Washington, Jan. 16 -- Congresswoman Debbie Dingell issued the following press release:
Today, 86 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/imo/media/doc/esa_regulations_rollback_letter.pdf) to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, ESA Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-CA) warned the changes would gut environmental review, strip protections from...