One of the things, according to official statistics, sir, at one time in the history of our Federal Government, our nation owned 1.8 billion acres in this country.
Raúl Grijalva: “One of the things, according to official statistics, sir, at one time in the history of our Federal Government, our…”
On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
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Grijalva discusses the historical ownership of federal land and its reduction over time.
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