{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stauber.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-passes-stauber-backed-bill-delist-gray-wolf", "U.S. House Passes Stauber-Backed Bill to Delist Gray Wolf", "2025-12-18", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "MN", "Pete Stauber", "S001212", "stauber.house.gov", "stauber", "https://stauber.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington DC. \u2013 Today, the House of Representatives passed, in a bipartisan fashion, the Pet and Livestock Protection Act (H.R. 845). This legislation co-sponsored by Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08), will delist the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).\n\nSpecifically, the bill requires the first Trump Administration\u2019s November 2020 rule delisting the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List be reissued. This will allow states to manage individual wolf populations based on clear science, while preventing activist judges from singlehandedly overturning this rule. This bill, long championed by Rep. Stauber will safeguard farmers' livelihoods and livestock, keep pets safe in our communities, and allow deer populations to rebound for Minnesota hunters.\n\n\u201cDelisting of the gray wolf has been a top priority for me in Congress and I applaud my colleagues for passing this crucial bill,\u201d Congressman Stauber said. \u201cAs I\u2019ve said before, the gray wolf recovery is a genuine conservation success story and should be celebrated. The science is clear: populations have recovered. Delisting will protect our farmers and their livestock, help our rural families and communities, and\u2014importantly\u2014return to local control of wolf management. I\u2019m proud to have helped get it across the finish line.\u201d\n\n\u201cWith today\u2019s House passage, the bill will head to the Senate. I urge Minnesota\u2019s two U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith to swiftly pass this legislation,\u201d Congressman Stauber added.\n\nBackground: The Pet and Livestock Protection Act (H.R. 845) was introduced during this session of Congress by Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04) and Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07). Stauber was an early-cosponsor and voted for the bill passage in the House Committee on Natural Resources.\n\nIn 2020, the gray wolf was delisted in the lower 48 states under guidance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service based on science and recovery of wolf populations. However, in 2022, a federal district court judge in California overturned the federal rule, placing the wolves back on the threatened and endangered lists. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service previously attempted to delist the wolf during the Bush and Obama Administrations, but federal courts also blocked these actions. The Trump Administration\u2019s 2020 delisting of the gray wolf was defended in court by the Biden Administration and continues to be defended by the Trump Administration. Passage of today\u2019s bill was supported by a variety of stakeholders nationwide representing farmers, ranchers, conservationists and sportsmen, among others.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"]], "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://stauber.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-passes-stauber-backed-bill-delist-gray-wolf"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.417902996763587, "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"}