Rob Wittman actually said...
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.
Context
Wittman criticizes the agency for prioritizing top-down management over local conservation efforts.
07/20/2021