“Critics say the Trump administration rule was especially startling in the wake of a United Nations report estimating there are 1 million species threatened with extinction due to human activity.
“We are in the middle of an extinction crisis, and President Trump is bulldozing the most important tool we have to protect endangered species,” Grijalva said in a statement. “If we want to protect species close to extinction, Congress has no choice but to act.”
The Hill: Democrats propose bill to revoke Trump endangered species rollback
By Rebecca Beitsch – 09/17/19 04:09 PM EDT

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