Mr. Chairman, it varies between NEPA and the Endangered Species Act. Both of those are primary litigation tools. Yes, sir. Is that correct, Mr. Bents? It probably wouldn't surprise you that We Republicans have brought repeatedly proposals to in some fashion modify the ESA and NEPA. to try to allow us to head off some of these lawsuits that prevent us from removing fuel from the forest. And our colleagues on the other side of the aisle have repeatedly opposed such actions. (01:30–01:42)
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