Washington, Jan. 16 -- Representative Jared Huffman issued the following press release:
Today, 87 Congressional Democrats demanded the Trump administration withdraw four proposed rules that would blow massive holes in the Endangered Species Act - the law that has saved 99 percent of listed species from extinction.
In a letter (https://democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/download/esa-regulations-rollback-letter) to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and ESA Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-Virg.) warned the changes would gut environmental review, strip protections from hundreds of vulnerable species, a...