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Richard Pombo: “I think that the facts may surprise a few people. Out of 650 million acres that the Federal Government currently owns…”

On the recordJuly 13, 1995
I think that the facts may surprise a few people. Out of 650 million acres that the Federal Government currently owns, 35 million acres have been bought in the last 20 years... the Federal Government owns 4 million acres in the State of Florida already. Now is all this 4 million acres land that the Federal Government should own, or maybe should some of it be sold so some money could be gathered up to purchase the land? I think that it is extremely important that we realize that the Federal Government is adding land every year, not just purchasing land every year, but we are authorizing them to purchase more.
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Richard Pombo
California
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Discussing federal land ownership and acquisition during a debate on land preservation.

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