[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 25, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H5809]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               GRAY WOLF

  (Mrs. KIRKPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service recently published notice of two proposed rules. The first is 
to delist the gray wolf and list the Mexican wolf as endangered. The 
second is to consider expansion of the geographic boundaries of the 
Mexican wolf experimental population area in Arizona and New Mexico, as 
well as modification of the 10(j) rule for managing the experimental 
Mexican wolf population. Much of the area in consideration is in 
Arizona's First District, which I represent.
  The Service has not scheduled a hearing of these proposed rules in 
Arizona, where folks live and work on these multiple-use rural 
landscapes. It is imperative that the Service hold hearings in Arizona, 
close to the areas that are most affected by these proposals, and that 
there be adequate time to analyze and submit comments.
  It is equally imperative that the Service continue to work with, as a 
partner and cooperating agency, the Arizona Game and Fish Department. 
This is the boots-on-the-ground State agency the Service has depended 
on the most in managing the Mexican wolf program.

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