On the recordSeptember 12, 1995
I heard that the current Endangered Species Act is not working for people or for wildlife. No. 2, I heard that we need reform that does not trample on States' rights. No. 3, I heard from the American people, thousands of them, that we need reform that offers incentives to landowners, not punitive measures by a government that has grown too large and too prosperous at the expense of private property owners. We heard that we need a bill that does not increase our regulation, but decreases it in the Endangered Species Act. We also heard that we need a bill that compensates landowners immediately for any taking under any authority designated by Congress under the Endangered Species Act. It is critical that people are put in this equation of the endangered species, because truly, the American producer, if the trend continues, will be the endangered species.
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