{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-introduces-legislation-strengthen-state-management-gray-wolf", "Newhouse Introduces Legislation to Strengthen State Management of the Gray Wolf", "2022-05-18", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Dan Newhouse", "N000189", "newhouse.house.gov", "newhouse", "https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013\u2013 Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after joining 20 of his House Republican colleagues in introducing the Trust the Science Act to strengthen state management of the gray wolf. The bill requires the Department of the Interior to reissue the 2020 final rule which used the best available science to delist the gray wolf from the list of endangered species in the lower 48 states and ensures that the reissuance of the final rule will not be subject to judicial review.\n\n\u201cGray wolves have been successfully recovered\u2014thanks to effective state and local species management plans,\u201d said Rep. Newhouse. \u201cInstead of pandering to interest groups with political agendas, we should trust the best available science, which deems the gray wolf an Endangered Species Act success story. I\u2019m proud to support science-based listing decisions that benefit species and local communities.\u201d\n\nThe best available scientific and commercial information continued to indicate the gray wolf does not meet the definitions of a threatened or endangered species. In Washington state alone, there are at least 206 known wolves in 33 known packs, including at least 19 breeding pairs.\n\nThe Diamond M ranch, one of the biggest cattle operations in Washington, reported in 2021 that 70 of its herd were lost each year due to wolf attacks from the Togo pack and others.\n\nClick here to read the full text of the bill.\n\nBackground:\n\nIn 2020, the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed the gray wolf in the lower 48 United States from protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) through a process that included the best science and data available. At over 6,000 wolves at the time of delisting, the gray wolf has been the latest Endangered Species Act success story with recoveries with significant populations in the Rocky Mountains and western Great Lakes regions.\n\nAn activist California judge vacated the final 2020 rule back to the Service thereby restoring ESA protections for the gray wolf across most of United States.\n\nGray wolf populations have fully recovered according to career officials who work for the Department of Interior currently and made the delisting decision based on the best available science.\n\nOriginal cosponsors include Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Tom Tiffany (R-WI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Matt Rosendale (R-MT), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Brian Steil (R-WI), Ken Buck (R-CO), John Moolenaar (R-MI), and Tom Emmer (R-MN).\n\nGroups supporting the Trust the Science Act include: Alaska Farm Bureau Federation, BigGame Forever, Colorado Cattlemen's Association, Colorado Farm Bureau, Colorado Livestock Association, Colorado Wool Growers Association, House Committee on Natural Resources Republicans, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, Mid States Wool Growers Association, Minnesota Farm Bureau, Minnesota Lamb & Wool Producers Association, Minnesota State Cattlemen\u2019s Association, National Rifle Association (NRA), New Mexico Wool Growers Inc., Oregon Cattlemen\u2019s Association, Safari Club International (SCI), Washington Farm Bureau, Western Caucus, Wisconsin Cattleman\u2019s Association, and Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:29:07Z"]], "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://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-introduces-legislation-strengthen-state-management-gray-wolf"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7515728250145912, "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"}