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Tom McClintock: “This amounts to an uncompensated taking and is a violation of both the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.”

On the recordOctober 9, 2013
This amounts to an uncompensated taking and is a violation of both the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock argues that federal demands for water rights violate constitutional protections.

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