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On the recordJuly 20, 2021
So, what you are doing is prioritizing, taking away resources so that localities that have intimate knowledge about habitat preservation, about impacts on species--what you are saying is, our priorities, we don't give a hoot about them anymore, we are just going to go ahead and put in a top-down system, where people in Washington actually are going to know better about what to do under the Endangered Species Act provisions than localities.
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Rob Wittman
Republican · Virginia

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Wittman criticizes the agency for prioritizing top-down management over local conservation efforts.

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