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Darrell Issa: “Well, Madam Chair, of course it excludes it. But when we look at only 3 percent and 6 percent that are under oil leases…”

On the recordJune 17, 2008
Well, Madam Chair, of course it excludes it. But when we look at only 3 percent and 6 percent that are under oil leases, we have to look at all the available BLM land. Just, for example, though, there are 700 million acres that are presently held by the BLM. By definition, the Bureau of Land Management holds that for productive use. So that would be an example where there are no parks on BLM land, there are no national monuments or military bases on those 700 million acres alone.
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Darrell Issa
Republican · California

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Discussing the use of Bureau of Land Management land during a committee meeting.

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