DENNIS A. CARDOZA: “I rise at this point to make a clarification and to, again, speak to my opposition to the substitute. The first…”

“I rise at this point to make a clarification and to, again, speak to my opposition to the substitute. The first clarification is that when the Fish and Wildlife Service compensates an owner for a restriction on his property, it is done through a deed restriction or a fee title. So this claim that subsequent owners can make the same claims against the Fish and Wildlife Service is simply inaccurate. When they buy an easement, they buy a perpetual easement unless the Secretary were to make a mistake, and, simply, that is just not the way we do it in law currently. The second point, and the main objection that I have to the substitute goes to the fundamental fifth amendment protection under the Constitution that says that when we take someone's property, we compensate them for it. And that is what the Pombo bill does, and that is what the substitute does not do. I would ask my colleagues to cast an ``aye'' vote on the underlying bill and oppose the substitute. The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The Chair advises Members that the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller) has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Boehlert) has 3 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from California (Mr. Pombo) has 4 minutes remaining. The Chair would further advise that the order of closing is the gentleman from New York (Mr. Boehlert), the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller), and the gentleman from California (Mr. Pombo).”