Artur Davis, Congressman for Birmingham and the Black Belt, is a cosponsor of a bill to gut the Endangered Species Act.

The bill really gives private owners the right do do whatever they want on their land, regardless of the danger to the species which are endangered. It is a "private property over all" bill.

"This is a deeply destructive bill," said the Rev. Jack Zylman. "Davis should be ashamed."

Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005 Amends the Endangered Species Act
H.R. 3824: Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Flake, Mr. Fortuno, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Issa, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. McKeon, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Herger, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Kline, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Melancon, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Souder, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Sherwood, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Everett, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr. Baker, Mr. Rogers --> of Alabama, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Osborne, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, and Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas.

To read the bill, go to: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:2:./temp/~c109qjq0dW::