House Natural Resources Republicans piled on the gray wolf’s Endangered Species Act listing during a Tuesday hearing to justify legislation to overhaul the law.
Democrats expressed opposition for H.R. 1897, the “ESA Amendments Act of 2025,” but focused their ire on a separate bill to codify President Donald Trump’s Gulf of America executive order.
Chair Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) hopes this Congress breaks the impasse on amending the 50-year-old landmark environmental law.
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“After more than 50 years, it’s time that we make changes to bring the ESA into the 21st century,” Westerman said. “It is time that Congress brings the ESA back to its original intent, which is recovering listed species to the point where they no longer need to be protected.”
