{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/crapo-risch-lead-effort-to-prohibit-esa-sage-grouse-listing", "Crapo, Risch Lead Effort to Prohibit ESA Sage-Grouse Listing", "2023-10-24", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "Senate", "ID", "Mike Crapo", "C000880", "www.crapo.senate.gov", "crapo", "https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) led their colleagues in a letter to Senate leadership urging the continued Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing prohibition for the greater sage-grouse.\n\n\u201cEach of the eleven western states which hold sage-grouse habitat have adopted their own collaborative, science-based conservation plans, tailored specifically to address localized landscape needs and recover the species,\u201d the letter read in part. \u201c[D]espite this transparent and scientific approach, the greater sage-grouse has constantly been the subject of continuous litigation and baseless, counterproductive listing petitions for years.\u201d\n\nThe State of Idaho\u2019s sage-grouse conservation plan has consistently received high marks from Democrat and Republican administrations alike. However, without an ESA listing prohibition, greater sage-grouse remain subject to a cycle of activist litigation that costs taxpayers and undermines states\u2019 conservation efforts. In an effort to combat this, a listing prohibition has been included in every annual appropriations bill since fiscal year 2015 to allow state conservation efforts to proceed.\n\nThe letter was also signed by Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), John Hoeven (R-North Dakota), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Steve Daines (R-Montana), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming) and Mike Lee (R-Utah).", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "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://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/crapo-risch-lead-effort-to-prohibit-esa-sage-grouse-listing"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0228492319583893, "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"}