Peter DeFazio actually said...

The bill would do virtually nothing to help farmers in this severe drought, while driving endangered species in the Bay Delta estuary closer...

Unfortunately, none of the bills embraces these common-sense strategies.

They sunset the protections of the ESA, as if the extinction crisis were over, as if no more imperiled species needed further protection, as...

Clearly, ESA as written and implemented can be improved upon, and I look forward to hearing from the witnesses on the bills before us today.