Chairman Pombo Issues Esa Report: A Mandate for Modernization; Resources Committee to Begin Efforts to Repair Broken Law

U.S. Newswire › April 27, 2004

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WASHINGTON, April 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Resources Committee Chairman Richard W. Pombo (R-Calif.) issued a report on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) today titled, The ESA at 30: A Mandate for Modernization. View the report at http:// resourcescommittee.house.gov. The full committee will begin its efforts to improve the Act with a hearing tomorrow, Wednesday, April 28, at 10 a.m. in 1324 Longworth.

On its thirtieth anniversary, it is now more clear than ever that the Endangered Species Act has failed," Chairman Pombo said. Unintended consequences have rendered this a broken law that checks species in for conservation and recovery, but never checks them out. Congress has a responsibility to improve the ESA to focus our efforts on results for species recovery, and that begins here at the Resources Committee."

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Chairman Pombo Issues Esa Report: A Mandate for Modernization; Resources Committee to Begin Efforts to Repair Broken Law

The Endangered Species Act was signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1973, giving t...

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