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JUNE 20, 2001

Secretary of Interior Gale Norton is being asked by farmers in Oregon and Republican lawmakers to convene the "God Squad," a little used but powerful committee which makes decisions on endnagered species.

The purpose of the Endangered Species Committee, made up of seven abinet-level officials, would be to weigh protections of the suckerfish against the farmers' need for water. A federal judge has ordered water cut off from about 1,400 famers in order to protect the endangered fish.

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Cries of Save the Suckerfish Rile Farmers' Allies (The New York Times 6/20)
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