Forty years ago, the Endangered Species Act was passed with every good intention; but, despite some of the rhetoric coming from special interest groups and their claims, the reality is that less than 2 percent of the more than 1,500 listed species have ever actually been recovered.
Bishop critiques the effectiveness of the Endangered Species Act.
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This ban is even more ridiculous after we just locked in mandatory spending of $900 million in perpetuity with the so-called Great American Outdoors Act.
Twenty years from now, come back here, and we will tell the gentleman we told him so. Madam Speaker, I have no objections to the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The Majority is pushing a so-called 30x30 idea, locking up 30 percent of our oceans by 2030, all under the guise of protecting biodiversity while tackling climate change.
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