Sam Farr: “I want to point out the difference between the Porter amendment before you and the Tauzin amendment that you have…”

“I want to point out the difference between the Porter amendment before you and the Tauzin amendment that you have adopted. If you are really interested in trying to solve the problem of the property owner, you will listen very carefully. Because what the Porter amendment says is government, take a look before you do anything. The Tauzin amendment does not ask government to do anything except to act, and then to come back and bite you by suing you in court. The Porter amendment says write down, government, what you are going to do and tell us what the impact will be. Is there a likelihood that there will be a taking? If so, write it down. Give us an assessment of the likelihood that that taking will occur under such action and write it down. The Tauzin amendment does not require that. The alternatives that the government has to look to that would achieve the intended purpose and lessen the likelihood of taking the property, the Porter amendment does that. The Tauzin amendment does not.”