WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Steve Daines (R-MT), and 26 Republican colleagues introduced legislation to prohibit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) from banning the use of lead ammunition or tackle on public lands unless such action is supported by the best available science.
“Louisiana is known as Sportsman’s Paradise for a reason,” said Dr. Cassidy. “Federal bureaucrats who have never hunted or fished a day in their life should have no say in how our outdoorsmen enjoy our state.”
“The great outdoors is a staple of our Montana way of life. Montana hunters and anglers play an important role in wildlife management, and a ban on lead ammo and tackle would be unfair to our sportsmen. I’ll keep fighting with my colleagues to make sure decisions impacting outdoor recreation are guided by commonsense science, not anti-hunting groups,” said Senator Daines.
Cassidy and Daines were joined by U.S. Senators John Thune (R-SD), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Jim Risch (R-ID), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), John Barrasso (R-WY), Rick Scott (R-FL), James Lankford (R-OK), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Mike Lee (R-UT), John Boozman (R-AR), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Katie Britt (R-AL), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Jim Justice (R-WV), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), John Hoeven (R-ND), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) in introducing the bill.
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