Lincoln Chafee: “the managers' amendment to the omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 1996 includes a provision--added on behalf of…”

“the managers' amendment to the omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 1996 includes a provision--added on behalf of myself and Senator Kempthorne--to increase the appropriation for Endangered Species Act listing activities by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from $750,001 to $2,000,001. The total amount available for the Fish and Wildlife Service's resource management activities is increased by $1,249,999 to accommodate this addition to the listing account. Senator Kempthorne and I proposed this amendment in order to address concerns raised during debate last week on the Endangered Species Act listing moratorium. Mr. President, I oppose Senator Hutchison's second-degree amendment because I believe that a moratorium on adding species to the threatened and endangered list is wrong.”