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George Miller: “Without being argumentative, that sounds exactly contrary to what the gentleman just told me, because all of the water…”

On the recordMarch 2, 1995
Without being argumentative, that sounds exactly contrary to what the gentleman just told me, because all of the water delivered under the Reclamation Act is delivered by virtue of contract. We enter into a contract for a specified period of years. If that contract is not renewed, you have no rights. It sounds to me that we are bootstrapping people who now have a contractual right into a position that if that contract is not renewed, that somehow you have a takings, because the land is not worth upkus.
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George Miller
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing contractual rights related to the Reclamation Act.

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