{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fulcher.house.gov/2021/09/16/id-db75a6a3-7a3e-4386-9aaa-8f54414cdb95/", "Rep. Fulcher, Western Caucus Members Denounce Unnecessary Gray Wolf Review", "2021-09-16", "2021", "2021-09", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Russ Fulcher", "F000469", "fulcher.house.gov", "fulcher", "https://fulcher.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Contact:\n\nAlexah Rogge\n\n202-225-6611\n\nalexah.rogge@mail.house.gov\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C.This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) completed initial reviews of two petitions from special interest groups to list the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the western United States. USFWS announced it will be conducting a 12-month comprehensive status review, despite robust state-led efforts to manage the species.\n\n\u201cWolf reintroduction has a long and controversial history, both at the federal and state levels. Idaho\u2019s comprehensive wildlife management policies consider critical economic factors, from big game hunting to ranching, and should not be second guessed by Washington D.C.\u201d \u2013 U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho)\n\n\u201cOnce again, radical special interest groups have hijacked the ESA and are wasting taxpayer resources. Forcing agencies to conduct meaningless reviews to examine recovered species is not accomplishing any long-term goals when state wildlife experts are already managing and caring for species local to their communities. It is also disappointing that the Biden administration is caving to these groups and giving credence to these petitions instead of proactively working with states on actual recovery mechanisms. Absent political interference, this review will almost certainly show state management is more than adequate in preserving wolves across the West.\u201d \u2013 House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)\n\n\u201cThe gray wolf is an Endangered Species Act success story. Through partnerships between states, local communities, tribes, private landowners, and the federal government, we have worked to restore gray wolf species throughout the western United States and celebrated their recovery by removing them from the endangered species list. Less than a month ago, the Biden Administration upheld the Trump Administration\u2019s delisting, allowing local species managers to continue their successful efforts. While it is disappointing \u2013 but not at all surprising \u2013 to see litigious environmental groups once again waste resources that could be used to aid species that are actually endangered, I look forward to the wolf\u2019s delisting being upheld as the best available science and comprehensive state and local management plans are reviewed.\u201d \u2013 Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.)", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "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://fulcher.house.gov/2021/09/16/id-db75a6a3-7a3e-4386-9aaa-8f54414cdb95/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6847760416567326, "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"}