United States Senate passed a bipartisan measure led by Senators from Kansas, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Alabama to stop the listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken as part of the Endangered Species Act. Senator Jerry Moran says the Senate acted to protect farmers, ranchers and producers from the consequences of listing the lesser prairie chicken.

Morans says listing the bird as a threatened or endangered species is not the answer.  Senator Moran was joined by fellow Senator from Kansas Roger Marshall, as well as Oklahoma Senators James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin, Shelley Moore Capito from West Virginia and Alabama's Katie Britt.