{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://chaffetz.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=447", "Chaffetz leads western states coalition in fighting the introduction of the Mexican Wolf in Utah", "2015-12-11", "2015", "2015-12", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Jason Chaffetz", "C001076", "chaffetz.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Today, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) joined Utah Representatives Rob Bishop, Chris Stewart and Mia Love, along with Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ), Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM) in sending a letter to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell expressing deep-seated concerns about the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program.\n\nThe letter echoes bipartisan concerns voiced by the affected states. In the letter, the lawmakers argue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has \u201cutilized the same recovery plan for the Mexican wolf since the early 1980\u2019s.\u201d That plan, they argue, is out of date and not based on the best science available.\n\nWhile historically 90% of Mexican wolves occupied territory in Mexico, \u201cthe Service seems committed to restoring Mexican wolves only in the United States,\u201d the letter reads. Furthermore, the representatives point out that there is no historical evidence to show that Mexican wolves ever occupied some of the states and areas to which they are being \u201crestored.\u201d\n\nThe letter concludes by asking that any updates to the recovery plan include input from local stakeholders, set achievable recovery goals with specific target numbers, and coordinate to achieve those goals within the wolf\u2019s historic Mexican habitat \u2013 90% of which is in Mexico.\n\nFull text of the letter can be found here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://chaffetz.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=447"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9557069279253483, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}