Senate Environment & Public Works Subcommittee Chairman Ricketts Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on Endangered Species Act
March 20, 2026
March 20, 2026
WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and Wildlife, released the following opening statement from a March 18, 2026, hearing entitled "Challenges and Opportunities with Implementing the Endangered Species Act":
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"I first want to recognize that Nebraska is currently experiencing wildfires that are the largest that we've had since statehood. The f . . .
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"I first want to recognize that Nebraska is currently experiencing wildfires that are the largest that we've had since statehood. The f . . .