Victor Fazio: “I am on record as being a strong supporter of private property rights. Private property rights are an integral part of…”

“I am on record as being a strong supporter of private property rights. Private property rights are an integral part of the protections guaranteed to us all by the Constitution of the United States. Each of us in this Chamber can point to examples in our own districts where property rights have been stepped upon by overzealous governmental intrusions. There must be a change. As a strong supporter of property rights, it is ironic that this legislation has been so difficult to embrace enthusiastically. We can debate whether the American people know or care about the details of the Contract With America. In my view, those details are not permeating beyond the beltway. Setting that question aside, the sketchy nature of the contract is an advantage for proponents of the unamended bill because this bill is not the bill Republicans set forth in the Contract With America. Simply put, the bill, as brought to the floor, represents an extreme position, not the more reasonable position set forth in the Contract With America.”