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On the recordJune 3, 2015
Well, with all due respect, that is not what your law says. It says: None of the funds made available by this act may be used to prosecute or hold liable any person or corporation for a violation of the provision of law found in section 703(a) of title 16 of the United States Code. There is no language in here about working anything out. There is no language about being responsible managers of the land or flyways. Yes, we have a lot of new equipment up in our energy business, our wind energy and our solar energy. Those things, obviously way before you build them, you are supposed to take into account whether they are being built right in a flyway. We have condors in our area that we have obviously spent a lot of money trying to revive. People actually spend money to come to very expensive hotels so that they can come see a condor. These are things that you want to protect. To say that none of the funds can be made available to hold liable people that are violating the law seems to me just a reckless act to upset 100 years of wildlife management. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

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