WASHINGTON, D.C., October 12, 2017 - Today, the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans held a legislative hearing on H.R. 3144 (Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-WA) and H.R. 3916 (Rep. Ken Calvert, R-CA), the `Federally Integrated Species Health Act` or `FISH Act,` bills to improve the recovery of Endangered Species Act (ESA) listed fish while providing certainty for water and power users. `Clearly, the ESA process is broken and the status quo isn`t working for species, farmers and ranchers and rural communities that depend on our natural resources. Under the status quo, American taxpayers and ratepayers in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere in the West spend...
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