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Hearings

Legislative Hearing on 5 Bills

Wednesday, July 19, 2017 | 10:00 AM 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington D.C. 20515
Full Committee
                                                                                                           



Legislative Hearing on:

  • H.R. 424 (Rep. Collin Peterson), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating to listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. “Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017
  • Hearing Memo
  • H.R. 717 (Rep. Pete Olson), To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require review of the economic cost of adding a species to the list of endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. “Listing Reform Act
  • Hearing Memo
  • H.R. 1274 (Rep. Dan Newhouse), To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require making available to States affected by determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species all data that is the basis of such determinations, and for other purposes. “State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act
  • Hearing Memo
  • H.R. 2603 (Rep. Louie Gohmert), To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that nonnative species in the United States shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species for purposes of that Act. “Saving America's Endangered Species Act” or “SAVES Act
  • Hearing Memo
  • H.R. 3131 (Rep. Bill Huizenga), To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to conform citizen suits under that Act with other existing law, and for other purposes. “Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act.
  • Hearing Memo

Member Statements:

The Honorable Rob Bishop
Chairman

The Honorable Louie Gohmert
Vice Chairman

Witnesses and Testimony:

Panel I

The Honorable Dan Newhouse
Member of Congress
Washington’s 4th Congressional District

The Honorable Collin Peterson
Member of Congress
Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District

The Honorable Pete Olson
Member of Congress
Texas’ 22nd Congressional District

The Honorable Louie Gohmert
Member of Congress
Texas’ 1st Congressional District

The Honorable Bill Huizenga
Member of Congress
Michigan’s 2nd Congressional District

Panel II
In alphabetical order:

Mr. Jeff Corwin
Biologist 
Host of ABC’s Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin
(Disclosure)
Resume

The Honorable Glenn Hegar
Comptroller of Public Accounts
State of Texas
(Disclosure)

Mr. Kent Holsinger
Manager
Holsinger Law, LLC
(Disclosure)
Resume

Mr. Greg Sheehan
Deputy Director
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Disclosure)

Mr. David Willms
Policy Advisor 
Wyoming Governor Matt Mead
(Disclosure)

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