The Endangered Species Act is not broken. Since this bipartisan law was enacted in 1973 under President Nixon, it has been 99 percent successful in recovering listed species.
Jeff Merkley: “The Endangered Species Act is not broken. Since this bipartisan law was enacted in 1973 under President Nixon, it has…”
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Merkley defends the effectiveness of the Endangered Species Act since its inception.
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