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Bob Schaffer: My bottom line is, we owe it to the next generation to protect our environment, but we owe it to this next generation to…

On the recordMarch 3, 1999
My bottom line is, we owe it to the next generation to protect our environment, but we owe it to this next generation to do it in a common-sense way that also preserves, as my colleague has very accurately defined, the fundamental philosophy of this country, and that is, as a citizen of this country we all dream someday of owning our own house or owning our own piece of the pie. And if we take care of that pie, we can all have at that opportunity. Do not let Washington, D.C., dictate and do not let Washington, D.C., try to convince the American people that they know what is best.
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Bob Schaffer

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Discussing environmental protection and property rights.

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