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Richard Pombo: “As chairman of the task force, I had the opportunity to take the task force to your district to hold a hearing earlier…”

On the recordMarch 27, 1996
As chairman of the task force, I had the opportunity to take the task force to your district to hold a hearing earlier last year. One of the good fortunes that we had while we were in your district is we had the opportunity to visit a cattle ranch, a very well-managed cattle ranch in that area, and the gentleman took us out and explained to us how he was managing it to get the highest return from the property. One of the issues that came up when we were out there was what would happen or how cattle ranchers would respond to the listing of the golden-cheeked warbler; in fact, how they would destroy habitat so that they would not have a problem with the fish and wildlife coming in and tell them they could not run cattle or could not run goats on their property.
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Richard Pombo
California

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Discussing the impact of wildlife regulations on cattle ranchers during a hearing.

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