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Frank Riggs: “If the gentleman would give me an opportunity to finish, there are nine property owners who own collectively 8,000…”

On the recordJune 19, 1996
If the gentleman would give me an opportunity to finish, there are nine property owners who own collectively 8,000 acres. And I am going to introduce in the debate to come, on the gentleman's motion to strike, letters from these property owners that say they have never had a single contact from the Fish and Wildlife Service. Not once. The properties have not been inspected.
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Frank Riggs
California

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Discussing property owners' lack of contact with the Fish and Wildlife Service during a debate.

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