Peter DeFazio actually said...

the most notable failure in the Northwest, of course, is the Columbia River Crossing.

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

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.

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