There's a lot of people in America don't understand in States like the one I live in and other Western States, the tremendous reach of the Federal Government with the number of acres that it has, but more importantly the conflict between people who want to use or don't want to use those lands.
Jim Risch: “There's a lot of people in America don't understand in States like the one I live in and other Western States, the…”
On the recordJuly 28, 2014
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Risch highlights the federal government's extensive land control and its impact on local land use conflicts.
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