Doc Hastings actually said...

I have said it has never been my intent to introduce a sweeping overhaul of the Endangered Species Act.

Today marks the legislative phase of updating, improving, and modernizing the Endangered Species Act for the 21st century.

This legislation simply requires that data used by Federal agencies for ESA listing decisions be made publicly available.

This bill would require that before any listing decision is made, the Federal Government must disclose all data used to States affected by s...