William Tauzin: “we need to correct the Record whenever we hear misstatements. The fact of the matter is the eagle was saved not under…”

“we need to correct the Record whenever we hear misstatements. The fact of the matter is the eagle was saved not under the Endangered Species Act, it was saved under FIFRA, Federal Insecticide and Rodenticide Act, which banned DDT. That is what saved the eagle, No. 1. No. 2, the gentleman who spoke and said this bill is aimed at the the Government because the Government is there, whether it does something to your property or not, is absolutely wrong. This bill does not trigger compensation until the Government agency acts to regulate someone's property and diminishes the use of that property. Then the action is triggered. Then you go to an assessment of whether or not it has lost 10 percent or more value. Finally, Mr. Chairman, let me refer back to what the court said here on partial takings. The courts have held that even relatively minor physical occupations are compensable, and it said that logically the amount of just compensation should be proportional to the value of the inherent interest taken as compared to the total property, but partial takings are compensable. I thank the gentleman for yielding.”