President Joe Biden has vetoed Republican-sponsored bills intended to undo federal protections for two endangered species.

Biden says the measure would overturn what he calls "science-based rulemaking" that offers protections for the lesser prairie chicken and northern long-eared bat. The prairie chicken's range extends into Kansas and Oklahoma. Republicans say protections for the lesser prairie chicken place an undue burden on producers and the U.S. oil and gas industry, jeopardize thousands of American jobs and increase dependence on other countries for oil.