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On the recordOctober 28, 2013
So the Federal Government can just jump in, take your private property rights, take your water rights that you paid for, you have developed, with no compensation.
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Scott Tipton
Republican · Colorado

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Tipton questions the government's authority to take private water rights without compensation.

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