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William Tauzin: “I want to thank him and again particularly express my appreciation for accepting the challenge to help us in this…”

On the recordMay 9, 1995
I want to thank him and again particularly express my appreciation for accepting the challenge to help us in this investigation, to get to the bottom of this, put a stop to it, then eventually to change some laws in this country so that the fifth amendment of the Constitution is not just some piece of paper, that it is a real and enforceable right for Americans who are being deprived of their property without just compensation through these regulatory overkills.
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William Tauzin
Republican · Louisiana
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Addressing the need for legal reforms to protect property rights under the Fifth Amendment.

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