaucracy should have to make a better case to the people's representatives here, to say yes or no, rather than, carte blanche, giving them the authority after the input that you say should be improved with regard to State and local governments.”