Hearing: Legislative Hearing: • H.R. 1314 (Flores), To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements; • H.R. 1927 (Costa), “More Water and Security for Californians Act;” • H.R. 4256 (Stewart), “Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014;” • H.R. 4284 (Neugebauer), “ESA Improvement Act of 2014;” • H.R. 4319 (Crawford), “Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2014;” and • H.R. 4866 (Mullin), “Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2014.”

Committee on Natural Resources

Panel one

Mr. Robert L. Fischman
Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana

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Mr. Gary Frazer
Assistant Director for Ecological Services, United State Fish and Wildlife Service Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

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Mr. Tom Ray
Water Resources Program Manager, Hicks-Ray Associates Texas Water Conservation Assoc. and the Western Coalition of Arid States, Waco, Texas

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The Honorable Todd Staples
Commissioner, Texas Department of Agriculture, Austin, Texas

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Mr. Randy Veach
President, Arkansas Farm Bureau, Little Rock, Arkansas

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Panel two

Mr. Thomas W. Birmingham
General Manager/General Counsel, Westlands Water District, Fresno, California

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Mr. Gary Frazer
Assistant Director for Ecological Services, United State Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

Mr. Robin Jennison
Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks & Tourism, Topeka, Kansas

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Mr. Ya-wei Li
Director, Endangered Species Conservation, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, D.C.

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The Honorable Dave Miller
Commissioner, Iron County, Utah, Cedar City, Utah

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Ms. Donna Wieting
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, D.C.

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