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Urge Congress to Preserve Endangered Species Act Protections

Dear John,

I emailed you recently about a Senate vote on a resolution to eliminate Endangered Species Act protections for the lesser prairie-chicken. Unfortunately, despite an outpouring of opposition from advocates like yourself, that resolution passed the Senate by a narrow margin. Now, both the House and Senate are gearing up to vote on a series of similar resolutions that also aim to gut fundamental ESA protections.

Next week, the Senate will vote on S.J. Res. 23, which would nullify a recent rule that defines "critical habitat" under the ESA, and instead restore a Trump-era regulation that severely limits the government's ability to protect habitat that imperiled animals and plants need to recover. The Senate will also vote on S.J. Res. 24, which would eliminate ESA protections for the northern long-eared bat, a species facing extinction due to the impacts of white-nose syndrome, a deadly disease affecting cave-dwelling bats across the continent.

Then, the following week, the House of Representatives will take up all three of these Senate resolutions, voting on H.J. Res. 29 to delist the lesser prairie-chicken, H.J. Res. 49 to delist the northern long-eared bat, and H.J. Res. 46 to limit critical habitat designations.

These resolutions all rely on the Congressional Review Act, an obscure law that authorizes Congress to overturn rules recently issued by federal agencies. This law allows members of Congress to propose resolutions that, if passed, void regulations recently finalized by federal agencies. The CRA sidelines the scientific peer review process and meaningful public debate in favor of a sledgehammer approach to issues that deserve nuanced consideration. Furthermore, because the CRA prevents a federal agency from creating another regulation in the future that is "substantially the same" as the voided one, it might prove impossible to ever relist these species.

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What You Can Do
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Share our action alert with family, friends, and co-workers, and encourage them to take action, too. As always, thank you very much for your help!

Sincerely,

Kate Dylewsky
Assistant Director, Government Affairs

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