Representative Richard Pombo - R-Calif - Who's Who - Brief Article

Sierra, May-June, 2003

JOB: As chair of the House Resources Committee, which oversees 700 million acres of public lands, Pombo is implementing the administration's log-and-drill agenda.

EXPERIENCE: Fourth-generation rancher and six-term congressional representative.

CLAIMS TO FAME: Tried to repeal pesticide regulations and gut the Endangered Species Act. Penned the 1996 anti-regulatory book This Land Is Our Land: How to End the War on Private Property, which Newt Gingrich heralded as "a wake-up call for every American."

QUOTE: "Like many other conservation laws, [the Endangered Species Act] has become outdated and outmoded by advances in science and technology."