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William Tauzin: “I thought of something else that really does not make any common sense. Under the law, the way it is written today…”

On the recordMarch 27, 1996
I thought of something else that really does not make any common sense. Under the law, the way it is written today, interpreted by the Supreme Court, if I own a piece of property that may harbor some endangered species and I want to alter that property to enhance its capacity to hold that species, I cannot do it.
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William Tauzin
Republican · Louisiana

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Discussing property rights and endangered species regulations.

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