{"id":1984334,"date":"2023-07-27T16:17:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-resolutions-curtailing-protections-for-two-endangered-species\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T16:17:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:17:21","slug":"house-passes-resolutions-curtailing-protections-for-two-endangered-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-resolutions-curtailing-protections-for-two-endangered-species\/","title":{"rendered":"House approves measures limiting protections for endangered species."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-passes-resolutions-curtailing-protections-for-two-endangered-species%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984334&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The House\u200d of\u200c Representatives Passes Resolutions to Override Wildlife Protections<\/h2>\n<p>The House of Representatives made \u2062a bold move\u2063 on Thursday by passing\u200d two resolutions that challenge \u2063the Fish and Wildlife \u2062Service&#8217;s rules\u2063 aimed at \u2064protecting endangered species. This decision has set \u200bthe stage for a potential clash with the White House, as\u200d President Joe Biden has threatened to veto these measures.<\/p>\n<p>In a vote that largely\u200b followed party\u200d lines, \u200cthe House \u2064decided to curtail protections for two species: the northern\u2064 long-eared bat and \u2063the lesser prairie chicken. These species were previously classified as &#8220;endangered&#8221; under \u200cthe Endangered Species Act. The resolutions, \u2063brought under the Congressional Review Act, passed\u2064 with a vote of 221-206 for \u200cthe lesser prairie chicken and 220-209 for\u2063 the northern long-eared bat.<\/p>\n<h3>Supreme Court\u200b Allows\u200d Construction on Mountain\u200c Valley Pipeline to Proceed<\/h3>\n<p>Now, these resolutions will make their way to the\u200d White House, where President Biden has expressed his intention to veto them, as stated\u2063 in the administration&#8217;s \u200cpolicy.<\/p>\n<p>The Fish and Wildlife \u200dService\u2064 had designated the northern long-eared bat and the lesser\u2064 prairie chicken as \u200d&#8221;endangered&#8221;\u200d last November. However, Republicans viewed this move \u2064as a threat to\u2064 infrastructure development and an example of government overreach.<\/p>\n<p>During the floor\u200d debate, \u2063Representative Bruce Westerman\u2063 (R-AR), the\u2062 chairman of the House Committee \u200bon Natural Resources, \u200dargued in favor \u200cof the disapproval resolution. He claimed that\u2064 listing the lesser\u200b prairie chicken as &#8220;endangered&#8221; in certain areas where they reside poses\u2062 a threat to oil and gas production. These areas are in close proximity to some of \u2063the largest \u2064oil and gas\u2064 production sites in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is \u200ba tool for the\u200b Fish and\u200d Wildlife to go \u200cimplement the Biden \u2064administration&#8217;s none-of-the-above energy policy,&#8221; Westerman stated. &#8220;It&#8217;s another attack on low-cost energy for the American taxpayers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Westerman also opposed the \u200c&#8221;endangered&#8221; listing\u200d of the northern long-eared \u2063bat, citing the\u2064 species&#8217; vulnerability to white-nose syndrome, an invasive disease \u200dthat has decimated bat populations.<\/p>\n<p>According to Westerman,\u200b designating the species as endangered would only\u2064 lead to increased bureaucratic red tape for\u2064 critical \u200binfrastructure and\u200b forest management projects.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side of the aisle,\u200b Democrats criticized the Republican efforts as the House prepared for its six-week-long August\u200b recess.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today,\u200b Republicans have decided that the \u200bmost important\u200d thing \u2063they \u2064could do before we leave for six weeks would be\u200b a couple\u2064 of resolutions to kill off\u2064 the lesser prairie chicken and the northern long-eared bat,&#8221; said \u200cRepresentative Raul \u200dGrijalva (D-AZ), the top\u200c Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican push to &#8220;modernize&#8221; \u200dthe \u200bEndangered\u200d Species Act, a law enacted \u2063in 1973 to protect and \u200bconserve \u2063species at risk \u2062of extinction, comes\u2062 as the party aims to address what they perceive as outdated regulations hindering agricultural \u200dand industrial development.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read \u2064more \u200cfrom The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House passed two resolutions to counter the Fish and Wildlife Service&#8217;s animal protection rules. This move may lead to a clash with the White House, which warned of vetoing the measures. 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