This article focuses on former Utah Representative James Hansen, who was elected in 1972 and retired in 2002 after nearly 40 years of public service. The biographical information details Hansen's early life and childhood, as well as how his career path led him into politics. Hansen was best known nationally for the battles he waged against environmental activists. When he entered Congress, Hansen considered himself an environmentalist, and worked to enact important environmental legislation, including wilderness bills. One of Hansen's final acts as retiring Resources Committee chairman was filing a bill that would drastically alter the Endangered Species Act, exempting all military lands and private property from its jurisdiction and limiting its application to animal species only.
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