Britt questions Rice’s whale endangered status amid Gulf drilling debate

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U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL). On Wednesday, Britt told U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick that potentially mislabeling the Rice's Whale, which is only found in the Gulf of Mexico, would be a national security issue. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

On Wednesday, Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, seemed to defend a recent decision to exempt all oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from endangered species laws. Advocates say that decision could drive the Rice’s Whale to extinction.

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