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On the recordMay 5, 2015
The Endangered Species Act has gone from a well-intentioned piece of legislation in the 1970s to one that is dictated by environmental activist groups taking advantage of the adversarial system.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe criticizes the current state of the Endangered Species Act and its influence by activists.

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