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On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
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.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva discusses the historical ownership of federal land and its reduction over time.

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