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Jerry Moran: Conservation means development as much as it does protection. I recognize the right and duty of this generation to…

On the recordMarch 3, 2010
Conservation means development as much as it does protection. I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land, but I do not recognize the right to waste them or to rob by wasteful use the generations that come after us.
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Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas

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Moran emphasizes the balance between conservation and development of natural resources.

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