On the recordMay 5, 2015
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.
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Merkley defends the effectiveness of the Endangered Species Act since its inception.
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