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Don Young: “I want to bring forth to the body here that we want to protect the environment, and we also want to protect private…”

On the recordApril 23, 1996
I want to bring forth to the body here that we want to protect the environment, and we also want to protect private property, the basis of our Constitution. The gentleman from New Jersey had a zero, a zero rating for private property. He does not believe in private property. The gentleman from California did a little better. He had 7 percent. He slipped up; I do not know what happened. I think the gentleman from Rhode Island, he has not spoken as yet, he also got a zero. What we are saying is private property and the environment, together we can prevail. We ignore private property, we destroy the Constitution.
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Don Young
Republican · Alaska

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Discussing the importance of private property rights in relation to environmental protection.

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