Top Texas Land Official Calls Out Biden Mussel Move – By Nicole Wells (Newsmax) / Aug 18, 2023
Texas’ top land official called out the Biden administration’s proposed federal protection for two Rio Grande mussel species as a political move aimed at forcing GOP Gov. Greg Abbott to reel in the floating barrier he deployed in the river last month to deter illegal immigration.
“Unfortunately, the Biden administration is turning the Endangered Species Act into a political tool to push an agenda rather than ensuring true conservation efforts are implemented,” Texas General Land Office Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said in a Friday statement obtained by the Washington Examiner.
“This administration is proposing to roll back reasonable improvements made to this law and are simply ignoring the successful accomplishments of private preservationists, state, and local land managers by adding more federal red tape regulations.”
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