On the recordMarch 2, 1995
I do think when we are looking at this whole issue of takings, we have to look at the whole picture. I think everyone knows that if the Army Corps of Engineers is helping protect your property from flood, there is a value to that. I go back to the earlier letters that I had from the Army talking about how they felt if we did not have some of these commonsense things, it could almost stop what the Corps of Engineers does. First of all, under this bill, any money would go directly out of the Army's budget. But I think we ought to at least look at the public good they are talking about and see if that particular property was enhanced in value, maybe not value to the individual owner but the overall price to that public good, or to that individual owner before we start assessing money that we think the taxpayer should be paying back. I just think this is an easy, easy one. I would hope that this could be approved.
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