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"Project 2025 Specifically CALLS FOR The Changes That Are IN These Bills"

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It seems particularly ironic that on the week that we are celebrating Earth Day,

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the Republican majority is bringing several bills to the floor that seek to gut some of the most successful environmental protections in American history and on the face of planet Earth,

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including one of the most successful conservation bills to protect endangered species. In fact, the ESA has not only

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been one of our most successful, it has helped to save iconic species like whooping cranes, paragan falcons, grey

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wolves, and the very symbol of America itself, the bald [snorts] eagle. But what is particularly stunning is that

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these attacks come to some of the most bipartisan bills in the history of this country. In fact, the ESA was signed

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into law in 1973 by Richard Nixon, of course, a Republican, and passed unanimously in the Senate and 4 to2 to 4

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here in the House. It was championed, in fact, by a Republican senator from New Mexico named Harrison Schmidt, who you

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might recognize as an astronaut who was the only geologist to ever step foot,

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yes, on the moon. The passage of the ESA followed the passage of NEPA three years earlier. also signed by Nixon and also passed unanimously in the Senate. Why?

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Because 50 years ago, Republicans in this body believe that saving wildlife,

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protecting the planet, and investing in science was not a partisan issue, but a patriotic duty. It is noteworthy that

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even then under immense pressure from the very same industries that are lobbying to pass these bills here today,

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oil and gas, mining, logging, and real estate development, they still pass unanimously in the Senate and with

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overwhelming bipartisan support. This is of course in stark contrast to what we see before us today as we see those same

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industries pushing these bills 50 years later, but with support from our colleagues across the aisle. HR1 1897

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would gut core provisions of the ESA and threaten countless endangered species.

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It would lead to premature dis delisting of species, gutting protections for critical habitat, opening the door to

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junk science, expanding the use of the god squad, limiting the ability of tribes, communities, and those most

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affected to stop bad actors in the courts, and prioritize corporate profits over our people and our environment.

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HR5587 or the Heats Act is in truth a wolf in sheep's clothing which hasn't been able

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to be passed out of Congress because it bypasses and guts the National Environmental Policy Act. It allows

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corporations to drill under public and private lands potentially for miles without consideration for public safety,

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drinking water, cultural resources, and in reality represents a backdoor to permitting that our oil and gas

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industries have sought for years. And all of this represents years of influence by special interests and big money and politics. In fact, the

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coordination between those special interest lobbyists and conservative think tanks culminating in Project 2025,

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Congresswoman Hegamman the opportunity to respond to some of that because there was so much going on, so many accusations. Well, I I I think that you

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are exactly correct and I think that the hysteria itself is indicative of the misinformation that was provided to this

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committee in relation to the endangered species act. The reality is is that the endangered species act as I have pointed out is no longer so much about species

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recovery or protection. It is a zoning ordinance. It has become a mechanism by which very wealthy NOS can control large

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swaths of land and water resources. And are there endangered and threatened species in the United States? There

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absolutely are. And everybody everybody on this side of the aisle wants to invest the money and the resources to protect those. The whooping crane is a

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perfect example of that. But when we spend the kind of money that we do on the greywolf in Minnesota or Wisconsin

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uh to keep it on the list, when we spend the money and the resources that we do to keep the grizzly bear on the list in Wyoming in the greater Yellowstone

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ecosystem, we are no longer able to spend those funds where they are needed,

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such as on whooping crane recovery. You know, I I actually do want to just respond briefly about Minnesota because

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I I'm really glad actually the recovery of wolves in Minnesota was brought into this conversation because there are

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Republican lawmaker asks 'why the hell' colleagues are pushing extremist bills: report

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) speaks to reporters as she leaves the U.S. Capitol Building on January 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives completed their last series of votes before a weekend recess. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images).

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An exasperated, high-profile House Republican from South Carolina on Thursday questioned the wisdom of anti-abortion legislation the GOP conference is pursuing next week, asking her colleagues, and more importantly, GOP leadership, “Why the hell are we doing this?” as the Democratic Minority Leader declares he wants to find “common ground” apart from the GOP’s extremists.

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) (photo) posed the damning question of House GOP Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), Politico reports, highlighting the rifts “McCarthy’s fractured leadership team” is facing.

“Behind closed doors on Wednesday, McCarthy’s No. 2 and No. 3 briefed about a dozen Republicans,” Politico explains, “mostly battleground-seat members — on their plan to take up two bills next week: Rep. Andrew Clyde’s (R-Ga.) bid to nix a Biden administration gun regulation and a separate proposal bill to strengthen limits on taxpayer funding for abortion.”

The meeting, Politico says, did not go well. It reportedly got even worse.

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“Things got more heated from there, the two Republicans added:Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-Minn.) confronted Mace for taking to TV and blasting other Republicans for their positions on abortion. Mace responded that the party is losing the battle for public opinion on the issue, arguing that tacking further to the right would hurt the centrists who handed the GOP the majority.”

Around the same time as this was happening Thursday, U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, during his news conference, told reporters Democrats “stand ready to find common ground with the other side of the aisle if they can break from their extremists. The problem that seems to exist is the House Republican conference is captive to the most extreme wing of their party.”

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